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Living (and loving) Life
Have you ever witnessed someone working at a job that appeared to be so ridiculously dangerous that you wondered who in the world would ever have the intestinal fortitude to do it?
Every day numerous people go to work at jobs that require them to do things “the average person” would never do.
Some of those jobs pay extremely well, for obvious reasons. Others, not so much.
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Well, it’s that time of year again – the time when everyone is running from store to store and surfing from website to website trying to get their Christmas shopping finished on time.
And in case you haven’t noticed, it’s also the time of year when our TVs, computers and mobile devices are flooded with an endless stream of Christmas shopping ads.
Most of the holiday ads we see are pretty blah, but the folks at Chevrolet managed to come up with a real tear-jerker that’s quite possibly the most inspirational ad I have ever seen. [Read more…]
“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”
-–Unknown
We Americans often take the gift of freedom that we all enjoy for granted, never giving much thought to what was required in order to attain it and keep it.
It’s often said that “freedom isn’t free“, and that’s definitely true. Freedom had to be purchased, and keeping it requires a recurring payment that must be made on a continuous basis.
I have come to believe that few among us have a clear understanding of the sheer magnitude of that enormous cost. [Read more…]
You’ve no doubt seen this picture of Sammy Griner, the cute little toddler sporting the confident and determined look that has inspired thousands of Internet memes since the photo was taken in 2007.
Well, the story behind the photo is even more interesting than the memes themselves…
Like many from my local area, I had the pleasure of watching Carson Peters grow up singing and playing his trademark sizzling fiddle.
The first time I saw this young man perform was in nearby Bristol, Virginia on the stage of a local Bluegrass Music show called The Pickin’ Porch.
He was all of 8 years old, but he played that fiddle like he was already a seasoned veteran – and in a very real way, he was.