January 1945 cont’d — Pacific Paratrooper

11th Airborne, Leyte As the fighting for the 11th Airborne Division, on Leyte, came to a close, the battalions worked their way back to Bito Beach. The 674th and 675th Glider Field Artillery and the 457th Parachute Field Artillery remained in strategic positions to cover them. The Luzon Attack Force, commanded by VAdmiral Kinkaid, […]
January 1945 cont’d — Pacific Paratrooper
Saving the Planet for the Next Generation — FunWritings
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Saving the Planet for the Next Generation — FunWritings
Minbari Mondays, The Fall of Night, and Risks — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

This week’s report, the last of our year 2259 CE, is sent to us from our future by Ranger Mayann, writing to us from Minbar, where she is stationed: — Greetings, from Tuzanor: As the Captain did what was right, coming to the very brink of war with the Centauri to do […]
Minbari Mondays, The Fall of Night, and Risks — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story
Tempo
O tempo tem um “estalo preciso” que nos deixar desejosos do momento anterior, do presente e futuro. Através dele nos transformamos em pessoas fortes, verdadeiras e composta de muitas histórias. O cuidado que devemos ter em relação ao passar dos ponteiros? Não ser tomados pela ignorância, pela vaidade, pela distração. Um minuto perdido, e ele nos lança no exercício do desejo de querer recuperar o que já não podemos.
O tempo é um professor exigente! Além da náusea do que não queremos recordar, ele também é gentil quando nos coloca diante da nossa própria consciência. Sim, às vezes, o ser humano insiste em ser guiado por uma consciência cega ( sem esforço) mas diante de suas próprias carências, o tempo torna-se um amigo persuasivo, e mostra-lhe o quanto a pessoa permanece perdida em seus devaneios. Então, diante desse impasse, o tempo nada mais faz do que conduzir aquela pessoa a…
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Air Fryer Apple Pie — In Dianes Kitchen

This Air Fried Apple reminds me of the filling inside an Apple Pie. I filled the center with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon and they were absolutely delicious! Rinse and dry your apples. Slice off the top. Carefully take a sharp, pointy knife and cut around the core, being careful NOT to cut a hole […]
Air Fryer Apple Pie — In Dianes Kitchen
« Los Yanomami se interpusieron en nuestro camino. Si no hubiéramos invadido su bosque, no habríamos tenido oro. » — Barbara Crane Navarro

Mujer Yanomami con pintura facial Genipap y un fajo de tabaco de cosecha propia en su mejilla, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela “Toda la tierra de Brasil ya estaba ocupada por personas como nosotros. Hoy está casi vacío y es igual en todas partes. Casi todos los primeros habitantes del bosque desaparecieron. Los que aún existen […]
« Los Yanomami se interpusieron en nuestro camino. Si no hubiéramos invadido su bosque, no habríamos tenido oro. » — Barbara Crane Navarro
Venezuela – La huella tóxica del mercurio llegó a la Gran Sabana — Ecoamazônia — Barbara Crane Navarro

El mercurio también baña los territorios indígenas en la Gran Sabana. 35% de la muestra de un estudio – liderado por SOS Orinoco— en el sur de Bolívar, excede el límite de seguridad de 2 microgramos por gramo (µg/g) en cabello, establecido por la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Los resultados muestran la extensión de la… […]
Venezuela – La huella tóxica del mercurio llegó a la Gran Sabana — Ecoamazônia — Barbara Crane Navarro
Killing the Earth for shopping — Paul Noël — Barbara Crane Navarro

I first posted this on the 3rd of January 2021. Our attitude in 1st world countries to consuming goods that are produced unsustainably by exploited 3rd world labour causing great damage to the environment continues. 3rd January 2021 Western, first world countries rely on cheap and often exploited labour to fill the shops and increasingly […] […]
Killing the Earth for shopping — Paul Noël — Barbara Crane Navarro
Jolly (Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr) Monday!!!
Good Monday morning, friends! I almost skipped Jolly Monday because I was so exhausted last night, but Jolly offered to help out more than usual, saying, “Gwammie … EVEWYBODY needs to have somethin’ to laugh ‘bout to start da week!” Realizing he’s right, Joyful fixed me another cuppa coffee and Jolly went in search of ‘toons while I dug up a funny critter video! Meanwhile, Joyful has been a busy beaver in the kitchen this morning, so let’s go see what she’s got for us, shall we?
Breakfast Feast – Photographed on Hasselblad H3D2-39mb Camera
Mmmmm … that was delectable! Thank you, Joyful!
I had to laugh at this story, as I can so well relate to it!
On Black Friday, Jessica and Nikii Gerson-Neeves bought a blender. It was a Vitamix blender, a professional-grade splurge, and the couple was looking forward to a winter of smoothies and soups.
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