Several days ago, I posted Insurance companies dictating to doctors – Marion’s Mumblings. Today I am returning to this urgent subject by posting continuing videos from this doctor who is continuing her fight against America’s insurance companies. While many of …
Earlier this week, I visited my favorite local park – Irons Park in West Branch, MI, USA. It’s an inviting place for me full of bird and other nature sounds. A spot that’s inviting, soothing, and relaxing. I could sit …
Ever wonder why certain words in the English language don’t rhyme? They have the same spelling, but… I have and I’m sure most of us have pondered this question. Let’s take a look at the following. Read aloud.
Dork, fork, pork, and work
Anger, banger, and danger
Ballet, mallet, and wallet
Food, mood, and good
Both, doth, and cloth
Howl, growl, and bowl
Bush, push, and gush
Car, far, tar, and war
Cart, fart, mart, and wart
My next project was going to be a sci-fi story about trees (now on temporary hold), however, after careful consideration, I decided to compile all the personal WWII veteran’s stories shared with me over a 15-year period.
While these memoirs exist on my website, I’d like to present them in book form for their families, friends and other interested readers. I know “my boys” (as I lovingly called them), would be thrilled.
The book’s main focus will regard combat engineers in the ETO (my dad was one). Along with the individual histories, will be vignettes about the second world war in Europe, tying everything together.
I’m excited and can’t wait to get started.
Okay, I would love to thank the person who came up with the brilliant idea of serving salad on a flat surface. They should be put in stocks in the town square. Ah, I see several of you shaking your …
We’ve been composting for several years. This includes grass clippings, food scraps, coffee grounds, paper, etc. In return, the plants in my yard benefit from the recycling process. Composting is a great way to recycle the organic waste we generate at home. Food scraps and garden waste combined make up more than 28 percent of what households throw away. Composting at home allows us to divert some of that waste from landfills and turn it into something practical for our yards.
