Temperance River State Park, Cook County MN
Song for Autumn
By Mary Oliver
Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now
how comfortable it will be to touch
the earth instead of the
nothingness of the air and the endless
freshets of wind? And don’t you think
the trees, especially those with
mossy hollows, are beginning to look for
the birds that will come—six, a dozen—to sleep
inside their bodies? And don’t you hear
the goldenrod whispering goodbye,
the everlasting being crowned with the first
tuffets of snow? The pond
stiffens and the white field over which
the fox runs so quickly brings out
its long blue shadows. The wind wags
its many tails. And in the evening
the piled firewood shifts a little,
longing to be on its way.
Stella's Place 
Coffee’s up! Grab a cup!
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Good morning, Texan! Have a great day!
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Stellars….
Vaso da Gama Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal…
Bixby Creek Bridge, Big Sur, California
Konitsa Bridge, Konitsa, Greece
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THEY ARE NO LONGER HOMELESS
@TravisDoodles
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I just love these videos.
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Good afternoon, aus! Me, too! Travis Doodles is my favorite. I subscribe to four or five of those type channels. It’s so heartening to see that folks are picking up the pieces of their lives and moving into better places spiritually and physically, also.
The friend of the man who has cancer went into a tailspin after the death of his wife and ended up losing everything he owned. When Travis started helping him plus giving him encouragement and respect, it was just that extra push he needed to start him on his comeback road.
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Thank you, Lucille,
I like the fact that these are not “one and done” episodes. There’s a lot of heart, background work and attention to the specific needs of those he helps by Travis.
He’s a good role model.
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Good afternoon, Reflection! Yes, he’s definitely a good role model. Travis’s concern is very often shown in his prayers for the individuals, the specific words of which we aren’t privy to so as to preserve confidentiality. I really appreciate that aspect.
It would be wonderful if the various churches could start similar one-on-one outreach endeavors. Church soup kitchens and food banks are excellent. However, helping one or two individuals week after week brings great spiritual rewards to all concerned. Keeping the Lord in the equation and showing folks His love blesses everyone.
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Mornin’ y’all!
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Mornin, Miss Wee. I’d like to be a fly on the wall about now at those staff meetings. 😀 😀 😀
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Mornin’ T! Not ALL of NM is crazy….
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That’s one way to get my computer screen cleaned. Coffee splatter!
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Mornin’ Pa!
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LOL
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Good day, Miz Wee! The proponents of “shall not be infringed” better stay vigilant. For Dems to come out against a policy of one of their own is super rare. What’s afoot? It ain’t ’cause they love the Constitution.
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I am beginning to get the feeling that the Dems are not all aware of what their party is actually planning on doing. I think some of them are just starting to pay attention.
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Afternoon Lucille!
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Hey Wee,
I hope they are more careful about where they pack their hardware in real life!
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IKR?? Afternoon Reflection!
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Fed judge blocked the ban yesterday evening. Everyone knew it could not stand. Maybe you remember the announcement of Martial Law did not stand in NO after Katrina, which was an actual crisis and emergency.
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That’s all well and good, but this thing in NM………..it’s for the chirren’s! 😀 😀 😀 /sarc
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I think it was a test run. Glad everyone stood against it.
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😀
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Wheeee!
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Isn’t he cute?? Mornin’ Czarina!
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How do we know that the little fellow is not thinking, “one time, one more time… and I’ll make my escape”?
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😀
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National School Picture Day
National Parents’ Day Off
National Sober Day
National Live Creature Day
National Virginia Day
National Eat a Hoagie Day
National Ceramic Filled Donut Day
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Wow! Changed cream to ceramic filled. Bizarre constructions as Dragon Dictation says.
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Ha ha. Maybe they thought I was making them like I did with my ceramic biscuits.
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Well done, Aus! I have heard that some doughnuts are called “sinkers”.
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Good day to you, Czarina! Favorite: National School Picture Day. Let’s get our school photos out of whatever closet they reside in and see how adorable and innocent we all were in first grade.
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I have really awful ones – I blame my mother’s home perms!
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Good afternoon, Stella! You got those perms, too! LOL! My first grade photo had me looking like Shirley Temple. My sister had one of the all-time cutest first grade photos. Ours were all black and white right up through 12th grade. Graduation photos were hand-colored.
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My SENIOR a picture had that very perm!
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First Grade with pincurls.
Senior picture with new perm.
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Both are darling, Czarina! Make me nostalgic for sweeter times in America.
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I married the first red head I dated! Yessireebob, A real fire-breather too! Oh those were the days my friend, I thought they’d never end… Our class pics were B&W and the girls had to wear a dress or skirt! No bluejeans permitted or sneakers!
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The style back then for guys was a “Gant” shirt and a barracuda jacket. That jacket sure was cold in Winter! But I was “in style!”
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I hated my first grade photo. My mother braided my long blond hair and wrapped it across the top of my head, which she did regularly. When I saw the photo I thought I looked like a boy and I was mortified.
