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At the monthly meeting of the Portland Flag Association Alden Jencks gave a talk on how the unfortunate practice of co-opting a good flag and making it into a bad symbol is not only happening in the US, it is happening in Germany as well. Here is a transcript of Mr. Jencks remarks. When neo-Nazi…

Scotland Football Club. Our granddaughter Haley taught us to love soccer. Everywhere else in the world it is called ‘Football’ (and it makes more sense since you do play it with your foot). Even a cursory understanding of Football you understand it is far more than a game. It Is your city or your country.…

Since coming to Metro Detroit we have discovered the most exciting sports team of the ‘Motor City’. The Detroit City Football Club (DCFC). DCFC is part of the Independent Soccer League and is old fashioned, European style ‘football’ (Soccer to us Americans.) The stadium, Kenworth field in Hamtramck, is a traditional wooden stands, real grass,…

It is not that often that you get to meet a hero of yours who is also a celebrity. Meet Hank The Service Dog. He is a specialist trained to be a psychiatric service animal. He is also a ‘big deal’ on Instagram. Hank is mobbed everywhere he goes. He is a true hero.

As the name demonstrates, it is an annual plant (doesn’t come back next year). It is actually not a single flower but a cluster of flowers. Those things around the edge which are mistakenly thought of as petals are brightly colored, but sterile ‘Ray Flowers’. Sexual reproduction occurs in the disk. The central portion of…

The Delta Variant has pushed us into a new and different phase of this pandemic. We hold the power to halt the spread of this deadly virus. STOP COVID-19: PLEASE VACCINATE!

I am doing more thinking about social media, especially Instagram. Why do I post the pictures I post? What is the reason others place a photo on this vehicle? Is it solely for ego reasons? Do I want anyone looking at my site to think I am a talented photographer? Do I want everyone to…

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. PR is a Caribbean Island and unincorporated territory of the United States. It is 1,000 miles southeast of Miami Florida. The word Puerto Rico is Spanish for ‘Rich port’. “The Commonwealth is an archipelago among the Greater Antilles located between the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands; it includes…

The State of Oregon. The reason for two pictures is because Oregon is the only state in the US with two different designs, front and back. Oregon was home to Host Nation People for hundreds of years before the white Europeans came to steal the land. Britain and the US bickered and fought over it…

One of the things I have been successful at doing in our retired years is talking Denise into trying out, even when it means traveling a few miles, independent coffee places. We came across an absolute gem of a place recently: ‘Maggie’s be Cafe’ in Hudsonville Michigan (outside of Grand Rapids). Maggie’s makes a fine…