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Oklahomans may live far removed from Washington, D.C., but that doesn’t mean the negative repercussions of bad federal policy are not felt by families in all parts of the state. Out-of-control federal spending and government overreach has fueled constant tax increase attempts, historic inflation and widespread hardship.
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Read moreI’m often shocked to see dirty public bathrooms with phone numbers scribbled on the walls. How about a national “Potty Policy?” Here are some basic requirements: 1. The room should be attractively decorated with plastic flowers, landscape prints, tasteful advertising or – in the case of graffiti – clean poetry.
Read moreFor some time now, I’ve been watching some awesome videos on YouTube of scenes from the most beautiful places in our big world. Some of the videos have the words down the left side, “Lucid Dreams.” To understand why the photographers used the term, “Lucid,” I researched the definition. When I did, I understood more about what they wanted to share: Lucid means giving an appearance of cheerful liveliness and giving out or reflecting light. Bright, luminous, shining. Bold and vivid colors. It added an example: “Birds dipped the wings in the lucid flow of air.” Other rich, descriptive words are gleaming, brilliant, radiant, glowing, dazzling, lustrous, luminescent, lucent, lambent, and effulgent.
Read moreDEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married 45 years. We are both retired and have hobbies to keep us busy. My problem is, he has so many friends that he doesn’t have time for any of the things I would like us to do together. I seem to be the last person he wants to do anything with. I don’t mind some alone time, but after a while, I feel lonely and left behind. If a vacation is planned, it’s always planned around his schedule. -- LONELY IN MINNESOTA DEAR LONELY: Could you possibly develop an interest in any of the hobbies your husband enjoys? That way you could be alone less of the time. If that’s not possible, tell him you are unhappy and the current arrangement makes you feel lonely and isolated. Too much time alone isn’t healthy. If he’s willing to do some compromising, your problem is solved. However, if he is inflexible, you will have to find more activities to fill your time that involve other people. ** DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have two close friends. They were a married couple but are now in the middle of a nasty divorce. Last winter, while they were still together, they came over and brought along an outdoor heater for us to borrow. It broke while it was in our care, so we bought them a new one. They knew it was in our garage, but they never came to pick it up. (Back story: He cheated and is keeping their house. She kept a lot of the indoor/outdoor items, some over his objection.)
Read moreI read this again the other day. “I will NEVER quit fighting to win against the enemy in my life. After all my bullets are gone from shooting my gun, then I’ll throw that blasted thing at ‘em. When that doesn’t work, then I’ll use my body to punch, kick and bite my way to freedom. And if I still haven’t won when all my teeth are knocked out in the fight, then I’ll try to gum him to death. BUT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP THE FIGHT!”
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