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Country Christian — No. 7

Moving right along, here is the latest installment on those country songs that have — at least for me — a Christian message. I opened the series with Beer with Jesus by Thomas Rhett (10/13), way back in October. As … Continue reading

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Jersey Strong

One of my Reveille/Between the Lakes readers, knowing I was from New Jersey, sent me the following information. If you live/lived in New Jersey, you will appreciate the wealth of useful and not so useful information, walk down Memory Lane … Continue reading

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Country Christian — No. 8

To remind you of what this series is about, I enjoy country music … especially when I’m in my truck. It can be raunchy and risque at times, twangy and bring out the best (or worst) of our redneck feelings … Continue reading

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Country for the Soul — Part 2

To remind you of what this series is about, I enjoy country music … especially when I’m in my truck. It can be raunchy and risque at times, twangy and bring out the best (or worst) of our redneck feelings … Continue reading

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The Rap Against K-Mart

Maybe I’m being too sensitive, but has anyone else been offended by the K-Mart back to school commercials? If you haven’t seen them, there are two in particular that concern me … the Yo Mama school layaway clip and the … Continue reading

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Country for the Soul I

My Five Minute Friend Lisa Jo Baker posted this recently on her Facebook page: “Sometimes there’s nothing so good for the soul as country music.” Amen, Sister! I enjoy country music … especially when I’m in my truck. It can … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Lonely

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/2013/08/five-minute-friday-lonely/) who thought about writing and how often our … Continue reading

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Color the Bug

I was in the office the other day and started hearing an “arrr arrr pop putt putt putt putt” sound from the garage. It was uneven and rough, but the Beetle was alive again! The Beetle is a ’71 I … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Story

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/) who thought about writing and how often our … Continue reading

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Famiglia

I don’t know if I mentioned it before, but I belong to a 2,696 member strong Facebook group, You know you lived in Paterson, NJ in the 50’s & 60’s. It brings back lots of memories. One was particularly relevant. … Continue reading

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