Author: daylerogers
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Why Even Celebrate Thanksgiving?
It feels like Thanksgiving has become a throw-away holiday. History and current reality. The first Thanksgiving was never called that by those attending. It was a one-time happening. The Wampanoag Indians, which had lived in that area a thousand years, were indispensable to the survival of those early settlers. After the successful harvesting of their…
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The Grand Dump
Whoever said someone’s trash is someone else’s treasure? They’ve never been to my home. Trash is trash and you can’t put a pretty bow on it. My daughter’s family has the right idea. They rented a dumpster for a week and are being fierce in their disposal of things not needed. If it’s not been…
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It’s Not A Hill To Die On
I so wanted them to be the bad guys. Then I’d have someone to rail against, an entity to receive the focus of my anger and frustration. I can’t lay all the blame at the feet of our HOA. Our house needs painting. Badly. It’s been more years than we should have allowed, but with…
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Road Trip 2.0
When we were younger, road trips were an integral part of our lives. We’d throw all six kids in the back of the van, hook up a small TV with a VHS component (definitely back in the day) and drive wherever we needed to be. Often we’d drive all night, the kids sacked out in…
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Fabulous Friendships
“That’s the bank I’m gonna sue for what they did to me.” “That’s the brewery I spent yesterday afternoon in.” “That’s the place I spent all night eating dinner in.” “That’s the gun range I always use.” You’d think I had a couple of old men in the back seat of my car, commenting on…