“And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.”
Still Here…
As seems to be my habit of late, I’ll probably throw a bunch of posts on here at the end of the year… life seems to get busier once your kids move out, for some reason!
So as a sop until then, here’s a comparison of the farmhouse from 2001 and 2017.
About the Declaration…
About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers.
~Calvin Coolidge, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration Of Independence
The Thread that Unraveled the Sweater
That’s a Lotta Work for a Steak Dinner
Ellen went to the locker yesterday. Continue reading
Merry Christmas, 2016
Here’s our annual Christmas card for downloading (1.2MB). Merry Christmas!
Late-Fall Maintenance
Got a late start at it, but today was oil change day for all the small engines in the shed.