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Alden Jencks wrote a brilliant article in The Vexilloid Tabloid, Issue 117 (The newsletter of the Portland Flag Association) concerning how ‘Bad Bunny’ could have been making some important statements about his native, Puerto Rico, and flags. Ocasio, aka Bad Bunny, burst onto our TV screens during the half time of the Super Bowl. It…

“I would not respect any God that I could figure out” St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430)

Bandera de Me’xico. The flag of Mexico. It is vertical tricolor of green; white and red. Charged in the middle white section is the national coat of arms. The overall design has been consistent since 1821. The coat of arms is based on the Aztec symbol for Tenochtitlan [Mexico City]. The story is that the…

Sometimes I say to myself a little prayer in my advancing years, “God, help me to be the kind of old person young people want old people to be. Help me not just to talk like this, but help me to walk around like this and answer the phone like this and talk to my…

County Durham, or Durham, is a ceremonial county in North East England. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne and Wear to the north, the North Sea to the east, North Yorkshire to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The largest settlement is Darlington. The ceremonial county is officially named Durham, but the county has long been commonly known as County Durham and it is the only English county name prefixed with “County” in common…

We attended the Professional Women’s Hockey League ‘Take Over Tour’ game in Denver. What a fantastic experience to see Mom’s & Daughters, Dad’s & Daughters and Women of all ages jumping up and down for true sports heroes. Women’s sports has finally arrived. Now that is some good shit!

“Yucatán,  estado (state), southeastern Mexico. Occupying part of the northern Yucatán Peninsula, it is bounded to the north by the Gulf of Mexico, to the east and southeast by the state of Quintana Roo, and to the southwest and west by the state of Campeche.” “Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico…

Jim Croce https://youtu.be/wNBiH-H5kTw?si=TaGhoyNxIRIFfxY-

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southernand Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union(EU) member state. Spanning the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean; the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean…

“May the creativity of the Holy Spirit encourage us to generate new forms of familiar hospitality, fruitful fraternity and universal solidarity.” Richard Rohr