LOOKING UP
HOME GROWN
Salads have come easily this spring thanks to the abundance of lettuce growing in our raised boxes up here on the ridge. A couple of variety in their beauty here-
GUIDING PRECEPTS
The great man was gunned down on this date 149 years ago. In his time he prevailed against malevolent forces. The hatred and insanity that moved in the action of his death exists still, here and across the globe. We do not, nor should we deify great men and women, but we can and should remember their courage, leadership and imprint it upon ours and future generations. Could another Lincoln emerge here? Has a Lincoln arisen elsewhere? Do we inculcate what it takes in the 21st Century?
See you down the trail.
I remember standing at the Lincoln Memorial and reading the nearby words to the Gettysburg Address, and feeling tears on my chees. I hope there are or will be more leaders like this.
ReplyDeleteAs commander of the American Legion in Cambria, one of my duties is managing the Memorial Day program in our town, Cambria veteran and Lion Jim Wilson will be reading the Gettysburg Address as part of the program.
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