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“O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, Your branches green delight us! They are green when summer days are bright, They are green when winter snow is white. O Christmas Tree,…

Saqlawiyah, Iraq Taking a long drag on his Camel cigarette and slowly exhaling, he stood there, standing in the shadow of a huge and empty metal ammo container, relieved they…

There’s no denying it.  Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, aspects of our everyday life have changed.  That includes school, dance class and scouting for kids; work, eating out or…

The Smell of Smoke Suddenly, my eyes flew open in complete panic after being jerked awake by the undeniable smell of smoke—cigarette smoke—being maliciously blown in my face.  “Not again…

“The plow is the symbol of labor and tillage of the soil.  Without labor, neither knowledge nor wisdom can accomplish much.” From the opening ceremonies of the Future Farmers of…

Wonder Woman, arguable one of the most famous “Super Heroes” of all time, has been my favorite since childhood.  Wearing a red, white, and blue star-spangled suit, gauntlets of Atlas,…

Coronavirus aka COVID-19.  Relatively unknown at the beginning of 2020, and now a word that seems to invade every sentence.  Who knew a tiny submicroscopic infectious agent could wreak such…

The laughter of children at play, the monotonous whirring of an outside sprinkler, the droning of a distant lawn mower, and the soft hum of honey bees at work, are…