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The Commonwealth of Dominica. [Not to be confused with The Dominican Republic]. It is an island country in the Caribbean. It’s ‘nickname’ is ‘Nature Isle of the Caribbean’ for it’s lush vegetation and rare plants and animals. It was formed by geothermal volcanic activity. It contains the second largest hot spring in the world called…

The ‘true’ flag of the people of Hawaii?? There is much controversy surrounding this flag that has been adopted by the ‘Sovereign People’s Movement’ in the islands. Like so many, not exactly ‘urban myths’, this flag has a number of theories and repeated stories about how it came to be. One prominent idea that is…

The western state of Colorado. First American people have lived here for 13,000 years. It was named by Spanish ‘explorers’ Colorado after the Rio Colorado River (The red River). Colorado became part of the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. It was first declared a territory in 1861. 15 years later President Ulysses…

“Jesus takes the risk of allowing people the freedom to be themselves and to love God according to the shape of their own heart, soul, body, and mind!” Richard Rohr

“We always see through a glass darkly, and that is what faith is about. I will live by the best I can discern today. Tomorrow I may find out I was wrong. Since I do not live by being right, I am not destroyed by being wrong.” Verna Dozier The Dream of God

Last to Leave the Party  In your white dress you revolved around me like the moon and like the earth I was spinning, tilted back on my own axis. Billy Collins

We attended a poetry reading by 11 & 12 year old students from a school in our hometown of Denver Colorado. What are these kids thinking about? I was 11 in 1961. Here is a poem I wrote: The three stooges come on at three We are out of peanut butter That ain’t fair. Ok,…

The flag of the County of Norfolk in England. It is the top tier of government of Norfolk County, of which Norwich is the main city. The flag is a bi-color, gold and black field with a white ‘bend’ bearing 9 black ermine spots in alternating pairs of singles and doubles. (Yes Ermine – the…

“Liberia (/laɪˈbɪəriə/) officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It has a population of around 5.5 million and covers an area of 43,000 square miles (111,369 km2). The official language is English. Over 20 indigenous languages are spoken, reflecting…

Today is Constitution Day in Puerto Rico Hanging in our Lanai in our home in Denver Colorado: 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…