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A Truly Restful Drive
Traveling on US Route 60 across southern Missouri is a beautiful and restful experience. What begins as flat delta land around Sikeston...
Virginia Tolles
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Thus Saith Professor Charles W. Kingsfield
​While looking up the exact wording of Professor Charles W. Kingfield's remark in the movie The Paper Chase (Thompson-Paul Productions...
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A Winter Blackout
We had a blackout this morning. Shortly before 8:00, the computer went out. The clocks were still running, but the lights were very dim....
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22 hours ago2 min read
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On Simplifying Life
​A strange thing happens when one reaches his or her mid-fifties. Priorities change. Suddenly, accumulating material possessions seems...
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Doing a Thing for the Love of It
In the made-for-television movie A Christmas Without Snow (Korty Films / Frank Koenigsberg Productions, 1980), a haughty singer tells a...
Virginia Tolles
22 hours ago1 min read
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What’s a Senior to Do? – Part 2
Tiny Houses Background Popularized by tiny house entrepreneur Jay Shafer in 1999, tiny houses quickly became popular with people of all...
Virginia Tolles
22 hours ago3 min read
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On Losing a Beloved Tree
Until this past Christmas, my Crape Myrtle was a truly beautiful tree. She presided over the back yard, which sadly is mostly hidden from...
Virginia Tolles
22 hours ago2 min read
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Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
​This country, if not the entire western world, has drifted away from the principles that gave us our civilized lifestyle. In 1968, we...
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22 hours ago3 min read
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For Families of Disabled Children
​This is an issue that has rankled with me for a very long time. After learning about a situation involving a friend from my high school...
Virginia Tolles
22 hours ago2 min read
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Don't Give Up Your Bucket List
​A lady on YouTube decided she was tired of sitting at home all day, watching two-dimensional life on big-screen TV. Deciding to get out...
Virginia Tolles
22 hours ago2 min read
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Getting to Know You
Videos of old television shows have become available for viewing on YouTube. As I added URLs to shows in which Jack Lord appeared to my...
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22 hours ago2 min read
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Aviation Enthusiast
Okay! I'm an aviation enthusiast. I'll admit it. My three favorite planes are the DC-3, the DC-9, and the C-141. DC-3s and DC-9s are...
Virginia Tolles
Feb 52 min read
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Wishing you a . . .
Photo Credit: Geralt / Pixabay
Virginia Tolles
Dec 31, 20241 min read
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O Holy Night
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Virginia Tolles
Dec 25, 20241 min read
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Oh, goody! Santa's bringing someone a teddy bear! Yippee!
Merry Christmas, one and all!
Virginia Tolles
Dec 24, 20241 min read
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Remember the Reason for the Season
Jenny Nguyen / Pixabay Indeed, this is the season to be grateful. Christians are celebrating the time Our Dear Heavenly Father came to...
Virginia Tolles
Dec 21, 20242 min read
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Dec 12, 20240 min read
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A Battle Wages on the Bird Feeder
Same song, umpteenth verse. About four squirrels in our back yard are determined to take over the bird feeders, sending the birds flying...
Virginia Tolles
Dec 3, 20241 min read
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On this Thanksgiving Week . . .
. . . Let us be grateful for all that we have and for all the many blessings that we have received. . . . Let us remember those who are...
Virginia Tolles
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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How to Prepare for the End Times
​Not long ago, a YouTuber posted a video about BRICS (Brazil, Russian, India, China, and South Africa*) trying to take over the dollar....
Virginia Tolles
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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