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If you are eligible for Texas Sales Tax exemption, please provide a copy of your Texas Sales and Use Tax Exemption form  (for non-profit accounts) or a Texas Sales and Use Tax Resale Purchase Form (for retail accounts) prior to ordering any tax-exempt merchandise.  Once we receive the form, we will update your account information with the appropriate tax-exemption information to reflect on your Internet order.

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Celebrate your big day at these mesmeric wedding destinations!

Celebrate your big day at these mesmeric wedding destinations!

Celebrate your big day at these mesmeric wedding destinations!
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  If this iconic dialogue from the cult film ‘When Harry Met Sally’ rings a bell with you, you’re either a die-hard romantic like me, or are getting hitched soon. Whatever maybe the case, this compiled list of dream-like destinations for your big day, is for you! So go ahead and indulge in some fascinating forever-afters here:

Palatial themed wedding

Jodhpur, India

Best Season: October to February What better way to feel royal than to get married the royal way? Jodhpur, the second largest city of Rajasthan, India, is literally on the edge of Thar Desert, giving it the name Gateway to Thar. This princely city’s striking blue buildings sharply contrast with the neighbouring Thar Desert, giving it a magnificent backdrop for your big day. Spend your honeymoon exploring the city’s many palaces, forts and temples that will put you in awe of Jodhpur’s historic grandeur.

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Palatial themed wedding in Siem Reap, Combodia

Best Season: October to March Imagine getting married in the incredibly beautiful Siem Reap, and that too at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Angkor Wat! This once quaint village has now become a major tourist attraction and construction site in Cambodia. Its laidback attitude and pleasant atmosphere brings it in considerable competition as a much sought-after palatial wedding destination.

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Best Season: November to March Welcome to the future. Words like majestic and magnificent do not do enough justice to Emirates Palace, the one place which takes the meaning of royal to a different level altogether. Built at a cost of Dh11 billion, the palace has 114 domes as well as a private beach. Getting married at this giant of a palace is every couple’s dream come true.

Country themed wedding

 Pienza, Italy

Country themed wedding in Pienza, italy

Best Season: April – May, September – October This small Tuscany town is nicknamed the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism" for a reason. In 1996, UNESCO declared Pienza as a World Heritage Site and in 2004; the entire valley of Val d'Orcia was a part of UNESCO’s World Cultural Landscapes. This former sleepy hamlet was rebuilt by Enea Silvio Piccolomini in Renaissance style and boasts of a breath-taking countryside that is ideal for any wedding backdrop.

Geneva, Switzerland

Country themed wedding in Geneva, switzerland

Best Season: July to August With its snow-capped mountains, magnificent Alpine lake, and never-ending scenic backdrop, Geneva is among Europe’s prettiest getaways, and rightly so. Famed for its delicious chocolate, luxurious jewellery, and world-class banks, Geneva is only Switzerland’s third largest city, and is yet home to some odd 200 international organisations. There are plenty of classy but homely hotels specializing in wedding celebrations and you shouldn’t miss a chance to ring them!

Beach themed wedding

 Maldives, Asia

Beach themed wedding in maldives

Best Season: December to April The charisma and magnetism of Maldives’ dazzling white beaches, sparkling blue water, and plush holiday resorts is not lost on anyone who’s been to or heard about the small country. Consisting of nearly 1200 islands, Maldives’ tropical beauty is so perfect; it makes you jealous of the locals living there every single day. This small island paradise attracts hundreds of honeymooners and to-be newlyweds every year, and there’s no reason why you should be an exception.

Croatia, Europe

Beach themed wedding in crotia, europe

Best Season: May to October Spent your life dreaming about exotic Mediterranean locations with turquoise blue waters and intriguing ancient architecture? Croatia is the perfect place to fulfil that fantasy. Ruled by different kingdoms for centuries, Croatia has developed a rich cultural legacy over the years and has, at the same time, managed to retain its unique natural beauty. The filming of popular television series ‘Game of Thrones’ has made Croatia an even more sought-after destination in the recent years. Take your vows at its typically Italian palazzos, Slavic churches, 18th century citadels, or dramatic sun-kissed beaches - there certainly isn’t any lack of picture-perfect locations in Croatia.

Forest themed wedding

 Sintra, Portugal

Best Season: May- June This small Portuguese city holds magnificent historic mansions as well castles, all set against a beautiful backdrop of wavy, green mountains. The place is covered with misty fern forests and gorgeous gardens and what’s more, Sintra has a host of iconic castles like the Castelo dos Mouros or Moorish Castle, Palácio Nacional de Sintra, Quinta de Regaleira, and many more. It is also renowned for the eclectic Sintra-Vila – a UNESCO World Heritage Centre that holds rich historical and scenic legacy. If you’re planning an unforgettable picturesque forest wedding with your beloved, Sintra is more than perfect for you.

California, USA

Forest themed wedding in California, USA

Best Season: August – October California is more than just a surfing and beach destination, this Pacific state also possesses the world’s tallest trees in its hazy northern area that has witnessed thousands of wild, romantic weddings over the years. California’s Redwood National & State Parks include several other national parks, all of which are home to the soaring redwood forests that have been reserved after a lot of effort from environmentalists in the 1960s. Today, these stunning forests are an International Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site.


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Tunnel Vision: the Dam to Dam Weekend is a Dutch delight

Edition 30 August 2018, by John Mahnen

The Dam tot Damloop is an annual event held in Amsterdam and Zaandam. What started years ago as 10-mile race has grown to several events held on a September weekend including the biggest road running race in the Netherlands. This year’s edition will be held in the weekend of 22 and 23 September.

