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In honor of World Vexillology Day, 2024 VEXILLOLOGY: The scientific study of the history, symbolism, and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general. — Whitney Smith, Flags Through the Ages and Across the World, 1975 I have met with and talked to ‘Flag People’ from all over the world. I…

“Coincidence is when God decides to be anonymous.” (The Mitford series by Jan Karon)

“I will be the gladdest thing Under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one”. Afternoon on a Hill by Edna St. Vincent Millay

“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, “sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.”  CS Lewis 

Wouldn’t it be nice if we were older? Then we wouldn’t have to wait so long And wouldn’t it be nice to live together In the kind of world where we belong You know it’s gonna make it that much better When we can say goodnight and stay together Wouldn’t it be nice if we could wake up In the…

“A day without sunshine is like…you know, night.” Steve Martin

“The answer that demands the fewest assumptions is likely the correct one.” Occam’s razor

Sicily, Italy. The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea just to the south of the Italian Peninsula, separated by the narrow Strait of Messina. It is home to the tallest active volcano in Europe, one of the most active in the World. There has been human activity on the island recorded as early as 12,000…