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INDIANOLA, Oklahoma
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Lynn, MA - Raymond, NH - Loudon, NH - Barefoot Bay, FL

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Retired in the middle of nowhere with my (much younger)husband, four dogs(subject to change, I take in strays), and a foundling cat. I am a 6th house Libra with lots of Virgo too, Taurus rising, and lots of Gemini. Most of my life is, indeed, about the "things of the earth" and that makes me happy. Oh yeah! And a 12th house Pisces moon, just to keep things interesting. I am also a retired church organist/choir director. Big surprise! My pets are my only company here. I think of them as my family. My only "neigh"bors are the three horses who live across the street. I take lots and lots of photos... mostly of them. God bless digital cameras! The only humans that I communicate with during the day are my Internet friends. I'm getting very good at speaking "dog", "cat", and "horse".

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My friend in the UK wrote this morning...

“Happy Birthday America!"

"Sometimes it can be comforting to look back..

There was Senator Joe McCarthy- that was a shameful period of American history- with the US polity mirroring that of Stalin's Russia in staging show trials of intellectuals- but McCarthy got run out of town eventually.

And then there was Vietnam.

And Watergate.

There's nothing the Bush administration has done- waging disastrous imperial wars, corrupting the political life of the Republic- that hasn't been done before- and worse. America has these massive mood swings- and when she turns nasty the rest of the world cowers- but she always pulls herself right in the end.

I'm not an American, I'm not even particularly Americanophile, but I believe as a sober matter of fact that the USA is the single best political idea we (meaning human beings) have ever had. A Republic based on the values of the Enlightenment- how cool is that!

Of course America has done horrible things- which nation hasn't?-

but she remains- because of the vision of her founding fathers-

"the last best hope of earth".

That's a quote from Abraham Lincoln- the nearest the dirty profession of politics has ever come to producing a saint.

So, happy birthday, America,

You'll get over these recent set-backs-

Of course you will.”

Added: July 4, 2008
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