September 11, 2024
Dear Friends, by Paul Big Bear I really enjoy the Autumn season, the cooler nights, warm days that are not oppressively hot, and the holidays; Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Years Eve. We also observe the end of Daylight Saving Time, and Veteran’s Day. Halloween was a kid’s holiday, it was actually two…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion: On HolidaysBy Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, As the fall weather arrives, what season specific chores do you have; raking leaves, cleaning windows, taking screens out and putting storm windows in? One that I never thought much of, seasonal closets, shorts and short sleeve shirts, summer pants and shoes are put away to make room…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross OPINION OPNION OPINION OPINION June 2020 thousands of people from out of town came to Philadelphia to protest for black lives matter and George Floyd. By the middle of the month, a rambunctious group of mostly out of towners converged in South Philadelphia. The wanted the statue of Christopher Columbus…
Read More about Mayor Kenney Vows To Disobey Court Order On Columbus StatueDear Friends, Have you or anyone you know ever gotten a haircut that was not something they were really happy with? I don’t know if this is a situation that arises with women more than men but I do know that I know more women than men who have returned and expressed less than…
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by Paul Big Bear Do you live in the portion of the United States that experiences changing seasons? Living in Pennsylvania we have Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, Wednesday we officially entered Autumn (Fall), with its own personality. What feelings does this season evoke for you? The days are shorter, the temperatures begin to…
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by Paul Big Bear Hello Friends, Did you have a pet when you were young? A dog, cat, hamster, perhaps you had fish? Over the years I had quite a menagerie, not only dogs and cats but squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, raccoons, birds, fish, and a frog to name several. All math majors as they…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion On Pets and Lifeby Paul Big Bear, Dear Friends, How do you start your day, with coffee or tea, cereal, toast, full breakfast, with someone, perhaps family? Do you wake up refreshed and ready to go, shower, exercise, read a paper, watch TV or listen to the radio? On September 11 2001 where were you, what were…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion, On 9/11Dear Friends, “It’s raining, it’s raining, the old man is snoring he jumped in bed and bumped his head and couldn’t get up in the morning.” How many of you remember that little tune? So many songs about rain; “Walking in the Rain” “Dancing and Singing in the Rain” “Rain Rain Go Away and…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Rainby Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, Here we go again “Sherman, set the way back machine.” When I was young the country was coming into the post war years, men were returning home to again take a job, women went back to being housewives, a family could own a home, a car, and eat…
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By Gary Blumenthal. Mr. Blumenthal is the brother of an adult with autism. He has worked for 40+ years in the disability community as a federal disability official in the Clinton and Obama Administrations, a state legislator (KS), and now as Vice President of Governmental Relations and Advocacy for InVision Human Services here in…
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