In 1980, the director of an event organisation known as Le Champion had the idea to organize a running event which would make use of a tunnel connecting Amsterdam to the environs north of the city. He had come across a newspaper clipping describing the Dam tot Dam race held in 1959 which had been organized to promote the building of a tunnel to connect Amsterdam to Zaandam. The Hempont ferry was the main connection at that time and finally two tunnels were built to make the transit over the IJ more efficient. In the end, the IJ Tunnel would be the passage of choice for the run with a course winding through Amsterdam North on the way to the finish in Zaandam.

Over the years, the event has gown in size and stature and now features several different events spanning two days. The marquis event is the Silver Label 10-mile race which grew out of the second edition that saw the invitation of elite runners with world record holder Fernando Mamede and Dutch record holder Carla Beurskens taking the men’s and women’s titles. In the first five years of its running, Beurskens became a three-time winner of the race – an achievement since matched by Heléna Barócsi, Hellen Kimaiyo, Tegla Loroupeand Lornah Kiplagat.

From the 1990s onwards, the elite race has been dominated by East African (particularly Kenyan) runners. Indeed, since 1993 the winners of the men’s and women’s races have been Kenyan-born on all but six occasions. Leonard Patrick Komon is the current men’s course record holder with his time of 44:27 minutes in 2011 (the second fastest ever for the distance). Linet Masai set the current women’s record in 2009 with her run of 50:39 minutes.

The Dam tot Damloop 10-miler attracts high level of participation: almost 10,000 runners competed in 1990, rising to almost 20,000 in 1999 and nearly 40,000 in 2008. In 2018, some 50,000 runners will take part in the main race. The tickets for the recreational runners sold out as per usual in a matter of hours earlier this year. A fun-run held on the Saturday night, a five-miler called Damloop by Night, has grown to the largest of its kind in The Netherlands. Both walking and cycling events complete the offering. All told, some 80,000 take an active part in the Dam tot Dam weekend.

The impressive numbers of the Dam tot Dam do not stop with participants. A small army of some 1,300 volunteers are needed to run the four events whether it be getting the personal effects in bags from the start to the finish or picking up the exhausted and injured in the broom wagon. The event also brings out plenty of public to the barricades lining the route. The spectators lining the streets are estimated to be some 200,000. The economic impact of the weekend is also nothing to be sneezed at. Economists have estimated the direct economic impact at a million euros while the indirect impact including the estimated savings realized from all those runners living healthier is several times that amount. Nearly a million euros are also raised each year by harriers running for some 80 different good causes. While the head of the pack is there for a serious run over the nearly 16 kilometers, most participants take part in Dam tot Dam for the atmosphere. From the entrance of the IJ Tunnel, where there are greeted by the drum band Brazza, to the podia of Zaandam, the event is full of entertainment for all and the party in Zaandam is the just reward for all those who have earned their finisher’s medals.

The event does have a serious side and several runners have lost their lives due to heart attacks or heat stroke over the years. The organization does its utmost to ensure the safety of the runners but in such large numbers, a casualty is always going to be a statistical possibility. Numerous watering stations ensure that the participant stay hydrated and this year’s edition will see the addition of ice bath, vital in quickly cooling the bodies and any runners who may be in danger of heat stroke.

Whether or not you want to run, walk, cycle or merely cheer on the rest, there is great fun to be had at the spectacle that grew out of a 50’s protest! The action starts nearby Amsterdam’s Central Station and finishes in the Peperstraat in Zaandam.

For more information, see: http://www.damloop.nl/ en/


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‘Jersey Shore’s’ Snooki, JWOWW have found a city to film in

HollywoodNews.com: ‘Jersey Shore’ stars Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jenni “JWOWW” Farley are apparently all set to go with their spin-off as they have finally found a city to film in.

The two will reportedly be filming their spin-off in Jersey City after being turned away from Hoboken, states E! News. And the girls will apparently receive a warm welcome there.

“My view is the more people that see anything about Jersey City and see what we have in Jersey, the better it is for Jersey City,” Mayor Jerramiah Healy commented about the show filming there.

Production will allegedly begin this month.

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How Food Delivery Services are Changing Our Eating Habits & Lifestyle

The way we dine has changed dramatically over the past few years, particularly when it comes to ordering in.

Back in time, we planned our meals out every day, spent hours preparing and cooking them and then all sat around the table as a family to enjoy the results. Today food needs to arrive on our plate quicker than ever, whether that be through cooking, or tapping just a few times on our smartphones.

While millennials – aged between 20 and 35 years, set the tone for trends today – not just clothes and music trends, the food trends are largely influenced, people even more aged are reshaping the food industry as we have come to know it.

The menus in the restaurants, the foods available in the supermarkets have changed dramatically. One market that is shaping it all is the food delivery, which has made choosing cuisines and having fresh food delivered to your doorstep as easy as clicking a button.

In the last few years, hyperlocal food delivery services have been competing with each other to reach you the fastest and lure you into their massive variety with attractive discounts. This has completely transformed how we eat and has changed our habits in a number of ways.

There are all manner of delivery services now available, from the more traditional takeaway services to restaurant standard turning up at our doors and online food shops to ingredients complete with recipes. And they have been using and trying all sorts of new ways to reach you – then be it delivering pizzas with drones or reaching you in floating food carts. But how are they changing our habits for the better, let’s find out?

Teaching Us to Cook

For many ordering food is primarily down to the lack of cooking skills, but a number of services will now deliver you ingredients and a complete recipe guide on how to cook them. You’ll find the leading meal delivery service options offer all manner of recipes to suit varying diets and can really boost confidence and ability in novice cooks.

They’re always quick and easy to make and are the perfect starting point for anyone who’s too often reliant on ready meals and takeaways.

