Two Versions Of La Vie En Rose

The original by Edith Piaf.




And the Minions parody.

SC Rep. Jenny Horne's Speech Demanding That The State Legislature Take Down the Confederate Flag

South Carolina state representative Jenny Horne is a direct descendent of Jefferson Davis and now a true American hero.

Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography

 Half Pint's autobiography (which The Little House series is based on) with notes explaining the changes she made while writing the children's books. Great photos of the real people in her life and of the people she based some of her characters on, like Nellie Olson who is a combination of three girls in young Laura Ingalls life. Very enjoyable book, especially if you are a Little House fan.

More about the book here.

It Was Sixty-eight Years Ago Today

The Roswell UFO Incident .

But....It's Not Intolerance If You Present It As A Slick Advertisement

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
-Unknown






Satire: trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly.
-Merriam-Webster dictionary

Happy Independence Day!

"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world."

Let's PARTY!

I Am Learning To Sew

I have reached the point where I need more space for my sewing supplies so I bought this storage cabinet.

 Then I realized I could use up some of my fabric scrapes by gluing them to the back of the cabinet. Looks even better in person.

My Most Favorite Image This Week

Father's Day 2015

My father late 1950s. This is how I remember him looking- crew-cut, ears that stuck out a bit, and blue eyes.

-My sister's beautiful story about searching for a connection to our father.

Moving forward,  Father's Day When You Have A Bad Dad