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Have you ever read a U.S. President’s executive order? Most people I’ve talked to never have read one.

Can you guess their main reason for not reading one? Many of them tell me it’s because the sentences are too long and complicated to understand. I agree with them on this point.

What if there were a way to make these long, complicated sentences easy to understand? Would you read them?

I hope you’re thinking ‘yes’ because I’ve taken one long, complicated sentence and simplified it. The sentence is taken from the executive order that talks about blocking property. Blocking property is just another way of saying ‘your government doesn’t give you permission to use something that you own.’

Sounds bad, right? It is bad. [Read more →]

The following video is a dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence. Though some might find it boring or too lengthy for their patience, I was deeply moved by the way these professionals infused the words of this prominent founding document with passion and conviction.

I’d like to think that people who claim to be American citizens and lovers of the United States would be eager to experience this presentation for themselves so, without further delay, please enjoy this Dramatic Reading of the Declaration of Independence in all its patriotic glory: [Read more →]

After just reading a friend’s blog about Independence Day in America (July 4th for those of you who are not American and perhaps not ‘up’ on American history), it feels as if he’s somehow ‘tuned in’ to my heart and put my thoughts and feelings in words as well as — perhaps even better than — I might have done.

So I’ll invite you to read his blog and then to return here for a ‘nightcap’ of closing thoughts. Please enjoy his blog post entitled Born On The Fourth Of July.

Okay, you’ve read that blog post and have returned here for my closing thoughts? Thank you! Here’s your reward: [Read more →]

Have you ever eaten food out of your house and NOT finished it all?

That’s happened to me. Sometimes I’m in a rush and just don’t have the time. Sometimes I just get full (it’s the “eyes are bigger than my stomach syndrome” — LOL!). And sometimes I just don’t care for the way something tastes or was prepared.

No matter what the reason, though, I’ve always done the same thing with the food that I didn’t finish eating: I’ve thrown it away.

I recently learned about an organization whose mission is to help feed hungry people by asking you and me to make a simple change in the way we dispose of our unfinished food: [Read more →]

Hello, dear Reader.

Only yesterday I became aware of a problem navigating to anything beyond the front page of this blog. With the timely assistance of my web hosting company (OCS Solutions) the problem has been identified and fixed and the site links are again working correctly.

Thanks to Robert at OCS for his kind and professional manner!