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I Am A Dreamer

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I am a dreamer-
Floating in the celestial
Between your world and mine:
Only to return to poetry

We meet on the notes of a violin
In the sepia of memory
Where the ink washes out my tears;

In the fragility
Of my breath
Your fragrant laughter rakes my navel
Fleeting in the drifting daylight

Catching my eye, a golden shimmering rhythm spinning with a dream

We create syllables
In the hues of blossoms
Trace of the nib
On virgin white
The color of my verse
In the rush of our touch .

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Home Front – Hard to keep the good times rollin’

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[ This post was originally a guest post I wrote for Judy Guion @ Greatest Generation Lessons.  Being as times are rough these days, I thought a bit of comparison with what our parents and grandparents went through was in order. ]

Columnist Marquis Childs said after Pearl Harbor: “Nothing will ever be the same.”  Thirty-five years later he added: “It never has and never will be.”

We need to remember that in 1941 as much as 40% of U.S. families lived below the poverty level, approximately 8 million worked for less than minimum wage and another 8 million were unemployed.  The median income was about $2,000 per year.  The government, in virtually fighting two separate wars, entered into civilian lives by raising taxes, rationing, controlling prices and allotting jobs.

Once the war began, truck convoys became commonplace and train depots burst into arenas of activity.  The movement was not…

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More Home Appliances Could get a Longer Life — FunWritings

Computers, fans, microwaves and irons could get a longer life if we could get them fixed I wonder if the manufacturers could start doing more restoration and selling second hand appliances and when we go to shop we could choose between a new one and restored mix If more persons individuals were trained to do […]

More Home Appliances Could get a Longer Life — FunWritings

Vanita Gupta, who has a history with John Cornyn, faces her first Senate confirmation hearing | The Texas Signal

“As a lifelong civil rights lawyer, I have committed my career to ensuring that the promises made in the Constitution are kept, and that our federal laws are fairly and impartially applied. That commitment to fairness under the law is the same one I saw every day from the career lawyers at the Department of Justice when I led the Civil Rights Division. If confirmed, I will aggressively ensure that the Justice Department is independent from partisan influence.” Source: Vanita Gupta, who has a history with John Cornyn, faces her first Senate confirmation hearing | The Texas Signal

You only have one chance at life, use it wisely

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“Get busy living or get busy dying.” – STEPHEN KING

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.” – STEVE JOBS

“Live for each second without hesitation.” – ELTON JOHN

“Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.” – LILLIAN DICKSON

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – MAE WEST


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Spy To Lhasa

Weekend Stories by Trishikh

Snow Leopard crouched and huddled himself shivering in the piercing cold winds that danced all around him and the glowing woodfire that did its best to give a little warmth in the dead of night at an altitude of seventeen thousand feet close to the Lanak La mountain pass in the Himalayan region. His mission was critical to the success of the Empire’s dominance in this cold and mystical Sino-Indo-Tibetan sierra terrain.

The year is 1900, the beginning of the twentieth century, an era when the British and the Russian Empire of the Tsars were competing for supremacy in Central Asia. This political and diplomatic confrontation between the two superpowers during this epoch was dubbed as ‘The Great Game.’

The Qing Dynasty established by the Manchus in China had been the undisputed overlords of Tibet for the past one hundred and eighty years by then. Their control over Tibet began…

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Shop Meow To Help Save Homeless cats – You Make it Beautiful

Here’s my new favorite cause – a clothing company where every order helps a cat in need. MEOW donates 10% net profits to no-kill animal shelters. They’re helping kitties find fur-ever homes and end the devastating euthanasia of cats worldwide. See there mission statement. They also have a program where you can buy a blanket for a cat shelter.

Here’s some of my favorite picks from their website – meow.com

BLACK MEOW WHISKERS TEE
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Source: Shop Meow To Help Save Homeless cats – You Make it Beautiful

Here Are Five Key Facts About Gun Violence – The New York Times

It’s not just that every other high-income country in the world has many fewer guns and many fewer gun deaths. It’s also that U.S. states with fewer guns — like California, Illinois, Iowa and much of the Northeast — have fewer gun deaths. And when state or local governments have restricted gun access, deaths have often declined, Michael Siegel of Boston University’s School of Public Health says.

“The main lesson that comes out of this research is that we know which laws work,” Siegel says. (Nicholas Kristof, the Times columnist, has written a good overview, called “How to Reduce Shootings.”)

Covid vaccine: AstraZeneca updates US vaccine efficacy results – BBC News

The Anglo-Swedish firm has now adjusted the efficacy rate of its vaccine from 79% to 76%.

Further data from the US trial showed efficacy among the over 65s rose from 80% to 85%.

AstraZeneca said it now looked forward to getting US regulatory approval.

The company said the trial results confirm the vaccine “is highly effective in adults” and it remains 100% effective at preventing severe cases of the disease.

Source: Covid vaccine: AstraZeneca updates US vaccine efficacy results – BBC News