Bringing Restaurant Food to Our Door

It goes without saying takeaways and food delivery services are bringing you restaurant standard food directly to your front door. It adds a whole new dimension to dining out and many top local restaurants are really benefiting from this service, as it increases their output without the need to create more covers in-house.

In many cases, you’ll find top class, fresh ingredients that are a million miles away from the fried chicken, greasy pizzas and mystery meat kebabs usually associated with takeout food.

More and more restaurants are being added to the rosters of these apps, although it does depend on where you live and the restaurants operating in the area. If you live in the countryside, what’s available will naturally be significantly less than in the city.

Giving Millennials A New Way in Life

Numerous surveys have shown outrightly that millennials are the biggest customers of food delivery services. In fact, a generational report by Technomic suggests that in 3 out of 5 cases Millennials order food through a delivery or visit restaurants for takeaway.

This segment spends a maximum share of their budget on prepared food in comparison with their elders, other reports cite.

This generation of consumers is more apt to eating from quickly available, variety of foods delivered from their favorite restaurants through food delivery services. And to keep the millennials excited and lured, delivery companies are constantly designing new ordering channels to make things easier and smoother.

Expanding Our Taste buds

Making various ingredients through the recipe delivery services and all manner of restaurants through takeaway offerings is making different cultures’ food more accessible, which is opening up new flavors to hundreds of people.

It’s fair to say nobody does Indian food like somebody of Indian heritage, just as nobody does Fish and Chips like the British or noodles like those with South East Asian ancestry. And all of that can be delivered directly to your door in many cases.

Opening up to new flavors is not only fantastic for yourself, but it can also introduce children early to dishes that we otherwise wouldn’t be able to make.

It’s expanding and integrating diverse cultures further and creating a world where in many cities no flavor is off menu.

It’s Earning Many of Us Money on the Side Too

What’s more, if necessary you can also earn from these services. Many people are beginning to work for food delivery services part-time, putting in a few hours work in of an evening.

Food delivery services are particularly popular to offer part-time/full-time work to people from all walks of life. You’ll see students earning in between studies, and even middle-aged men riding bicycles with boxes on their back as a medium to earn while they keep fit.

Of course, it isn’t a career move, but it can’t be denied they are getting more and more popular and supply has to meet demand. You can choose your own hours and cannot only help you earn extra cash but get fitter and lose weight too.

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Dr. Linda Silverman coined the term "visual-spatial learner" to describe the special and unique gifts of people who learn best through seeing and with images. This guide is a great resource as you support your homeschooling visual learner in discovering the best ways to learn and succeed.
Should I Home School?: How to Decide What's Right for You & Your Child
Have questions about homeschooling? This book has the answers. The information in this book will help you decide if homeschooling is right for you and your child.
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Ages: 8 years and up; For 2 or more playersSmart Mouth is a quick-thinking shout-it-out hilarious word game that helps build vocabulary skills. It includes variations of the rules for category play and for younger players. Players slide the Letter Getter forward and back to get two letters. The first player to shout out a word of five or more letters using those letters wins the round. The game includes tips for teachers. This is a fun game to play with children and adults together.
Learning Styles: Reaching Everyone God Gave You to Teach
This book offers helpful and practical strategies about the different ways that kids acquire information and learn, and then use that knowledge. Kids' behavior is often tied to a particular learning style and understanding that fact will help parents respond to their child in ways that decrease frustration and increase success, especially in a homeschooling environment.
More Charlotte Mason Education: A Home Schooling How-To Manual
After providing an important work in explaining the Charlotte Mason method for homeschoolers, Catherine Levison goes deeper into the use of this method in the home with her subsequent work. This book expands the information from the first book and offers ideas to incorporate the rich and uplifting philosophy into your home education. There are specific tips for high school, schooling through challenges, and more.


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Re: Any Center stand owners out there?
Reply #40 on: January 12, 2021, 06:03:29 PM
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You could bond a small rectangle of Emery Cloth to it? It's cloth backing should be water proof too 👍
In the 70's I had a skateboard (remember those?) and employed this solution to make the main deck more grippy 😁

Or just use actual skateboard tape. Yes it is a thing and very grippy it is too.
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Re: Any Center stand owners out there?
Reply #41 on: January 12, 2021, 07:38:59 PM
Or that.
But you couldn't get that in 1976 😉

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Re: Any Center stand owners out there?
Reply #42 on: January 13, 2021, 01:52:54 AM
i bust out a testicular hernia lifting my st1300 onto my lazy suzan, about 3 yrs ago.  i didnt notice it straight away, to i bent down to pull a weed out of my drive then thought i'd pee'd myself, it was blood.
i sold it, had an op to sort out my 3rd nut and bought a crossrunner.

i have pics, but i'm not sharing 🤣
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Reply #43 on: January 19, 2021, 09:52:09 AM
Am the same as above. But I did cut the bottom plate slightly and weld a piece of flat 50mm on the side of down tube so as you put your weight on it it goes under your.sole and doesn't  dig in lot easier  :


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The Three Basic Methods of Storing and Organizing Recipes

If you don’t already have a recipe collection, someday you will. While many of the recipe you use may be in cookbooks, you’ll likely have at least some that aren’t: gifts, your own creations, magazine clippings, etc.

The Three Basic Methods of Storing and Organizing Recipes

There are many ways to store and organize recipes, but only three main types of storage (unless you just, you know, toss them somewhere, but this is about organized storage). Switching from one to another isn’t necessarily easy, especially as your collection grows, so put some thought into what basic strategy is best for you before you try to figure out the details.

The Three Basic Types of Recipe Storage and Organization

Recipe cards: It’s traditional. Pretty recipe cards are appealing. And they’re everywhere. Recipe cards are usually then stored in a recipe card binder or index card file. Recipes are generally filed by type (i.e. soups and stews, breads, desserts).

