Opinion

Ramblin’ with Fergie

TW3 Several years ago, there was a weekly TV show called ‘Laugh In,’ and I thought it was very entertaining. Within that show was a segment called “That Was The Week That Was.” I mention that because that is exactly the phrase I intended to use to describe Fergie’s current week, which began with my Monday morning appointment at the hearing aid place in west Omaha for adjustments.

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After the Bumpus hounds strike

Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

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National Adoption Month

Question: What is National Adoption Month? A: Nearly four decades ago, President Ronald Reagan launched a national awareness campaign to reaffirm the central importance of family in American society and bring attention to tens of thousands of children in foster care who yearn for the permanency and stability of a forever home. In 1984, he signed a Senate Joint Resolution to designate one week in November as “National Adoption Week” to celebrate Americans who have found their forever families through adoption and encourage others to consider opening their hearts and homes to the joys and rewards parenthood can bring.

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Border Security

Q: How has the Biden administration created a “seismic shift” in border security? A: In less than one year in the Oval Office, an unprecedented migrant surge at our southern border is taking place on President Biden’s watch. U.S.

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RAMBLIN’ WITH FERGIE

Woke up Thursday morning with one main thing on our minds—get that Covid 19 immunization shot. That should be simple enough. Even though we’ve been trying to get that done for over a week, we’ve been unable to get our ducks in a row to the point of actually getting a needle in the arm with the proper juice in it. We went to the Sidney site a while back, all set to roll up our sleeves and get properly poked in the arm. Alas, we went up to the counter and announced our intentions, only to be told that we needed to produce our vaccination cards that we were given when we got our shots way last winter. Luckily, we both knew where those things were, back home in a drawer in Hamburg. So we bailed and went back home, better informed and willing to try again at a later date.

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Tying My Shoes

As I close in on geezerhood, (okay, I’ll rephrase that) Now that I’m into geezerhood, some of the things that I used to do easily and automatically are now things that I do only after careful planning and with varying amounts of difficulty. Things like getting dressed for anything, semi-formal or otherwise.

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