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You start your day out in Roseville, short distance northeast of Sacramento. With an iced tea in hand you sit outside a coffee shop reading your book. A man walks up to the table and starts talking. He is rather persistent, almost like he is on a mission. You greet him and offer him a chair.

Bowesmont Lives

On Wednesday Mike Stellon joined Don Baldock and Judy Stellon at their Lake Havasu winter home. That day Don’s brother Lyle Baldock of Lake Elsinore, CA, also arrived for the Thanksgiving weekend; he returned home on Saturday.

CHRISTmas Helpers Needs Your Help

I will once again be coordinating with the Drayton School to do the CHRISTMAS Helpers project for Christmas 2020. Your help is needed to make this project a success. Christmas is a time that we celebrate the birth of Jesus and his love.

Dakota Datebook

Four Bears Bridge by Lucid Thomas November 30, 2020 — The Four Bear Bridge has a long and rich history. Since the 15th century, Mandan, Hidasta and Arikara tribes lived in the river bottomland.

What will come of it all

We are all aware of the negatives that have come with COVID-19. We have all lived with them and have been impacted by them for months now. We are all aware of what it has done to the economy, small businesses, churches, human interaction, and mental health.

Too many isms….

It is that time of year to pull out the Christmas movies and start viewing them again. As Lyle and I started the viewing of our extensive Christmas movie collection we started with Lyle’s favorite movie, which happens to be one of my least favorite.

…let alone how much we really wanted them.

The day before Thanksgiving I started watching the holiday sale ads on all my favorite stores’ websites. Today, Monday, is Cyber Monday and the internet is practically ablaze with sale ads and I am watching them still.

Seeking Equal Worth in the Electoral College

In America, we nurse the illusion that all people are equal. In fact, many of us claim that the equal worth of human beings is the bed rock upon which democracy in the United States was built.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1752 Basil Rathbone: “Hello, there; this is Basil Rathbone. I’m so glad you can be with me and Fatima tonight. She helps me solve an uncanny tale that begins when a poison drink was poured and reached its climax when a dead man came to life.

Gift of Gratitude

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” - G.K. Chesterton Within the vast benevolence of restored hope lies the gift of persevering through uncertainty.