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Nelson Mandela is a great leader and one who dedicated his life to achieving peace.

“A man must have aunts and cousins, must buy carrots and turnips, must have barn and woodshed, must go to market … must saunter and sleep and be inferior and silly.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
So there you have it, permission from no less a serious thinker than Emerson to act silly!

My new challenge, oil painting, plus a strand of unblievable red coral.

Bet you haven’t seen any of these wonderful KJL pieces yet. The pins are such fun!

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We are bombarded with “news” and “views” all day. Journalists are expected to check their facts. Do they? The New York Times insists on it. Other publications hire people known as fact-checkers.
I was captivated by the Times’ position on factual reporting, because I can’t help but wonder what happened to truthful writing, speaking, or reporting.

Apparently, [...]

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Yellowstone’s two-million-plus acres lie at the heart of the largest intact ecosystem in the continental U.S. Herds of bison graze in the valleys. Bighorn sheep clatter across the slopes of the Absarokas. And in the wilds of Lamar Valley, wolves are again slipping in and out of the shadows.