I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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With all the horribleness in the world, I thought you might like a Puppy Break. Here we are signing our Humane Society's Foster to Adopt paperwork today. I think we are going to be busy!
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Nothing like a new puppy to put the world right again. Bruno is really cute and I hope he provides lots of love and laughter. Good luck with him. BTW, they sure are some big feet on him. LOL
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I was thinking the same thing, Betrayal. He's got some big paws to grow into. He's a beautiful dog, though. Makes me miss my pupper, Sweet Peaches, who we lost last year. Six and a half pounds of pure love.
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Puppy breath❤️Puppy kisses❤️Toys❤️Now I have puppy fever! And yes, agree, those are some big paws.
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Fantastic photo, Ruth! You and your husband are a great looking couple! Your dh looks just as happy as you to welcome Bruno, a beautiful pooch, into the family!
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I love the photo Ruth! You guys are a beautiful couple and Bruno is very handsome!
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Divine! Excellent post! Thank you, for thinking the same............
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Ruth,
I am aching to get a dog. Your new baby is adorable! Enjoy him.
Camille,
Overdue answer... Being back at school is fantastic! Even though we are there for only 2 1/2 hours, 4 days a week, it's like we've been living in darkness and now the light has been turned on. I teach half my class in the morning (2 1/2 hours) and then the other half in the afternoon (2 1/2hours).Wednesday is a Zoom day for everyone. I can say that despite the fact that it is still not “normal" school, everyone is thrilled. Children who looked sad, isolated, depressed, and just plain checked out on Zoom are alive, excited and vibrant students in the classroom. I simply have no words to describe the huge difference it has made.
For those who don't work with young children, please understand that although teachers are grateful for Zoom, it was a pale substitute for being in the classroom. Imagine that you are 6/7 years old and you spend 5 days a well isolated somewhere in your house staring at a computer screen. Even when you are not in a live meeting, you are expected to be working on assorted academic apps. There is no contact with others and no immediate feedback from your teacher. Your parents are struggling because they are trying to work and they are trying to manage their child's school day. First graders are simply not ready to manage their own time and don't even ask about K or TK!
The learning loss is real and it's been an adjustment for me to have to work on things in March that I would usually have taught in September. I am not a coddler, but these children need to be heard and understood, not simply told to be quiet and deal with it
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Thanks for all the puppy compliments. He will either keep us young or do us in!
Online learning can never, ever replace what goes on during in-person learning. 'School' is so much bigger and the lessons learned by being there are so much more than 'just' the academic subject matter. That goes for all kids but especially those who live in poverty, those in difficult home environments, those with special needs, and those with mental health issues. The suicide rate and drug overdoses among the young have skyrocketed during the pandemic. I could write a book; but I think others have covered it well already.
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Be more concerned with your character than your
reputation, because your character is what you really are,
while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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Divine, thank you for the Warren Burger quote-- that is exactly what I have been thinking! These so called constitutionalists (initials of TC, for example) need to read and consider the entire 2nd amendment but theg omit the "for the purpose of establishing a militia" part. We do not even have town militias anymore.
Ruth, congrats on being official dog adopters! My DH's first comment when he saw the first pictures you posted was about the size of his paws. Look almost overwhelming to us as dachshund owners, we can pick them up when needed!
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I agree.....there is nothing like a nice young pup when our grandkids are grown. Something has to keep all of who have attained a little age hopefully out of trouble. Dh and I keep trying not to take in anyone else -- although we did take Lucky ( we hope the last kitten/cat on Monday. True to form -- he hid for some time and even though we know they do it, we were starting to worry when he finally appeared. Lucky does very well unless startled and then he sometimes loses his balance a bit and stumbles a little. He will get better and better. Especially after he gets through the pecking order here.
We have our two dogs ( Bill - lab retriever and Minda - a minn-pin ) and that is enough but I doubt we will eer go dogless because we love them as much as we love the cats.
Good mems, Divine.
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All our dogs were shepherd mixes. A lot of small dogs have very high pitched voices which hurts my ears. We sort of accidentally switched over to cats. We foster for the shelter and I used to take in cats belonging to my clients if they needed to go to the hospital. DH would like to have another dog but I want it to be smaller than before.
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I will have to look up a word here, but in looking at the ? wife -- if that was my husband he and I would be buying coffee at separate Starbucks or barring that I'd go up singly to the counter. No way would I make it look as if I needed HIS protection to go get coffee for heaven's sake.
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Sad but true:
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Something else all too true.
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I guess that would be a good thing -- fact checkers would be worked to death in no time.
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Spookie has a very shrill bark, can be annoying at times. Kris has a deep voice, sounds bigger than his 25#.
Kris Kringle.
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There's another good looker -- with such an innocent face. I think they practice that look, but hey you have to do something to get your favorite treats.
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exbrnxgrl, great to hear how students and teachers feel about the return to in-person teaching!