Recipe binders: A more modern invention, I believe. Recipes, either typed or clipped (from magazines) are stored in sheet protectors inside binders. They may be organized by type within the binder or stored in separate binders. You can also include a table of contents in the front. Typically full-size sheets (but not necessarily).

Note: Recipe card binders that have plastic sleeves for inserting cards are a bit of a cross between the recipe card method and the binder method, but you can still choose one of the basic three.

The difference  between the two is that with the recipe card method, you start with recipe cards and then decide how to store them. With the binder method you start with a binder in the size of your choice and then buy sheet protectors that will fit it. You can certainly include random recipe cards in your recipe binder if you have a suitable sheet protector  for them and it doesn’t throw off your organizing system. Or drive you crazy (which is the same thing).

Digital storage: Stored on a computer (or other device) using recipe storage software, or a website that offers recipe storage. Alternatively, you can simply store recipes in files on your computer.

Pros and Cons of Using Recipe Cards

  • They’re pretty.
  • You don’t have to use pretty ones. You can use plain index cards.
  • Both recipe cards and index cards are readily available.
  • You can print on them if you want to.
  • But handwriting is perfectly fitting and easy.
  • They’re portable. You can grab them and take them anywhere in the kitchen (or to a friend’s kitchen).
  • While cooking, you can lay them flat, prop them up, or clip them to fridge or stove.

  • You have to decide which size to use (3×5 or 4×6).
  • It may be hard to maintain consistency in design (if that’s important to you).
  • They get foody and oily with use, and can’t be cleaned (unless they’re in a recipe card binder with sheet protectors).
  • They have little writing space.
  • Small print and/or handwriting may be hard to read.

Pros and Cons of a Recipe Binder

  • Pages wipe clean.
  • You control the design and you can make it pretty or plain.
  • Updating recipes is a breeze (if you typed them and your printer is working).
  • You can also store clipped recipes.
  • You can easily store recipes printed from websites (if you use a full-size binder).
  • You can have as many binders as you want, of almost any size.
  • Binders store easily in a bookcase or on a shelf (if it’s tall enough!). .
  • Lots of space for the recipes, variations, and notes.
  • You can make the font size right for your eyes.
  • More flexible, because you can include recipe cards in your binder (with the right sheet protectors).

  • You have to make it.
  • It takes up a lot of space while cooking (although you can remove the individual page, which helps).
  • Storage is bulky.

Pros and Cons of Storing Recipes Digitally

  • No physical storage space required.
  • Recipes are probably searchable.
  • Software or websites may come with other perks, like nutrient analysis or shopping lists.
  • Websites may make recipes sharable and cooking more sociable.
  • With a website, you may have quick access not only to your own recipes but to others’ as well.

  • Recipes aren’t portable unless you can access them from a portable device.
  • Software may cost.
  • Software may need to be updated periodically.
  • Software may NOT be updated and thus become incompatible with your computer (which will be updated).
  • Requires electricity. No cooking when the power’s out!
  • Websites may not always be accessible and might go away permanently.

Can you think of any more pros and cons of any of the basic methods of storing recipes? Which type of storage do you think you would choose, and why?

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A Love of Adventure and Each Other

Sarah and I met in the summer of 1998. We began dating shortly thereafter and were married in October of 2001. We were young and just starting out in our careers (Jeremy as a web designer and Sarah as a paralegal), so travel was not a priority for us in those early days of our relationship. Instead, we focused on buying a home and starting a family. Our son, Jacob, was born in 2004 and his sister, Holly, followed in 2006.

The Birth of Brief Visits

The seed for "Brief Visits" was planted in 2015 after Sarah and I took a trip to Iceland. I had celebrated my 40th birthday that year and rather than throw some big party or buy some material item I really did not need, we decided to spend a week in Iceland to (hopefully) see the Northern Lights. The aurora was something we had both always wanted to witness, so we figured this special trip was a perfect excuse to do so.

The trip to Iceland was incredible (it is recounted here), but it was what happened once we returned home that would set the stage for this site. As we began to share pictures of our trip on Facebook, our friends and family started to ask us lots and lots of questions. People who had considered a vacation to Iceland came out of the woodwork and asked for our advice on places to go and things to see in the country. As we had these conversations, we realized how much we enjoyed sharing our travel experiences with others. We also began to consider where we wanted to go next! Looking into some "wish list" destinations, we realized that if we were willing to travel on off-days and if we planned shorter trips rather than week-plus long excursions, we could definately work these travel plans into our budget. We began to call these little trips "brief visits" and the idea for this site was hatched.

Why a "Brief Visit"?

When we talk to others about the value of taking short trips, the most common pushback comments we get are - "Is 3 or 4 days really enough to see everything?" and "Doesn't it make more sense to do a longer trip to make the transportation costs worth it?"

First off - no, you cannot see everything in just 3 or 4 days, but realistically you would not be able to see everything even if you spent 10 times that long! Brief visits force you to prioritize what you want to see and do, but you can absolutely get a wonderful sense of a place, and experience some of the best a location has to offer, even if you only have a few days at that location.

Second - yes, it could be true that the cost of a flight may be the same whether you visit a place for 4 days or 2 weeks. This is why many people argue against a short trip. To get the most out of the transportation expenses that trip will require, they suggest a longer trip is better since it gives you "more bang for your buck." I disagree.

