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Mira

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18. I'm sorry and sad with you.

Sat Jun 6, 2015, 05:30 PM

Jun 2015

It's an anniversary for me today. I came to this country as a late teen, came on a coal freighter, and arrived in Norfolk to be a "maid" in a family I knew.
Things have changed massively, it has been a steady slide towards the Uniter not Divider and we have not yet leveled out. But I have hope, it really does spring eternal, and we have be be examples and appreciators of what is good, not whine about what is bad. If it is to be it is up to us. Above all else we must not allow peoplt to think we share their prejudices, and if we hear them we must take a stand.
You are right. We are not number ONE, but we could be, and so we keep slugging away.

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If only we in the South could all have neighbors like this: anonymous gift on my front porch [View all] Mira Jun 2015 OP

You are so lucky! n2doc Jun 2015 #1

ditto to that..... a kennedy Jun 2015 #8

Glad you got them..... dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #2

How funny! Mira Jun 2015 #3

Hee hee hee..... dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #4

Pretty cool what you did with those railroad spikes. So talented. nt Snotcicles Jun 2015 #5

Once I advertisea a futon on Craigslist with a photo of it in my living room Mira Jun 2015 #13

Obviously somebody who thinks you have his/her back. calimary Jun 2015 #6

My neighborhood is diverse - all kinds - Mira Jun 2015 #16

I believe it was Jackpine Radical who made the Bernie fringe. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #22

Yes it was Jackpine Radical, I told him Mira Jun 2015 #23

I am so jealous...... a kennedy Jun 2015 #7

cool gift Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #9

Got brains? Then come to Orygun. DrBulldog Jun 2015 #10

I would be tickled to get something like that! ladyVet Jun 2015 #11

I still have a few desks left of the anti-Bush playing cards.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #12

Very cool! DawgHouse Jun 2015 #14

Nice malaise Jun 2015 #15

God, I want to have faith in the South Hulk Jun 2015 #17

I'm sorry and sad with you. Mira Jun 2015 #18

Thank you for you kind words. Hulk Jun 2015 #20

I like your railroad spikes. xfundy Jun 2015 #19

Every once in awhile, it's nice to have the universe say "Yes" and reflect yourself back to you. NBachers Jun 2015 #21

Thanks about the spikes Mira Jun 2015 #24