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Don’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover

Donna — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:06:16 +0000

I am reading a book by Sybil Leek, “Diary of a Witch” The private life of one of the world’s most famous and colorful psychics. It isn’t the type of book that I would normally read, but I needed a book to stick in my purse the other week and just grabbed one off of the book shelve as I was running out the door. But I’m glad that I picked this book because it has turned out to be a pretty interesting read that I have learned a lot from it as well. When I read this part about Ben Franklin I knew that I had

The great American statesman, scientist, inventor and philosopher, Benijamin Frankin, wrote his own epitaph at the age of twenty-two. Carl Van Doren called “the most famous of American epitaphs.” Unfortunately, it was never used on Ben Franklin’s tombstone.

THE BODY OF B. FRANKLIN,

PRINTER,

LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK,

ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT

AND

STRIPPED OF ITS LETTERING & GILDING,

LIES HERE

FOOD FOR WORMS.

BUT THE BOOK SHALL NOT BE LOST,

FOR IT WILL AS HE BELIEVED

APPEAR ONCE MORE

IN A NEW AND MORE ELEGANT EDITION

REVISED AND CORRECTED

BY THE AUTHOR.

Windy Day

Donna — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:58:21 +0000

We have been blessed with such a mild winter, the mildest winter on record to date. So the big talk is how and when are we going to pay for this unusual warm weather. Well today we are paying some of our dues by experiencing the most outrageous wind I’ve felt since the last hurricane scare.

The wind is so strong that even the gulls have trouble walking about.

Up and Down

Donna — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:13:20 +0000

Gas prices just drive me crazy. It’s hard to believe that on Christmas Day the price of gas finally hit under the $3 mark, $2.99 to be exact, while today it has risen to $3.49 a gallon. That is a 50 cent increase in just over a month. I hear that we could be seeing prices above the $4 a gallon mark come summer, sigh…..

What really bites is that the gas station that had gas for $2.99 was closed on Christmas day so I didn’t even get to buy any.

Go figure.

Country Scene

Donna — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:57:15 +0000

This photo was taken in Springfield at the home of a man and his wife that asked me to help them sell their property and their business. The man is called Popeye by everyone in town, where they have lived all their lives. They are moving to a new home being custom built for them on the same property but farther down the state road from their home and business. It is a beautiful farm and country property. I wish I could find the rest of the photos I took while there to share with you. I’ll keep looking.

Morning Routine

Donna — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:12:40 +0000

Guest post from: Denver Stephens

I googled Cable TV Advisor because I need to get tv for my morning routine! My routine usually entails waking up at least 15 minutes later than I was supposed. Then, turning on the Today show for background as I get ready. I was kind of surprised Meredith didn’t last very long. I mean, I know she was there for years, but compared to a lot of the others, it was brief in comparison. Would the Today show be the Today show without Matt Lauer?! I think they do a good job of providing hard and soft news.

News

Donna — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:41:36 +0000

The past couple years I have really cut back on watching many news programs. It is just way too depressing and I’d prefer to try and keep on the positive side of things. Once in a while I will be cruising the TV channels and stumble on a story that gets my interest, such was the case early this morning while I was taking advantage of laying in bed and watching some TV on a lazy Saturday morning.

It seems that a couple had been living at their home for 40 years and just now discovered that the slab of marble that was at the front of their front door step was actually a tomb stone belonging to a woman named Jane. Sorry I can’t remember the last name, but that doesn’t really matter now does it? The date was back in the 1860′s and they were not able to find any remains (which I believe to be a good thing) and plan on keeping this unusual find, right side up this time,.

What Do You Predict And Will You Share It

Donna — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:39:58 +0000

I was turned on to a really cool site that allows you to make a Prediction and then sit back and wait and see if it comes true by the date that you predicted it to. You can link it to your Face Book page or Twitter and I was also told that I could link it here on my blog but I searched and searched and for the life of me I could not find the slanted number 8 that they told me to find and click on after making my prediction, sigh…..

I still think it is a cool site. What I Predict is “There is no doubt that the new technology that our law enforcement population have been issued called Cellebrite cell phone extraction device (UFED) will be in the news because it will be abused by so many people that wear the “badge.” which is a device that I had heard about and then read about on Face Book last night. Pretty scary info her folks, please check it out if you can.

Now after saying all of that I just found the slanted 8 and I’m going to try and link it here. Will see if it works or not. Here goes nothing folks…

http://predictsthat.com/#?p=39096651

Well it doesn’t come out as a link, but when I copy and pasted the info and put it in the address bar it does take you right to my Prediction where you can then read it and then comment on it. Pretty cool beans if I don’t say so myself.

Face Book Issues

Donna — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:18:52 +0000

I have been spending more time on Face Book lately, since figuring out how to get around on it with more ease and grace. I do have to say that I am one of millions of others that are unhappy with the new changes that they just pulled on us. This really sounds like a big deal, even heard about it on one of the late night talks show that I watch on occasion. And now it seems that they are working on even more changes. . . .

Sunday Paper

Donna — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:00:37 +0000

We did not get our Sunday paper this morning. I went out at 8:30, then again at 9:30 and there’s no paper. My neighbors don’t subscribe, so I don’t know if the paper carrier came though here or not, as there are no other driveways to check and see if they got one and just not me. This is so frustrating. I was looking forward to sipping on my cup of coffee and reading the paper this morning to see what all is going on in the world that I can’t find by going online. But considering what we went through last night I’ve decided not to call and complain. Just because we got through Irene all right doesn’t mean that the paper delivery guy made out as well.

Clueless

Donna — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:29:05 +0000

Not that we had any plans for this weekend, but I can tell you that riding out a major hurricane certainly wasn’t what I had in mind what-so-ever. The grocery stores are starting to fill up with folks buying bottled water, batteries, boards, milk and course the always needed toilet paper. I have never really figured out why the toilet paper, anyone out there have a clue?