By Elbert Hubbard In all this Cuban business there is one man stands out on the horizon of my memory like Mars at perihelion. When

If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state

“I don’t want to see this country ever go across the bridge… I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America,

I was walking through the card section at Wal-Mart last night and noticed that they have a new section of cards. Typical sections are “Sympathy,”

I was going through old pictures looking for one of my childhood home in West Philadelphia and came upon this photo from the 1989 campaign.

“They have a new gimmick every year. They’re going to take one of their boys, black boys, and put him in the cabinet so he

Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. ~Unknown Posted at Bev’s Cornbread Cafe

By Heidi Jon Schmidt CHINCOTEAGUE, Moonstone, Bayou La Batre, Blue Point, Wellfleet, Malpeque … this was what I knew of the sea as a child:

Cheetah by Follower of Giovannino de’Grassi Anonymous Lombard (Workshop of Giovannino de’Grassi), Two studies of a cheetah, 1410 (detail). Related reading: The British Museum Cheetah

Video About The Exhibition

I flew to London on Wednesday, flying from Memphis to Dallas. The airports were busy. The all night flight from Dallas to London was packed.

From Alabama Governor Bob Riley WHEREAS, Alabama is suffering from an unprecedented disaster caused by the explosion and sinking of the BP Deepwater Horizon and

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“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” ~ Warren Buffet

“All safe deposit boxes in banks or financial institutions have been sealed…and may only be opened in the presence of an agent of the IRS.”

Another favorite from ally Lesta Frank…

“I send the energy of love and gratitude to the water and all the living creatures in the Gulf of Mexico and its surroundings.To the

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In 2006, after settling a significant piece of litigation, I decided that I would build my new home base in Hickory Valley, Tennessee, the small

One of my favorites from ally Lesta Frank…

The tomato seeds in the compost have taken over one of the garden beds here at the office in Hickory Valley, outrunning the seedlings we

Franklin’s Grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Baldridge By Franklin Sanders As I was writing this newsletter, on Monday, my brother called to tell me that

My magnolia trees started to blossom this week. I also saw my first honey bee of the season. It was big and fat and seemed

It keeps happening. Animals keep showing up. Yesterday there was a electric blue bird that I had never seen before. Last night, I was driving

A Gecko appeared today traveling about the fireplace mantel in my office. I have decided it is a sign of great good fortune. ~ Catherine

I have said it 1,000 times. I will keep saying it. At the root, it is very simple. The Popsicle Index is the % of

I just noticed that stocks high on my list of “least socially responsible” started dropping in April relative to general market levels. Here is a

The strawberries are ripening in the beds behind my kitchen. They are delicious. The birds think so too! “and the heaven gave rain, and the

When I break my own rule about avoiding big banks I live to regret it. Two years ago, Solari tried to work with RBS for

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The Common Project of Humanity: Jerusalem Jerusalem is the name of a-six-thousand year history. This makes her one of the oldest cities in the world.

This is the year when Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year fall on the same day. And for you sports fans, February 14 is also

Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Lunar Calendar. The origin of Chinese New Year is itself centuries old and

It is not fashionable to say much nowadays of the advantages of the small community. We are told that we must go in for large

By Anais Starr I know in some parts it may not seem like Spring is just around the corner but in northwest Montana today it’s

Dear Catherine: Hope y’all didn’t suffer any problems from the ice storm and that your fruit trees are OK. Things here are fine, just shut

To: CorporateCommunicationsAmericas@barclayscapital.com, Corporate.Communications@barclayscapital.com Ladies & Gentlemen: I was distressed to read that your head of global investment banking, Hugh “Skip” McGee, recently called for the

We are in a period in which volatility is rising and is going to keep rising. Markets are centrally managed. Economic warfare has overridden the

By Anais Starr At the Financial Permaculture workshop in Hohenwald in 2008, I had the great pleasure to meet and work with Bob Woldrop. You

And can you believe it was in ENGLISH ONLY!!!!!!

Ooooby is a food growers club and a social network. Check it out! Here is the message from their new year’s newsletter: Hello. How was

“For your race, in its poverty, has unquestionably one really effective weapon — laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution — these can lift at a

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This year is going to be a goodie. As you make your New Years resolutions, consider some of the steps we’ve outlined in our comprehensive

Continue reading Sting – Soul Cake 06.11.2009

David Liechty took a break from Hickory Valley and work with Solari to travel to Jerusalem and Bethleham.  I asked him for a photo from

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See Catherine’s meditations at Christmas, 2003, “Angels Watching Over Us.”

Vermont Royster’s Christmas message of 1949 has been republished by the Wall Street Journal every Christmas since. As I can not think of a more

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Jim and Linette Crosby are fighting to win the Crosby Mint Farm from the bank that has foreclosed. The Farm was auctioned last week, with

SCWAG ~ Scientifically Calculated Wild Assed Guess. An estimate calculated using sound mathematics and science which is, never the less, little more than a wild

“Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some

“It wasn’t scary at all.” Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn on the plunge in Goldman’s stock price from $207.78 in February to $47.41 in November

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“We were approached by the lobbyist, who asked if we would be willing to enter a statement in the Congressional Record. I asked him for

[La Grâce du Ciel is a French interpretation of Amazing Grace (literally:The Grace of Heaven) written by David E. Marcantel andperformed by Southwest Louisiana singing

There is nothing like cheering for your cousins on a crisp Fall evening in Tennessee. Our team won, 42-0. Both teams were just perfect! “Being

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Dear Ms. Fitts: I listen to you on Coast to Coast AM. I have noticed the number of Chase Banks that have popped up all

Business continuity exercises at the big clearing houses and banks this weekend have rumors flying. Combined with the White House declaring a swine flu emergency

In from the Internet The Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara, California caused these two to take shelter together. The fawn is three days old and

“Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.” ~ Henry Kissinger in 1970

When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men. ~ Epitaph of Persian poet Rumi

When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion — when you see that in order to produce, you need to

“I don’t understand why you have to pay to live on a planet you were born on.” ~ Comment on the US taxation system attributed

Labor Day differs in every essential from other holidays of the year in any country. All other holidays are in a more or less degree