I was talking to my brother earlier this week. He lives in southern Ohio, is a retired coal miner in his early 70s. Ever since the pandemic closed schools in his county last spring, he's driven to his son’s house each school day to be the “teacher" to his 3 grandkids, a 12 year old boy and twin 8 years old girls, since his son and daughter in law both work. The kids finally returned to in-person school last week. Brother said the same thing as you, Caryn, that they are so much happier to be back, how it's lifted their spirits, how wonderful it is to finally be with other children in a school environment. He's so happy for them.
Brother had no problem helping out. He's one of the most decent, caring, patient persons I know, loved by all, can't say enough positive things about him. But he experienced the flaws of Zoom teaching/learning first-hand and at his age and with his background, did not feel equipped academically to be of much help to his grandchildren. A main struggle, he said, was the constant daily distractions at home, often the littlest things like a car horn or dog barking, which veered them off course from lessons. He knows others would disagree, but he's of the opinion that all students should repeat the same grade they're currently in.
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Spookie, Kris Kringle is one gorgeous dog!
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Heather Cox RichardsonMarch 24, 2021 (Wednesday) - excerpts
Last night, federal prosecutors filed a motion revealing that a leader of the paramilitary group the Oath Keepers claimed to be coordinating with the Proud Boys and another far-right group before the January 6 insurrection.
After former President Donald Trump tweeted that his supporters should travel to Washington, D.C., on January 6 for a rally that "will be wild!," Kelly Meggs, a member of the Oath Keepers, wrote on Facebook: "He wants us to make it WILD that's what he's saying. He called us all to the Capitol and wants us to make it wild!!! Sir Yes Sir!!! Gentlemen we are heading to DC pack your s***!!"
In a series of messages, Meggs went on to make plans with another individual for an attack on the process of counting the electoral votes. On December 25, Meggs told his correspondent that "Trumps staying in, he's Gonna use the emergency broadcast system on cell phones to broadcast to the American people. Then he will claim the insurrection act…. Then wait for the 6th when we are all in DC to insurrection."
The Big Lie.....inspired Trump supporters to rally to defend their president and, they thought, their country.
The former president not only inspired them to fight for him; he urged them to send money to defend his election in the courts.......as soon as Trump began to ask for funds to bankroll election challenges, supporters who later charged the Capitol began to send him their money.....an investigation found that those who have been charged in the Capitol riot increased their political donations to Trump by about 75% after the election.
In the 19 days after the election, Trump and the Republican National Committee took in more than $207 million, prompted mostly by their claims that the election was stolen....."Trump successfully convinced many of his followers that unless they acted, and acted fast, their very way of life was about to come to an end…. He presented a catastrophic scenario whereby if the election was lost, his followers would suffer as a result. He made action not just imperative, but urgent, convincing his followers that they needed to do everything they could now, rather than later, to prevent the 'enemy' from claiming victory."
Trump's former lawyer, Sidney Powell, moved to dismiss the Dominion Voting Systems $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against her. Powell helped to craft the Big Lie and...argued that "no reasonable person would conclude" that her statements about a scheme to rig the election "were truly statements of fact."
Eric Wilson, a Republican political technologist, explained away the Big Lie to NBC News's Alan Smith: "[T]here are a lot of dumb people in the world…. And a lot of them stormed the Capitol on January 6th."
And yet, 147 Republicans—8 senators and 139 representatives—signed onto the Big Lie, voting to sustain objections to the counting of the electoral votes on January 6.
.....Republicans are left with increasing evidence that there was a concerted plan to attack the Capitol on January 6, fed by the former president, whose political campaign pocketed serious cash from his declarations that he had truly won the election and that all patriots would turn out to defend his reelection. Those claims were pressed by a lawyer who now claims that no reasonable person would believe she was telling the truth.
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One of the ways to learn to "feel with" is to get to know others
beyond a superficial level. When we experience another's
life the way he or she experiences it, our world expands
and we begin to develop the ability to "feel with."
We develop compassion.
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Refreshing to hear that young people are truly benefitting from the normalization of going back into a 'real' school setting for their learning. I heard often how difficult Zoom was for many people. It sounded mainly to be issues with carriers in certain areas, but not only not a good standard way to experience school but not working well at all to boot. I'm glad that it is something that can be taken back to what is 'normal'. It has been too long. I think it would be hard to do over a year, but I agree -- it would not be in the same category of actually 'failing' a yr, but just needing to fill in all the gaps from a sub-standard way of having to try and learn and grow.
That big lie - what a mess, but it seems obvious to me ( needs proof positive to be considered though ) that Trump helped birth a concerted effort to over-throw, manipulate and otherwise just outright steal what he might-not- be willingly given. I hope it becomes a thing that is proved beyond any true doubt because Trump set that stage long before.
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I am happy to say that as of late yesterday, I am fully vaccinated! I feel fine so far and hope I’m not speaking too soon as my eldest granddaughter is having her family birthday dinner tonight.
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