We had a very close call, and we know it.
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Tag: Memorial Day
It’s Memorial Day weekend
Would they choose tears or beers?
Memorably ours
We pulled together what we needed, hopped in the truck and...
On & about Memorial Day
Honor those we've lost, thank every veteran you meet, and then...
Generator Day
Despite insult and injury, yesterday wasn’t a complete bust...
It’s a mess, but it’s our mess
There's no substitute for having a fire extinguisher close by, and we do -- at home, in our RVs and in our passenger vehicles...
We’ve been to The Mountain
When we left Arkansas in mid-March the landscape was showing the first signs of spring. The transformation since was remarkable, striking,..
Be an American worth dying for
"Gratitude is the fairest flower that sheds its perfume in the heart." (Robert Green Ingersoll)
Flashback: ‘Those gentle heroes’
U.S. Army Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell penned that poem on 1 January 1970, while serving near Dak To, Vietnam. He was declared MIA on 24 March 1970 when the helicopter he was piloting crashed and burned while on a rescue mission in Cambodia. His remains were recovered in 1995 and identified in 2001.
Flashback: ‘The most important thing in this world is liberty’ (1887)
It can be argued — and I do — that Robert Green Ingersoll employed American English with more eloquence and skill than anyone before or since. He was a lover of Liberty and passionately patriotic. He also was...