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| I seem to be the only one awake in the house. Ruth is sleeping in her swing. Bran is napping at the back of the house. Clemmie conked out in Sheila’s lap. Then the lap dozed off. John is conscious, as far as I know, out in his workshop. I need my walk but am afraid both babies’ll wake soon as I leave and Sheila will have her hands full. |
Ruth doesn’t seem that impressed by her first horizon to horizon bright and full spectrum rainbow. The iPhone does not do it justice.
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| I get to meet her tomorrow! |
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| Baby Ruth with Mommy. |
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| Fun size Babies Ruth… |
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| Lordy, this beautiful little miracle looks like she’s smiling as she is introduced to her big sister. |
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| Baby Ruth is awake! |
Rachel Craw: Welcome, Welcome, Ruth!! Congrats Brannon Shaw and family!
...among 21 nice comments.
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| Be still my heart; Clementine meets Ruth. Ruth’s first family portrait. |
Jeri Carter: Saw the recent article about Georgia being a "swing" state in 2020--gotta love it!
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Amen to John Brennan, an American patriot.
Robert Fratkin: I don't remember Zelensky mentioning the Ambassador. As I understand it, Trump brought her up, very unpleasantly. But would we expect any less?.Ken Fuller: God bless John Brennan a man of great courage, a man of character. A great American.
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Sandra Pride: The dregs of society. trump must be so proud.
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Will "Nixon" get another pardon?
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| Roger Stone shows off his tattoo |
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| L-R: Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Lee Atwater |
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| Clemmie may have a cold, but ain’t she cute, eating her breakfast a Gamma’s? While we all anxiously await the arrival of her sister “Baby Ruth” — and also as an American patriot testifies before Congress in the background. I get to see Clemmie — and maybe both sisters — in just four days! |
12:29 p.m. Pacific Time, November 15, 2019. 8lbs 10 oz. Everyone is doing fine.  |
| My brave and beautiful eldest daughter, her fine husband, and their Baby Ruth. Three of the four pieces of my heart residing in southern California. I cannot look at this picture without enduring a swelling in my chest and moisture in my eyes. Where is that portkey when I need it?! |
Rhonda Ingram Bramlette: Your daughter is stunningly beautiful! How she looks like this after that great effort is beyond me!!
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| Who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot, Ruth Irmgard Carlin? |
Donald Trump is the most ignorant and corrupt man ever to occupy our unitary executive. Zachary Taylor, Andrew Johnson, and Richard Nixon look like statesmen by comparison. No one is surprised that Donald Trump, who does not read anything more complicated than a "tweet", did not know the Latin term "quid pro quo" which means "this for that". Neither are we any longer surprised that he is so corrupt as to try to extort political aid from a foreign leader in exchange for existential assistance to a struggling ally.
The PrimeTimers at Pleasant Valley South Baptist Church invited me to tell some lies right there in church today! I had a great time and was pleased to see a few familiar faces. One was Ms. Smart, shown here, the mom of Matthew Smart and Jennifer who were my students back in the early eighties (maybe even ’79?). I also knew their daughter Julie. Mr. Smart was also there, as well as Ms. Thompson, Matthew Scott Thompson’s mom and Terry Simmons who is married to a fellow West Rome High School grad. I should have gotten some other pictures.
Great estate sale find, two signed Wint Barton baskets and a third that the owner says is also by Wint. We have a couple of his baskets but Wint & Frances were so soecial to our family I could not pass them by. The one on the left is in great shape and inscribed specifically to Rome’s legendary “Home Demonstration Agent” Margaret Gaylor, who died this year.
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| George Barton: Was it a Republican bolt?Terrell: I definitely called it by some of the same names Mike Burton: Looks like one. |
An Open Letter to Our Rome City Commissioners and Commissioners-elect,
The election is over and we have a City Commission to serve together at least through 2021. So here I go climbing one more time atop my high horse. As a double preachers kid I come by my sermonizing naturally.
I voted for, and campaigned for, four of you this year. I have campaigned and/or voted for three others of you in past years. There are only two of you whom I have not voted for this year or in the past. Those two are supported by dear friends who attest to your high ideals and strong character. I believe you will be a good commission. But We the People are expecting payback for your election!
We expect you to work, speak, read, listen, think, debate, cajole your fellow commissioners to vote, and vote yourself keeping the following in mind to the greatest extent possible:
In other words we expect you to always keep in mind the six goals of the Preamble as they apply to this beautiful city and its diverse people. Progress, growth, business, change will come. We want that change guided toward the common good.
There will inevitably be moments when decisions of the City Commission will affect the immediate political or financial self-interest of one or more of you. We expect you to be honest and above-board about that, recusing yourself in cases where your vote could appear to be a conflict of interest.
You owe me and the others who worked for your election — and those who voted for others — absolutely nothing more or less than the above. We expect you to listen to each of us, of course, but we expect you to do what YOU think is right, without fear or favor, keeping all these things in mind.
I couldn't be more convinced we have selected a good group to fulfill that mission. Despite all the jokes and cynicism about it, true public service is an essential, an honorable, and a courageous calling. Thanks for putting yourself out there.
