Month: April 2011

SPRING FLOWERS RODIN - THE KISS RENOIR - ON THE TERRACE

Thoughts Turn To Spring…

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     After over three consecutive weeks of rain, sleet, and dismally chilly temperatures, the National Weather Service for the great Lakes Region informed the suffering hordes that this spring was the coldest in 15 years, averaging 8 degrees below the seasonal norm.  Where in the world is that rising CO2 level that assures global warming […]... Read More
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Celebrating the Bard

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     In the non-descript river town in south central England known as Stratford-on-Avon, in the last week of April, 1564, the modern English language was born.  Prior to the event of birth occurring at John Shakespeare’s house at or about April 23rd, the language known as English had developed from the ground up on the […]... Read More

And Now For Something Completely Different…

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     President Obama determined today at a press conference to finally release his long form birth certificate, in order to end what he termed the “sideshow”, and declaring, “We do not have time for this silliness. We’ve got better stuff to do.”  Better stuff to do, indeed.  Putting aside the president’s motives in withholding the certificate […]... Read More
SHROUD OF TURIN THE EMPTY TOMB

He is not here.

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          The miracle that is Easter morning will be celebrated by over 2 billion people today in reflection and adoration of the triumph of life over mortality. The power of the messenger resonates with such clarity over the millenia that historical significance of the event still drives enormous academic study, and the religious significance unbounded […]... Read More

The Makings of the Battle To Come

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     There is a large consortium of republican standard bearers developing a year and a half before the 2012 presidential election as evidence continues to mount that the current president is progressively running out of time to adjust the economic landscape that will be present come next November. As an upstart candidate who managed to […]... Read More
FORT SUMTER, APRIL 12TH, 1861

Descent into the Maelstrom

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       April 12, 2011, is the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the start of the Civil War initiated by an artillery barrage by South Carolina Militia Lieutenant Henry Farley at 4:30 am into the United States  military base at Fort Sumter, South Carolina.  The good lieutenant had an resolutely clear concept how this war would start, but […]... Read More
GRANT AND LEE AT APPOMATTOX

Wilmer McLean’s House

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     On April 9th, 1965, a crowd developed in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean’s house in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. In no small irony, the final vestiges of the great storm transcontinentally roaring across the American land expanse over four strife filled years found itself guests in the house of the gentleman whose previous residence had […]... Read More