While it is true that flight costs may be largely the same when comparing a shorter and a longer trip, every single other expense will be greater for that lengthier visit. Lodging costs, meals and entertainment, and rental cars will all cost you more money the longer your trip is. There are also costs like airport parking or pet boarding that will increase as your stay away gets longer. Calculate the full cost of the longer trip and what you are likely to find is that it is prohibitively expensive. You can start to save up to take that trip later, but for Sarah and myself, we decided that we'd rather do shorter trips that we can more easily afford, allowing us to experience more places by embracing this concept of "brief visits."


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We're now well into the Christmas shopping period, if you're struggling to think of what to get the car-enthusiast in your family - hopefully this will provide some inspiration.

Take a look at some of the top driving games, toys and gift ideas we have chosen that might appear on your Christmas lists this year.

Forza Horizon 4

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Dear Grandma ~ A Tribute to Mom with Flowers

Hello Dear Readers!

Happy Monday and

Happy Monday Morning Blooms Day!

It’s a  most beautiful Monday, when I and

my wonderful flower loving friends,

Lidy, Mary and Pam,

share our love for flowers,

every 1st and 3rd Monday

of the month, hoping to bring some of

that love to you for inspiration.

Today we pay tribute to Mothers.

Mother’s Day can certainly be both

joyous and bittersweet as we celebrate

our Mothers in person or in our hearts.

Today I bring you,

My letter to the Grandmother I never met.

Dear Grandma ~ A Tribute To  Mom With Flowers

This first image depicts the simplicity

in which my mother lives by.

The links and images to my fellow

Monday Morning Blooms friends

are at the bottom of this post.

If my mom were visiting,

this is the flower arrangement

she would appreciate, simple, not fussy.

So the guest room is ready

and waiting for her.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Years ago, as Mother’s Day

was approaching, I was thinking

about my maternal grandmother.

I never met her.  She passed away

when my mom was only 16 years old.

I have always dreamed about

what it would be like to have

spent time with her.

To have her tell me stories

of when my mom was a young girl.

So I sat down and wrote a letter.

A Mother’s Day letter ~ A tribute to my mom.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Dear Grandma….

I never knew you….

You passed away when your daughter,

my mother, was 16 years old.

Your daughter…my mother…was strong….she still is.

She was the one that held me together

when I fell to my knees,

when my dad died…she was strong….I was not.

She made it through her teen years as she sought advice

and help from your sister, her beloved aunt.

She helped raise her younger brothers

in times of much difficulty . . . the War.

I never knew you….but I know your name..

a beautiful name….Kyoko.

I want to thank you for giving birth to my mom, Michiko.

(If my mom were visiting, these simple vases

of daisies would be on the dining room table)

Grandma, (Obachan), I also  want to thank you

for appearing in my mom’s dream.

You appeared on a white elephant….

and told your daughter to go meet

that handsome young American G.I.

who asked you to meet him at the bridge

the next day after work.

(From the book, “How My Parents Learned to Eat”

by Ina R. Friedman which has amazing parallels

of my parents who met in Yokohama, Japan)

Illustration by Allen Say

You know your daughter was very hesitant.

She wasn’t going to meet him, but you knew her destiny.

She took her dream of you as a sign,

and met this handsome American G.I.

Thank you Grandma…

and Grandma…I also thank you

for making me  want to be a wonderful Grandma myself.

I wanted so much when I was young…

to bake cookies with you

to crawl in your lap and hear tales

of the wonderful folklore of Japan.

But then again…

I learned how to be the best Grandma

from your daughter…my mother.

She is the best Grandmother (and mom)

to my son and all her grandchildren.

My son will never forget the wonderful memories

he made with his grandmother…

of how she taught him to juggle…

with bean bags

and taught him many wonderful lessons of life.

I thank you…for making me want to make

beautiful memories with my granddaughter.

And in turn, she will tell tales of me

to her daughter or son….

of the times she spent  with  her Grandma.

So, I wish you a very Happy Mother’s Day Grandma/Obachan.

As I did not have the opportunity

to tell you in person

but I know you can hear me . .

every day….alongside my dad….

the “love” that you chose for your daughter….

in her dream…..of you on that WHITE ELEPHANT.

With Love,

your Granddaughter,

~ ~ ~ ~

And now, I will show you some

flower arrangements that

I have made in the past,

that I know

would be my mom’s favorites

as they also contain her favorite,

A bowl of her favorite Japanese cookies.

Her favorite Green Tea too.

Flowers in a teapot is always

 a delight for her.

And a tray of goodies!

If tea is not available,

then lemonade and lemon bars

would be her second choice.

(Me and Mom at my sister’s – Dec. 2019)

the strength and rock of our family.

I know she gave me my strength!

I will end this post

with a saying that I use every day…

something my mom says every day!!

It’s is a great day….as I woke up and saw the sun!!!!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Now is the time to visit my

amazing Blooms Friends!

The links to their posts are under their

beautiful images!!!

Pam ~ Everyday Living

Lidy ~ FrenchGardenHouse

Mary ~ Home Is Where The Boat Is

And Me ~ Housepitality Designs

P.S. I have written about the letter
to my Grandmother/Obachan a few years ago.
If you are reading about this again, I hope
you enjoyed it again. 🙂

Things at the Hickory Cottage are moving along.
The stacks of boxes are getting shorter
and I am beginning to have fun putting rooms
together. So hopefully very soon I can present
more rooms as I complete them.

