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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
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Congratulations on taking 2nd Place in the July 2016 [Link To Item #30dbc] !](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/type-Blogging-2180.gif) I received a message this morning from Brother Nature who is encouraging us to continue to blog in November and post in the 30-day-challenge. So, here goes. Odd facts for today: On November 22, 1718, Blackbeard the infamous pirate was killed off the coast of North Carolina, USA by British Sailors. This ended his neigh of terror in the Caribbean. I was looking on https://www.wikipedia.org at Syria in an effort to gain more understanding of the war there. stria has a long history of political unrest. An interesting note: Syria was a founding member of the United Nations. During 1963 to 2011 Syria was under emergency law which gave the citizens no constitutional protections. Since 2011, as part of the Arab Spring there is an uprising against Assad who gained power through his father, who was the head of government before Assad. the Ba'ath party is the political party that revolutionists are fighting against. There are 375 million refugees from this war, 200,000 civilian deaths and 1 million of the refugees are children who have experienced the death and violence associated with the war. All of these facts I found at Wikipedia. I posted yesterdays blog in Andre's Banana Bar after reading the news there. The weather here has stabilized. I was able to get in and out of the barn this morning. The barn cleaning was accomplished so, onward to thanksgiving. I'm thankful for another year living here just watching the wildlife and being.  |
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