My sister had to help her beloved dog Huck today end his misery, and he has moved on to join Irie, Russell, Tunch and a host of other very fine animals, and he will be missed very much. Huck was Devon’s best friend, a mere puppy when Irie left us, and has been a VERY …
RIP
RIP, Cindy Hoffman
Cindy Hoffman died last night. My father heard and called me at 8 am to tell me. Who is Cindy Hoffman? Well, absolutely none of you should know her, so this obit is for me and for me alone. Cindy Hoffman was a local woman who had three sons, one of whom was a year …
Lest We Forget: Hiroshima Day
On atomic bomb anniversary, Hiroshima mayor warns against âself-centeredâ nationalism https://t.co/LgGMUl7ht6 — Craig L. Ph.D. (@CL2Empower) August 6, 2020 Bells tolled in Hiroshima for the 75th anniversary of the worldâs first atomic bombing, with ceremonies downsized due to the novel coronavirus https://t.co/NnJ9bdahOY pic.twitter.com/pHAzy2u4Tk — Reuters (@Reuters) August 6, 2020 VIDEO: Hiroshima marks 75th anniversary of …
Congressman John Lewis, February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020: Rest In Peace
(Congressman John Lewis Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama; 15 FEB 2011) Congressman John Lewis has died. BREAKING NEWS: I am on the phone with @AmbAndrewYoung and he just said he got the call that @repjohnlewis has died. #RolandMartinUnfiltered — rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) July 18, 2020 Here is his speech from the March …
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Memorial Day 2020: Memorial Day In the Time of Pandemic
I imagine that during Memorial Day 1918 and 1919, in the midst of the swine flu pandemic that emerged from the training barracks at Fort Riley and somehow got blamed on Spain, people tried to make sense of the day and what it was supposed to symbolize and commemorate while the US was at war …
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I Thought I’d Share an Alain Story: Sourdough Edition
A number of you all indicated you loved the stories Alain would tell in his posts and his comments. And before I go any farther, I was in touch with Carol today and what you all wrote in your comments to Cole’s post, as well as mine last night and today really made her load …
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We Lost a Good Man in Alain
By now you have heard the horrible, no good, awful news about Alain. I received an email earlier this afternoon from his fiance telling me had died, and I was in such a state of shock I immediately fired off a completely inappropriate email in response that consisted of “OMG. What happened.” The stun of …