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Rosemary Durham

Memorial Day: Are wars promoted by cause or by greed?

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[Looking at history and why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] What was the most memorable event of last week? Decoration Day, May 30, 1868. Former General James Garfield addressed a group at Arlington, on the seized farm of General Lee. What was the event? Decoration of the graves from the carnage…

Natural solutions to pest problems come from plants

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[Looking at history and why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] Recent articles have covered a range of topics from drugs to education to ancient practices. They all fit together. We recently had a group out to the ranch. Since nature is an environment unfamiliar, significant trepidation invades many suburban and city…

How long have people lived and traveled on the Earth?

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[Looking at history and why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] The history of mankind has always stirred a simple question. How long have people lived here? One of our readers broached the question. One of his audio books affirmed Columbus was a late comer to the Western Hemisphere. He asked if…

Is your perception of society of hope or of despair?

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[Looking at history and why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] If you listen to legacy media, bureaucrats, and some quasi-environmentalists, you would think the world is going to pieces in a handbasket. First, I listen to no traditional media. Their stories do not match the real-world. I do look through three…

The root of drugs: synthetic and natural medicines

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[Looking at history and why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] Recent articles have discussed the natural source of food and medicines. Last time we looked at the origin of everything. Now is time to blend these things together. We will go down the road of the oldest recorded history, still in…

Redbud tree flowers and buds make tasty tea and jelly

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[Looking at history and why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] What more beautiful time of year than when the native redbuds are in perfect pink bloom through the forest? Last week they popped the day before a very hard freeze, but these are native plants that survived the weather for millennia….