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  1. Shirley, I love your pretty yet simple arrangements, as well as your gorgeous teapot arrangement and French jar of blooms. I remember your sweet letter to your Grandmother/Obachan. Such a wonderful story and dream your mom had that was instrumental in her meeting your dad and I love the cute photo of you with your mom!!! I know you’re enjoying getting settled and putting your ‘signature Shirley stamp’ on new home…looking forward to updates soon. 🙂 Wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day. ♥

  2. Dearest Shirley, your letter to your Grandmother, that you never met, has me teary-eyed. I love the dream and story of your precious mom meeting your dad. Beautiful stories to be passed down from generation to generation. Your lovely mom and my mom would be instant friends…loving simple things! I love all of your arrangements, each one is is perfectly styled with the Shirley touch. The photo of you and your mom this past Christmas speaks volumes. Your house is so beautiful and I can’t wait to see the reveal of each room. The slight glimpse of the guest room has me anxiously awaiting a blue and white bedroom. It is always a pleasure to join you for Monday Morning Blooms. Happy Monday ♥

  3. Shirley, I could hardly read the page for the tears. What a beautiful tribute to your mother and grandmother. I am blown away.
    Have a wonderful Mother’s Day. Blessings to you today. Thanks for the beauty and inspiration.

  4. Cynthia Trudeau says

    Very special tribute to the women in your life. Any chance you can share where you found the fork flower stem vase?

    • Cynthia, I purchased it at the gift shop at an Inn we were staying at in Maine. They told me it was made by a local artisan. I wonder if there are anything like these on Etsy.

  5. Debbie Joens says

    What a very special tribute to your mother and grandmother! I so enjoyed reading your letter. I love all of your lovely flower arrangements. Can’t wait to see each room of your beautiful home – just the peak of the guest room has me drooling!
    Happy Mother’s Day to you Mary!

  6. Dear Shirley,
    Tears, tears and more tears. I can’t even find words to tell you how this story touched my heart. Well, I do believe that these two beautiful, strong women have passed down their strength and tremendous love to you. We have witnessed your strength in the last few years. All your arrangements are perfectly beautiful. I will read this over and over even though I will cry. How we learn to love people we have never met!!

  7. Dear Shirley, I missed this wonderful letter and tribute to your Grandmother and Mother the first time so glad I read it this morning. Brought tears to my eyes as I miss my Grandmothers, Mother and my wonderful Aunt Beulah! I’m so happy you are in your gorgeous new home, getting settled and able to share your lovely decorating talents with us again! Look forward to everyone!

  8. Beautiful post Shirley! Lovely picture of you and your mom. I miss mine every day😔

  9. Oh Shirley, I sniffled all the way through your post, what a beautiful tribute to your Mother and grandmother you never knew! I never met my father’s parents and my mother’s died when I was 5…But I do love family history, it is so important to share with our children and grands so they can treasure their heritage. I always love hearing the romantic way your parents met, just like a movie! Your flowers are always beautiful, whether simple or lavish, flowers always bring joy! Have a lovely Mother’s Day week, and let the boxes unpack themselves 🙂

  10. Penny at Enjoying The Simple Things says

    I thought I left a comment, but it is not here….so. What a lovely tribute to your Mother and Grandmother. Have a wonderful week!

  11. Oh Shirley your letter to your grandmother is so special. Made me tear up. I could feel your heart in this letter. What a beautiful love story for you mom and dad too. I am so happy your son has given you Graylyn so you could feel the love that grandmothers feel. Just when you think you could never love anyone more than your own child they give you a grandchild and your heart blossoms again. I know Graylyn loves being with you and enjoys all the fun memories you make with her. With Mother’s Day approaching I wish you so much love. I wish we could be with our kids and grandkids but this year will just be a different way of making memories. Stay well and safe sweet friend.

  12. Beautifully expressed and lovely memories shared.

  13. Sherry m says

    Beautiful tribute, gorgeous arrangements. How thankful I am for my dear mother who just turned 90. She loves flowers and all things garden. She still works hard in her large garden and inspires me every day. Your tribute reminds me to be grateful for the influence my grandmothers had upon me and the influence my son’s grandparents have had upon him. Something that remains forever priceless. Thank you, Shirley for sharing your thoughts, time, beautiful home, and lovely keepsakes.

  14. Rebecca says

    Shirley, I always enjoy your posts and I look forward to each one! I don’t remember seeing your letter to your grandma before, but it is very sweet and endearing! Grandmothers are a blessing! My paternal grandmother died when I was only three years old, nevertheless, I do have a few sweet memories of her. My maternal grandmother lived a three hour’s drive from us when I was a child, so I mostly saw her on holidays and during summer vacation. But she always made such a fuss over us when we arrived and I loved the sound of her voice! Very distinctive. I miss her. I still have my mother with me though. In fact, she moved in with us about a year ago. We enjoy gardening together! Shirley, I love your attention to detail and of course I’m checking out the background. I love all the gold! And the silver! Your tray is beautiful as well as that precious fork vase! Happy Mother’s Day to you!

  15. Dear Shirley,

    What a sweet sweet post, dear friend. I know your grandmother would have loved you to pieces, and she would be as proud of you as your Mom is! You come from a long line of women who live life well, who take good care of all the people you love, and who make life around them a blessing. I am proud to call you friend.

    I wish you a beautiful Mother’s Day, friend. You are everything your Mom is to your family. I love you. Lidy

  16. What a lovely tribute. I never met my paternal grandmother but would have loved to. Love your letter and the story about your mom’s dream and the fulfillment she received. Love the simple flower in the vase. I hope your mom is doing well and before long you’ll be able to see each other again.

  17. Shirley this is an absolutely fantastic post! Thank you and a Happy Mother’s Day to you!

  18. Your lovely tribute to your grandmother and your Mom was quite touching! How beautiful that your Mom had such a dream!
    Happy Mother’s Day!

  19. Theresa Keller says

    What a beautiful tribute to your Mom and Grandmother! I was blessed as a child to have a close relationship with my Grandparents, my Mother’s parents and your post brought back some sweet memories.

