Tag Archives: Holidays

Independence Day

O! say can you see by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, […]

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Black History in June

Celebrating Juneteenth and Loving Day: freedom marches on.

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Blog Gone Naked!

All day today, April 9th, this blog will be naked. Normally, you see, it is wrapped in a sheet — a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), to be precise, which takes the basic building blocks of Reading Circle Books, the words, paragraphs, pictures, and widgets that make up the content of this site, surrounds them with padding, backgrounds, […]

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A Thanksgiving Tale from Alice’s Restaurant

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He said, “Kid….”
A hilarious annual sing-along, plus:

The original Alice on improvisation and Cream of Salt & Pepper Soup on This I Believe: Making It Up As I Go Along.
Arlo Guthrie on what really happened, […]

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Veteran’s Day

Some thoughts on a solemn fall day, on what we owe soldiers as leaders, and as fellow citizens.
First, from a veteran leader:
I want to share with all of you a picture that I have carried with me for more than 50 years. This is my father, when he was a young Air Force captain, flying […]

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Storytelling and Fear

Ian over at Upper Fort Stewart in The Scariest Books I’ve Read says:
There’s two days left till Halloween. If you’ve got any scary stories yourself why not blog about them and link back here so we can read them or post a comment. I can’t be the only guy around still afraid of Morlocks can I?
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