I love voting day!  Seriously, its one of my most favorite patriotic days.  It's the day when I take a deep breath of free American air and I thank God that I live in this country ( Read more... )

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Thanksgiving is around the corner.  Literally!  Three days!  And yet, I don't feel much of the "spirit" of things.  My current interest and passions are more tuned to the "Spirit of 1776" instead of Thanksgiving 2007 ( Read more... )

I have a number of tastes in music.  Classical, folk music, early rock and roll, early jazz.  I think I'm going to have to also classify fife and drum musick as another favorite.  There is just something so stirring in the sound of fifes and drums.  I can see why some commanders in 18th century would rouse their fife and drum corps out of bed at 2: ( Read more... )

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