Monthly Archives: December 2019

Carat Carrot

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Caryn

In 1995, during the Christmas season, Lena Paahlsson was baking Christmas cookies with her daughters at their farm in northern Sweden. As was her habit while baking, Lena took off her wedding ring, Continue reading →

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Backward Spy Shoes

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Caryn

The life of a spy is a dangerous one. Getting caught spying is often punishable by death, so the key to being a successful…and later old spy, is not to get killed, Continue reading →

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Fire Bike

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Caryn

At the turn of the century, some firefighters arrived at the fire in a slightly different way than the normal truck or wagon. I don’t suppose that this was a common practice, Continue reading →

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I Pledge Allegiance

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Caryn

In a time of national turmoil, it has become trendy to disrespect the flag of the United States. It is all done supposedly to protest things like racism or police brutality, but in reality, the flag, and our allegiance to it and our nation have nothing to do with those causes. Continue reading →

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Walt’s Little Sister

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Caryn

My husband, Bob’s aunt, Esther Hein is the oldest child of her parents, Walt and Vina Hein. She was also the middle child of her mother, who had two children from another marriage. Continue reading →

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Without Photography

Posted on December 26, 2019 by Caryn

Imagine, if you can these days, a world without photography. Cameras are almost always at our fingertips now. We don’t need to carry a camera with us, we have our phones, Continue reading →

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Jesus Is The Reason

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Caryn

Christmas…a time with family, presents under the Christmas tree, eating far too much great food…is that all there is too it? No, of course not!! In fact, those things have very little to do with Christmas. That’s because Jesus Continue reading →

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I’ll Be Home For Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Caryn

We have all heard the song “Home for Christmas.” It’s about a young woman falls in love and develops a long-distance relationship with a soldier on active duty, The soldier sings the song, knowing he probably won’t be home Continue reading →

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L’Arbre du Ténéré

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Caryn

The desert is known to be a wide expanse of sand, and not much else of any value, but that doesn’t mean that there is no vegetation there. Usually you will find shrubs and patches of weeds here and there as well as the occasional Continue reading →

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Lockerbie Heroes

Posted on December 22, 2019 by Caryn

On December 21, 1988, at 7:00pm, Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York exploded in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members aboard, as well as 11 Lockerbie residents on the ground. Continue reading →

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