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Living (and loving) Life
“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
-–Benjamin Franklin
Have you ever known someone who always seemed to be longing for happiness, but they never quite seemed to find it?
That seems to be a common thread among a large percentage of the world’s population.
But it doesn’t have to be that way…
Living (and loving) Life
“The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game.
He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off.
Gosh, I was proud.”
-–Bob Uecker
Living (and loving) Life
If you’re like me you probably know few, if any of the actual phone numbers of the people on your phone’s Contacts List.
When all you have to do is tap on someone’s name to place a call it’s very easy to forget their actual phone number over time.
Unfortunately, this could cause major problems at some point in the future.
Well, the requests for more music by The Petersen Family Bluegrass Band just keep rolling in.
I had no idea when I first featured them on here just how popular they would turn out to be.
In today’s video, Ellen and her incredibly talented siblings give a masterful performance of the Linda Ronstadt classic “High Sierra”.
And I must say, they more than do it justice. [Read more…]
Living (and loving) Life
“This will remain the land of the free so long as it is the home of the brave.“
-–Elmer Davis
I’ve often heard it said that freedom isn’t free, and that’s so very true.
Since the day our great nation was founded every generation has produced thousands of patriots who were ready and willing to risk their own lives to protect the freedoms we enjoy as Americans from the tyrants who would endeavor to take them away.
Virtually every cemetery and graveyard in this country holds the remains of men and women who answered the call of duty and came home draped in the flag they fought so hard to protect.
On Memorial Day we come together as a nation to remember and honor all the brave souls who selflessly sacrificed their own futures so the rest of us could enjoy ours in freedom and peace.