    Thank you and Happy Mothers Day to you! Theresa

  20. MARY-ANN (FROM CANADA!) says

    Shirley, what a wonderful letter you wrote to your Grandmother which you were not blessed to know. Such a precious tribute to your Grandmother and your precious Mom. Your floral arrangements are absolutely beautiful! Just love each one! You have been blessed with so many wonderful gifts which you always share with us! Thank-you for being such a blessing in our life.

    Hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day! So happy that you are gradually getting all those boxes unpacked! This is always such a job! Take good care of yourself! Thanks for such a beautiful post!

  21. Shirley,
    Your poem was very touching. Happy Mother’s Day!!

  22. Thanks Shirley for such a wonderful poem. Happy Mother’s Day to you!

  23. What a beautiful blog and tributes! I love your beautiful floral arrangements and the containers they are in.

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If you're feeling like you need some top-notch poetry in your life right now, mark your calendar for TONIGHT. As WT kicks off the Dorothy Patterson Poetry Series, they are featuring a treasure of the Texas Panhandle: writer, educator, and all-around rad dude, Seth Wieck. You can join the reading, which is ONLINE at 7 pm CT this evening via Zoom. To get the link, email Dr. Eric Meljac here and he'll send it straight away. A big thanks to Seth for his time, and see below for the text of the poem he read today on High Plains Morning. If you'd like to hear the full interview, click the link below.

When life gets heavy, as it has been this year, turning to poetry can be a welcome catharsis, allowing us to view life through another's experience. For those of you yearning for some raw human connection, tonight will be a treat.

While quarantine has seemingly slowed down many of our lives, one High Plains poet and author has been keeping very busy. Tonight at 7pm CT, Amarillo-based writer Chera Hammons launches her first novel, Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom, with an online reading and discussion—and you’re invited.

Today on High Plains Morning, I spoke with Dr. Daniel Helbert, Assistant Professor of English & Director of Undergraduate English Studies at West Texas A & M University’s Department of English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages, in advance of tonight’s Great Books Discussion Series, happening online at 7p CT.

For those who follow poetry challenges on Morning Edition, our new one involves a vocabulary lesson: ekphrastic.

Ekphrastic poems respond to a piece of art.

According to the Poetry Foundation:

Through the imaginative act of narrating and reflecting on the 'action' of a painting or sculpture, the poet may amplify and expand its meaning."

Thanks to Dr. Phillip Periman for stopping by High Plains Morning today to share information about Passing Through, an open poetry reading that'll happen tonight, May 7th at 5:30pm CT at IC Gallery (1501 S. Washington). Poets, take note! It's the last one until September, so please come out and share your work. Click to hear the full interview with Dr. Periman, including a few poems. He read his own work, "Nothing of Yours"; then "What Catfish Catch" by Joan Urban; and finally he read "Stars I Cannot See," also his own.

Sometimes Kansas' new poet laureate feels isolated and in transition. Huascar Medina's mother is Panamanian and his father is Puerto Rican, but Medina was born at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in Texas, and is an American.

"I'm no longer from Puerto Rico or Panama, but sometimes I don't feel I'm American enough either, you know? My Spanish isn't the best, and sometimes I struggle with my English, so I live in the in between," says Medina, who has lived in Topeka for almost two decades.

Julia Wang, high school student / American Academy of Poets

I am Xánath Caraza, and I today will read one bilingual poem from my book Sílabas de viento  / Syllables of Wind

Que la poesía

Que la poesía se ponga color verde

Que cubra la tierra

Se enrede en los patios

Las flores blancas se hagan poemas

Roses come in many colours. / Violets mostly one. / If you can write a crappy poem / Come Friday for some fun. // Thanks to Dr. Daniel Helbert of WTAMU's Dept. of English, Philosophy, & Modern Languages for stopping by High Plains Morning today to encourage bad poets of the Panhandle to come together FRIDAY NIGHT, April 5th for the school's first-ever Bad Poetry ContestIt's from 6-8p CT at the Legends Club (Jack B.

Thanks to author Katie Young Foster for sharing her work with us today on High Plains Morning. She's got a reading tonight, March 7th, at Burrowing Owl Books (419 16th Street) in Canyon, TX from 7-8pm CT. It's a free event.

Thanks to Dr. Daniel Helbert for stopping by High Plains Morning today to explains the particulars of tonight's Haiku Death Match

From 7 to 9pm on Friday, November 2nd (TONIGHT!), meet a motley crew of Panhandle poets at the Evocation Coffee Roastery (2300 SW 7th Ave., Amarillo) for a serious slam of 5-7-5'ers. That's right: you'll go head to head with other haikus, so bring your best and get ready to throw down.

Poetry Blooms In The Texas Panhandle

Sep 23, 2018
High Plains Poetry Project

In recent months, West Texas has seen a flowering of poetic talent and interest.

The poetic renaissance has been sparked in large part by the efforts to West Texas A&M University English professors Eric Meljac and Pat Tyrer, founders of the High Plains Poetry Project.

For someone with five horses, two dogs, three cats, a donkey, a rabbit, and a husband, Chera Hammons sure gets a lot of work done. She stopped by High Plains Morning, with Dr. Eric Meljac of the High Plains Poetry Project, to promote an upcoming reading with an impromptu literary throw down (ahem, a reading).

Texas Panhandle Poet Wins Prestigious Literary Prize

Jun 12, 2018
Chera Miller

A poet from the Texas Panhandle has brought home one of the most prestigious poetry awards in the American West.

Chera Hammons is the winner of the PEN Southwest Poetry Award for her book, The Traveler’s Guide to Bomb City. Judge Allison Adelle Hedge Coke called Hammons’s book an “astute take on life on the Southern Plains,” adding “we are the better for [this book] being here.”

