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Guilty.
Oddly, this word filled me with happiness and hope.

OH DEAR. THIS POST WAS SET TO SELF-DETONATE 💣 💥 🔥

Ą̷͇̀l̵̩̓̕l̸̩͘ ̸̭̪̈́ť̷̝̍̆h̶̡̛̰̯̏͌a̷͕̞͋̂t̵̩͙͑̈́͝'̵̛̍́ͅͅş̴̬̱͝ ̷̗̊͠l̵͚̕͠ē̸̻͓̐͝f̷̧͙̀̑͝t̶͓̓͊̚ ̶̜̱̓͌́a̴͉͊r̶̡̩͛̀é̵̦̞͕ ̶̮̾ṫ̷̡͈̍ḧ̸̛͍́̊e̴̫̅ş̶̥̰̓e̴̟̪͌͂̇ ̷̞̅͊̚h̷̰͕͈͂e̶̡̹̜̚ŗ̸̗͈̾̇e̴̩̍͐ ̷̪͉̩̀a̵̡̱̐͑͝s̴͎͖̈́h̸͈͌́͜e̴͕̝̐̌ś̶͓̆ͅ.̵̩̉ ̵̱͊͑̀

Private Dylan Covington, USMC, who was a member of my Sunday School class before he was a Marine.
You are all dearly missed.
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Memorial Day -- remembering veterans who are no longer with us.
My Dad, Richard Hobbs, veteran of D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge
Arthur Boynton of Boynton School, very young Naval officer and ship's captain in the Pacific in WWII
John's Grandpa Pat, who served in the Army in the Pacific in WWII
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@Tacitus_Kilgore On the large scale I agree.
On the small, local scale I see people from all kinds of cultures and traditions doing incredible things for the betterment of their communities; lifting up the downtrodden and bringing real positive change.

As usual, the people doing the *real* work aren't politicians or celebrities or the wealthy. It's being done by ordinary, otherwise unremarkable people just loving their neighbours and making a difference every day.

Approaching front will bring storms. It's 63 F with a high of 85 F and very humid. Summertime weather.
Keep an eye on warnings and stay safe.
Also, be kind.
That's your weather from the ancient VA Blue Ridge.

Thousands of photos from the left this morning, bound for BackStage Library works to be scanned. This large project is grant-funded.
Yay for accessibility!

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The librarian is in 🐝

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