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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Eggplant with Chickpeas with Olive Oil Recipe — Turkish Food and International Cuisine

Materials 5 eggplants 2 onions 3 diced tomatoes 2 green peppers 2 cloves of garlic 1 cup boiled chickpeas 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil 1/2 tablespoon of tomato paste… 160 more words

Eggplant with Chickpeas with Olive Oil Recipe — Turkish Food and International Cuisine

♫ Peace Train ♫ (Redux)

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Yesterday’s music post, the Rascal’s “People Got To Be Free”, led to this one today!  Our friend rawgod tells me that this one was ‘just there’ in his head, a natural sequel as it were.  Happens that I agree.  I have posted this one twice before … once in 2019 and once in 2020 … and both times, I noted that it was so very appropriate for the current times.  Two years ago, it was the Christchurch mosque attack, today it is Russia’s war against Ukraine. Here we are two years later and it is still the perfect song for the day.  Perhaps it always will be.  Namaste.


A National Remembrance Service for the victims of the Christchurch mosques terrorist attack, and all those affected by it, was held this morning.  Yusuf Islam, better known to the world as Cat Stevens, performed his 1971 song, Peace Train, and I…

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Good People Doing Good Things — In The Aftermath Of Ian

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Last week, Hurricane Ian struck the state of Florida, wrecking homes, businesses, and taking over 100 lives in its path of devastation.  Some of our own friends — Horty & MJ, Scottie & Ron, Mary, Larry and others — were directly affected and our heart goes out to them.  Just as with any natural disaster, people dig down and find their good side, putting pettiness aside to help those in need.  Today’s ‘good people’ post focuses on just a few of those good people.


Small in stature, but with a big heart

Dominic D’Andrea is 7 years old and lives in Indiana … some 1,100 miles from Ft. Myers, Florida, but when his mother explained to him what a hurricane is and how Hurricane Ian had destroyed homes and cost people their lives, he rallied to the cause.  Dominic retrieved his ‘piggy bank’ (actually a rather large jar) and said…

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