I grew up on baking autumn afternoons with ice cold drinks in my hands. I loved watching the leaves turn red, yellow, and orange as the land prepared for winter snows. I saw squirrels gathering nuts and bears gorging themselves[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I saw the most recent Marvel Cinematic Universe movie the day it opened, and I had fun. Our titular hero went small and big in his perennial effort to do right by maybe doing a little wrong. He’s a devoted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up on summer mornings drenched in sun. I walked through knee-high cornfields filled with noisy crickets, and forests that went quiet at the sound of cityfolks laughing. Sometimes I could get them to shut up for a few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up on spring mornings smelling the dew on the air and the insects buzzing their happy tunes. I walked through the forests, canoed down the rivers, and fished in the lakes. I swam in cold springs to wash[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For my final Independence Day post for the week, this is Jack, Betty, and Jasmine, greatly enjoying their last Independence Day Weekend. Of course, there is an argument to be made that EVERY day in America is a celebration of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’re coming to the close of our yearly celebration of America, so I decided to have fun and do up some of my characters in patriotic garb. Here are Twilight, Dixie, and Jane, three of the AIs who grew up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My family was not particularly patriotic when I was young. We considered ourselves citizens of the world, but certain traditions certainly made their way into my childhood. The Fourth of July was always a preferred time to arrange Family councils,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up celebrating Independence Day with bonfires on the beach, double decker pontoons in the lake, and party barges full of fireworks. All us locals would work the barges for an hour or so and then retire to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is what we celebrate on the Fourth of July. A people who had had enough of being oppressed and finally decided to stand up, to sign their names and sacred honor to a document that would earn them the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’re coming up on Independence Day again. And since I’m a product of my times, I remember a mix of flag waving ceremonies, remembering those who fought to give us our freedom, and a fictional President saying that we would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…