...a date which will live in infamy.
On a personal note, it was Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor that prompted my father to enlist in the Army.
A native New Yorker, the Army gave him a taste of southern life when they stationed him at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was his job to train pilots in celestial navigation.
He was engaged to be married when he enlisted, but over the course of the next few years he met and fell in love with a Southern Belle from the tiny town of Haughton, Louisiana.
An honorable man, my father sent a letter to his betrothed in New York and said they needed to get married "now".
She replied it was too soon; they could finalize their nuptials once the war ended.
He sent a follow up letter telling her in essence, it was now or never; she wrote back with her firm decision: never.
So one sunny June day in 1944, my father and his southern delight said "I do".
A decade later they were busy raising three sons, of which I am the middle child.
I eventually raised 5 sons, and between all of them, they're raising my 15 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
In a real sense, if not for this day 84 years ago, none of us would exist today.
My story is hardly unique; it was repeated in various forms and different places thousands of times then, and continues today.
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose."
- Roman 8:28
God's truth in action.
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| Senator Mark Warner, D-VA |
Unless you live under a rock (or have the IQ of a typical democrat senator) you're aware the FBI recently arrested the <J6 Pipe Bomber>.
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| ever a slave to "The Narrative", here's more crack reporting from Fake Tapper, this time on the J6 Pipe Bomber: "white man" Brian Cole, Jr. |
Since January 6th of 2021 the case had languished under Biden's FBI, unsolved for four years and officially a "cold case".
There was plenty of evidence, but like Biden himself, the FBI under Chris Wray was both impotent and incompetent, not to mention highly politicized.
Enter FBI Director Kash Patel, along with Deputy Director Dan Bongino, and now, less than a year after taking office, the case has been solved and the <perpetrator arrested>.
Great news, right?
Democrat Senator Mark Warner from Virginia was interviewed about this and incredibly, he wondered why Patel and crew hadn't solved it before now.
Paraphrasing the half-wit, he said if they hadn't diverted FBI agents to immigration issues, they could have had the suspect in custody sooner.
Democrats had the White House and the FBI for the past four years, and couldn't solve this case.
Trump is elected, takes office in late January, and the case is solved before Christmas.
Democrats are neither serious nor intelligent.
May the good Lord in heaven protect us from morons.
Also filed under the category of "Hmm, Things That Make You Go", we recently ordered some woodland creature ornaments for our Christmas tree:
Our order was split into two shipments, and here's one of them:
I kid you not; the tiny little ornament you see was the sole occupant of that oversized box.
You have to marvel at the thought process resulting in that shipping decision.
If things don't work out for them in the private sector - and obviously, they shouldn't - they have a bright future feeding at the public trough in government.
On the subject of decorating, this year Karen decided to tamp down the Christmas Tornado intensity from EF5 to something more akin to gentle snow flurries.
I give you the 2025 version of The Castle Frankenstein at Christmas...outside:
It's true, she has sprinkled some of her pixie decorating dust on most places in and around our home, but compared to years past this is pretty low key.
Surprisingly, that suits both of us just fine.
We'll be packing it up and putting it all away in 3 weeks anyway.
Now there's a thought.
When faced with the onslaught of unrelenting winter...
...there's only one thing to do - 23 skidoo:
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| more outdoor decor...courtyard wreaths |
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| a snow day when we were kids... |
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| ...and a snow day now. pathetic. |
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| and speaking of Larry...last sunrise at his cottage in 2025...he closed it up for another winter. |
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| helpful schedule for your winter days from now until New Year's |
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| don't know about you, but suddenly I'm a big Hoosiers fan |
Interminable winter has been tightening its grip lately, rendering the warm breezes and verdant scents of summer a distant memory.
Even so, I'm still swinging my hickories - outside - after shoveling off one of my tees and clearing enough space for a full swing.
Not hitting anything, of course, but working on muscle memory, grooving my swing in hopes - when Spring does finally return to our currently frozen climes - I won't be starting from scratch - again.
Now, if I can just apply that same dedication to my spiritual life - being steadfast in reading God's Word and praying - I might make some progress in things that actually matter.
"For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."
- I Timothy 4:8
later, mcm fans...
