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Guests of the Emperor or How a bag of rice spoke to me

  And there it is! A 20 pound bag of white rice, just sitting there on the lowest grocery store shelf minding its own business. But somehow, maybe from some future universe, it called to me. Several years ago there was a book topping the NEW YORK best sellers list of a true story of a particular Japanese POW camp during WWII. Interesting enough, but in this tale the Japanese POWs captured were entitled English women on vacation on an island in the south China sea . Japan made the decision to jump into the war in a blaze of glory by taking the wives and daughters of various high ranking English military officials before the women could secure arrangements to get off the island and make it home safely. The book was called “ Guests of the Emperor .” Hearing that there were important people on an island belonging to the English Monarchy, the Emperor ordered Japanese soldiers to snatch up these women and hold them hostage and put them on a inconspicuous Japanese sea vessel. Two torrent...
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Mrs. Bigfoot Spills the Beans -- Who Knew!

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N ote to my reader. My friend, Mrs. Bigfoot in this article helps me get important information past those who wish to censor. "Wisdom is welcome where ever it comes from."  Havamal The jet stream that brought us the Canadian wildfire smoke had finally moved north, sending that suffocating stuff back to Canada. We are enjoying a reprieve while it lasts. This is crazy, I coughed. It’s such a nice day, I don’t want to waste it. I threw down my garden hoe and headed for the house. I spied my hubby busy with a project. “Hey,” I said, startling him out of his focus. “I’m tired of being cooped up. Grab your fishing pole and find me the cooler. I’ll put something together for a picnic. Let’s spend the day outdoors. What cha’ think?” An hour later, we were at our secret cove, a fishing spot hidden from the bigger part of the lake deep inside the forest. We parked the car and loaded a 4-foot, thick plastic/polymer black toboggan with what we needed for the day. The heavy-duty farm tobo...
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Mrs. Bigfoot Spills the Beans- part two

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N ote to readers. My friend, Mrs. Bigfoot  in this article helps me get important information past those who wish to censor.  "True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."  Socrates, Greek Philosopher, 470 B.C - 399 B.C.  It may be that Mrs. Bigfoot recognizes an essence of her Neanderthal cousin within my DNA. After all, 23&Me said I have 88% more Neanderthal DNA in my genome than all the participants who submitted their DNA for testing. It is a possible answer to why we were able to become good friends so quickly. It sounds silly, I know, but we are related, however diluted the DNA may be. What I didn’t tell you in part one was that I asked a second question of Mrs. Bigfoot. I didn’t include it in part one because it was an overload of information as it was. I was absolutely stunned by the similarity of her story and what I had been hearing from people for years on the internet. It tru...
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I am but a Witness

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Originally posted to Substack “Follow your heart but bring along your brain.”  Senator Kennedy It’s 5 am this ordinary Thursday morning here in the backwoods of Michigans Upper Peninsula. No daylight yet penetrates the kitchen window as I make my way over to the coffee maker and hit the button. A piercing green eye awakens the room with just enough light I’m able to find my way around. I stop for a moment and gaze out the window over the sink. The northern sky is bright with a glowing radiance from the sun slapping his powerful waves towards earth. A flash of brilliance momentarily lights the whole sky with spotlight of color so powerful it fills my kitchen with it’s glow, then just as quickly fades away. What a show!     I notice an ambient orange glow from the living room from the remnants of last night warming fire. I make my way to the woodstove and poke it disturbing the glowing coals. Time for another log. Almost immediately it bursts into flames creating a com...
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