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Alexei, One of Thousands of Others Just Like Him – Олексій, один з тисяч таких, як він

Alexei, One of Thousands of Others Just Like Him – Олексій, один з тисяч таких, як він

Alexei, one of thousands of others just like him Олексій, один з тисяч таких, як він This is Alexei from a few years back.  His father took him to a fair of some sort and there were old planes and old cars.  Here Alexei stands by an old car, I’m not sure what make, but the old car was...

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An Ever-Precious Two-Year Old Girl with Happy Days Ahead & a Soulless Man, Whose Evil is Far Beyond the Language of Expletives – Вічно дорогоцінна дворічна дівчинка зі щасливими днями попереду і бездушний чоловік, чиє зло далеко за межами мови лайливих слів

An Ever-Precious Two-Year Old Girl with Happy Days Ahead & a Soulless Man, Whose Evil is Far Beyond the Language of Expletives – Вічно дорогоцінна дворічна дівчинка зі щасливими днями попереду і бездушний чоловік, чиє зло далеко за межами мови лайливих слів

An Ever-Precious Two-Year Old Girl with Happy Days Ahead & a Soulless Man, Whose Evil is Far Beyond the Language of Expletives Вічно дорогоцінна дворічна дівчинка зі щасливими днями попереду і бездушний чоловік, чиє зло далеко за межами мови лайливих слів Behold, an ever-precious little...

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Emails from Friends in Ukraine

Emails from Friends in Ukraine

Below is an email I sent out to my family, various friends, and my church group in which I included the emails I had received from friends in Ukraine when the invasion had begun.  I had been in more extensive email contact than usual with I**** and M**** over the couple of weeks before the...

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Love Thy Neighbor – A Story of War, by Peter Maass – 1996 – An Informal Book Review

Love Thy Neighbor – A Story of War, by Peter Maass – 1996 – An Informal Book Review

I am a member of a weekly zoom Sunday Sermon Discussion group through a church I am mainly only able to participate with online.  One discussion we had was on Jesus as the center of our faith and hope. A part of this discussion included the seemingly pervasive infiltration of “Christian...

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The Sign I held in Protest is Coming Apart, the Glue is Losing its Grip

The Sign I held in Protest is Coming Apart, the Glue is Losing its Grip

The sign I held in protest is coming apart; the glue is losing its grip.  It leans against the wall behind the open door to my study out of sight, but when I close the door to work at my desk in peace with quiet, I always see it, and I make no attempt to fix it.  I prefer it now as it...

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