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Passing of a Teacher

We just learned of the passing of our beloved Professor David L. Holmes. Hayden and I took New Testament from Mr. Holmes at the College...

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5 days ago
6 min

Passing of a Teacher

We just learned of the passing of our beloved Professor David L. Holmes. Hayden and I took New Testament from Mr. Holmes at the College...

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May 26
5 min

Yard Sale I (A Series)

Those who know me, know of my love for holding yard sales. I rarely stop at someone else’s sale. I have enough stuff, thank you. But...

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May 18
7 min

Skillful Retirement 101

I recently heard a TED talk that truly spoke to me. I actually heard it by accident. You know, when you are listening to one thing on...

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May 12
3 min

Thoughts and Prayers

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God. Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) This is a single line from an earlier blog post...

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May 6
4 min

Crash

The saying in our family is “Reverse is not Dad’s best gear.” To that I must plead guilty. I have backed cars into brick walls, posts...

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Apr 30
6 min

My Five Rules of Advocacy

Do you feel strongly about an issue? Do you want to have an impact? Do you not know where to start? Well, this blog might be of...

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Apr 21
7 min

Story of a Patriot

It was 1963 when I saw it for the first time. I was 13 years old and it had just turned six. I was on my first trip to Colonial...

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I'm John Constance of Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2021 I became frustrated with the negative tone and content of social media and decided that the world needed a more positive alternative. I have been blessed with a wonderful life and an interesting career in Washington, DC. I decided that the people, places, and things that I had experienced could be used to brighten your day. So I started this blog.

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Ted Widmer has written a very readable history of President-elect Abraham Lincoln's journey from his home in Springfield to Washington DC for his first inauguration in 1861. The account is filled with railway lore, new details of this grueling trip, and an enlightening account of what it meant to the pre-war preparedness of the Union. I had heard accounts of the Baltimore assassination plot, but never in this detail. Lincoln on the Verge, Thirteen Days to Washington; a Simon and Shuster Paperback published in 2020.

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