Dogwood Ramblings
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people that pay no price for being wrong. Thomas Sowell A liberal is...
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Last week a couple of “Letters to the Editor” certainly pulled me over to the curb. First, I did not diligently research the information as I should have for my “Letter”, but I did NOT say there were...
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Who do you trust? As a small child I thought most everyone was trustworthy and honest. The years since then have taught me differently, sad to say. Television ads and the print media constantly barrage...
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Now would be a good time to put a gold star on my calendar. As of Friday I finally have all of my 2015 bookkeeping up-to-date. Of course, that is just part of the work needing to be done. I have also...
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Once again, our TV and print media news reports are of civil disobedience and violence here and there by disgruntled groups. I don’t understand the thinking of these rioters. My family lived through...
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I can tell you that for sure it is mentally and physically tiring to be “under the weather”. Since last September I have lost 22 pounds, mostly due to not being hungry and very few foods entice me....
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Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil, it has no point. Kudos to my new primary physician at Mercy System in Springfield. Dr. Bowlin kindly saw me as a walk-in last Wednesday. He put me on...
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Debating whether this column or a letter to the editor was more correct, I opted for this column in the hope it doesn’t upset our more liberal readers. After being notified that there are sham cancer...
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Willie Boeddeker used to have sayings, pockets seemingly crammed full of them. If I went out to try and fix a raggedy bit of fence or didn’t mow often enough he would say, “Looks like a ‘widder woman’...
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Do you really watch TV commercials or do you sit there hoping they will end quickly? Do you pay attention to what is being said? One toothpaste commercial will tell you once you lose the enamel on your...
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I have quite a pile of paper here, a copy of each and every column written for the Ramblings. This one is number 280. One could say I am wordy and they wouldn’t be wrong. My goodness, that is more...
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Have you had enough rain yet? It seems we’ve had our fair share here at Dogwood and many places have had far too much. The end of July and into August we will probably be praying for rain. My Weeping...
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Sorry about last week’s column, but I found myself in the Mercy Stroke unit on Monday – not by choice of course – and the column was furthest from my mind. Home now and still not up to par. The ER beds...
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Have you ever been manipulated into doing or thinking something wrong? Have you ever been scammed, particularly financially? It sure leaves you with a feeling of ignorance. Yes, the perpetrator is at...
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Just after sending off last week’s column to the Herald there was a loud noise out on Hwy. 14 and I saw a pickup tearing through the ditch from the west, taking out my mail boxes and a state road sign,...
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It is hoped you all survived the scary thunderstorms, the excess rain, and then the oppressive heat and humidity following. My dogs appreciate getting into the garage because even though hot in there,...
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It is with sad heart that I reflect on the passing of Kent Stamper. Just a couple of months ago Kent’s mother passed away and his father is not in good health. Time after time Kent went “the extra...
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Patsy Williams called with the news that there was a wedding on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Ridge Church. Angela Ann Modar of Dogwood and Chance Wayne Eastling of Ava tied the knot and there was a...
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“As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their...
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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it,...
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