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Before the home perms, my mother did my hair in rags to make banana curls, with bangs! That was much cuter than the perms, though.
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Here’s one with the banana curls:
And one with a bad perm (not the worst one though):
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Awww, Stella…and a drum majorette costume, too, looks like. Just darling!
Old photos are such fun. Even if the people aren’t known to me personally, I could spend hours watching family slide shows.
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We’ve talked about Hair-Gel running, we’ve talked about the Wookie running, but this is a truly terrifying thought exercise here. Could the Biden’s be setting it up for “Dr.” Jill to fill Brain-Freeze’s spot next year. Now is the time to think outside the box for whatever they might throw at us.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/is_joe_preparing_to_run_his_wife_for_2024.html
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Plausible.
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IMHO, it would take massive amounts of fraud to get to that point! We’ve (America) had enough of the corruptocrats and/or foreigners (The Kenyan)! PDJT has proven to get America great again!
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Oh, good heavens!!!
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I’m thinking Dr Jill is complicit in the thievery Bribem is being investigated for.
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Afternoon All. Had trouble getting to sleep last night so got up really late. It is a little cool out but very sunny. Perfect weather. I don’t see any leaves turning here in the apt. complex, but I am sure it won’t be long. Perfectly blue clear sky overhead.
They started working on the concrete at the other end of the buildings so I can just barely hear it. I think it is possible that it won’t be as bad as I thought it was going to be since I have seen how they are pulling out the old concrete. I thought they would jackhammer the whole pieces, but they just chop up a corner and then lift it out with a big machine.
Well, not much going on. I finally got the closet in the extra room rearranged and am working on making myself throw out everything that I can.
Hope you all are fine and having good weather.
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The right to groom babies has been upheld….
JUDGE: Parent Can’t Opt Preschoolers Out of LGBT Lessons
By Todd Starnes – Published September 14, 2023
“…the school district in Montgomery County, Maryland has literally stripped away parental rights.”
https://www.toddstarnes.com/campus/judge-parent-cant-opt-preschoolers-out-of-lgbt-lessons/?
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Disgusting!
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Judge Joe Brown WRECKS and DESTROYS Trump Indictments!!!
Dr. Steve Turley – Posted September 13, 2023
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Another unethical Biden cabinet member gets taken to task…hopefully this is a precursor to impeachment if she doesn’t resign (fat chance of that)….
JUST IN: Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY 24th District since 2023) Demands Resignation Of Biden’s Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm Over Alleged Ethics Violations
Forbes Breaking News – Posted September 14, 2023
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I’m surprised this took so long to get out………G20 talks up Digital Currency and Digital ID. With a request for a “nudge” from the UN. Hard pass, kids.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/g20-announces-plan-to-impose-digital-currencies-and-ids-worldwide-5489947?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport
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Well, well, miracles never cease….
BREAKING: GATEWAY PUNDIT CASE WITH BIDEN WHITE HOUSE-FBI GOES TO US SUPREME COURT – Biggest First Amendment Case in Modern US History! (UPDATE) SCOTUS To Take the Case
By Jim Hoft Sep. 14, 2023 2:35 pm
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/beraking-now-gateway-pundit-battle-biden-white-house/?utm
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BREAKING!… Lara Logan Drops Her Much-Anticipated Production – “The Matthew Perna Story, Part 1” From “The Rest of the Story” Series – WATCH IT HERE AND PASS IT ON!
By Jim Hoft Sep. 14, 2023 11:00 am
Matthew Perna was a Bernie Sanders fan until Trump came along. Then he was treated as a terrorist.
Find out how a man who’d never been in trouble in his life ended up on the FBI wanted list after January 6th.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/breaking-lara-logan-drops-her-much-anticipated-production/
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Train car carrying toxic perchloric acid explodes in Nebraska rail yard: Evacuation orders issued for four mile radius as huge plume of smoke fills sky above North Platte
By JOE HUTCHISON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:03 EDT, 14 September 2023 | UPDATED: 16:58 EDT, 14 September 2023
Authorities are asking people living near a railroad in North Platte, Nebraska, to evacuate after a rail car carrying perchloric acid exploded. Footage near the city shows toxic white smoke billowing into the air, as emergency teams try to contain the blaze. The fire erupted inside a stationary railcar situated at the Union Pacific Railroad Bailey Yards, which is the largest railroad yard in the world
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12519821/Nebraska-rail-car-explosion-cloud-heavy-toxic-smoke-seen-tracks-state-police-issue-urgent-evacuation-orders.html
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Evening all. Thank you Stella for sharing Stella’s Place. The poetry has been divine.
My mother cut my hair and my first grade pics gave evidence that mom could shear a sheep but she wasn’t real good with her girls hair-dos and I won’t even mention the horrors that mom achieved with the Lilt home perm…. :0)
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That’s right…Lilt…I’d forgotten. Thanks, litenmaus, for the memories!
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