Water & Replenishment - A Poet's View

Mar 1, 2017
Denise Low

Ogallala Aquifer

As the water table sinks

mid-range rivers falter.

The Arkansas River loses its way

to Wichita. The Smoky Hill

lapses into gravel

and long stretches of silence,

like Heraclitus, muffled,

only fragments remaining

from his distant writings.

Or Sappho—her broken

songs are beds of old lakes,

just the outlines visible

like wheel ruts

of the Oregon Trail,

almost imaginary traces

across grasslands.

Tinta negra / Black Ink

Sep 9, 2016

Xánath Caraza reads two bilingual poems from her latest book Tinta negra / Black Ink.   In one she asks, "

What is a border? Created limits

cultures forced to turn their back

Lyrical Postcards in Willa Cather’s My Antonia

Aug 12, 2016

The essence of poetry is song, or lyrical feeling. How well Willa Cather understood the lyrical beauty of the Great Plains. She delights readers of My Antonia with poetic passages, like Jim Burden’s first look at Nebraska: “There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made.”


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Larry Craig Lobbies On Mine Safety As Reform Slowly Dies

WASHINGTON -- Having left Congress after an embarrassing 2007 arrest, former Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) has quietly reemerged in Washington as a lobbyist working on behalf of the coal industry. According to his federal filings, Craig has registered to wheedle his former Capitol colleagues on the obscure but critical issue of mine safety.

It's an issue that Craig's new client, Murray Energy, knows all too well. The largest privately held coal company in the nation, Murray Energy owned a subsidiary that ran the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah, the site of a tragic cave-in incident that took the lives of six miners and later three rescuers. The cave-in occurred in August 2007, just weeks after Craig was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex in an airport bathroom.

The addition of a heavyweight like Craig to the coal lobby serves as a reminder of just how difficult it can be to pass mine safety reform in the face of industry influence, even in the aftermath of the worst mining disaster in 40 years. Since 29 miners died in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia in April 2010, a bill that would further empower the Mine Safety and Health Administration to shut down dangerous mines and punish unsafe operators has languished in Congress. Now that more than a year and a half has passed, the window of opportunity may have already closed for meaningful reform, industry observers say.

"We knew at the very beginning that the further you get from the [Upper Big Branch] tragedy, the less likely it is to get something passed," says a senior Democratic aide. "The pay-to-play politics eventually comes into play. And that's exactly what happened."

The status quo may well be what Murray Energy and the coal lobby are hoping for. Since the Crandall Canyon disaster, congressional staffers who work closely on mine safety issues have come to know the firm's tough CEO, Robert Murray, simply as "Mr. Murray," and they consider him and other deep-pocketed coal operators a prime obstacle to stronger mining regulations. A big Republican donor, Murray feuded publicly with safety-minded Democrats who called for criminal prosecutions of Crandall Canyon managers after the tragedy. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Utah says the Crandall Canyon case is "ongoing," although no charges have been filed in more than four years.

Murray Energy has paid Craig's consultancy and lobby shop, New West Strategies, $200,000 this year to work on legislation surrounding mine safety as well as greenhouse gas emissions. When asked for details about the firm's work, Craig's partner and former chief of staff, Michael Ware, said, "I'm not going to talk to you at all." Murray Energy has so far spent nearly $400,000 on lobbying this year, according to the watchdog group Center for Responsive Politics.

Rob Murray, vice president and son to the CEO, declined to talk in detail about Murray Energy's stance on MSHA and mine safety reform. In an email, he said the company was working to "inform lawmakers of practical solutions to improve the working environment in mines," adding that "the overall health and safety of our employees is our number one priority."

At the time of the tragedy, Robert Murray blamed the mine collapse at Crandall Canyon on an earthquake -- an assertion challenged by MSHA, which levied more than $1 million in penalties against the mine. Similarly, officers at Massey Energy, the owner of Upper Big Branch, have attributed that disaster to a natural explosion, contrary to the findings of both an independent investigative panel and a team of MSHA investigators.

Two exhaustive reports produced on Massey have put the blame squarely on a corporate culture that put profits before workers' well-being. Investigators noted that the company routinely hid safety problems from inspectors and intimidated workers who spoke out about dangerous conditions. Managers went so far as to maintain two sets of safety books -- one that included documented dangers at the mine, and a separate sanitized version for inspectors to see. Alpha Natural Resources, Massey's new owner, has entered into a $210 million settlement over Massey's role in the disaster, though officials have left open the possibility of prosecuting individual Massey officers.

Cynical as it may sound, safety advocates note that the wake of a mining disaster is usually the best opportunity to reform mining law and MSHA, since public attention so rarely turns to such issues. Justin Feldman, worker health and safety advocate at Public Citizen, says he's disappointed but not shocked that nothing legislatively has been done. Feldman says he's actually spoken with congressional aides who wrongly believe a bill was passed after Upper Big Branch.

"We don't see any momentum on this issue," says Feldman. "The industry has survived this, in terms of not being subject to new regulations. ... When I talk to Republicans on this, the first they say is, 'Let's wait for the [next] report to come out.'"

Even piecemeal reforms have proven nearly impossible to get through the GOP-led House. For example, Republicans have twice tried to block a new rule aimed at reducing the number of miners who suffer and die from black lung disease. In September House Republicans tried to scuttle the rule, which would lower the amount of allowable coal dust in a mine's atmosphere, in a health-and-labor budget bill. And last week, as lawmakers scrambled to avoid a shutdown, Republicans put a rider in the budget bill that would simply delay implementation of the new rule by eight months, a move that the United Mine Workers of America said could cost lives.

Since Upper Big Branch, MSHA officials have been trying to clear the agency's infamous backlog of safety cases, which hovered around 70,000 as of the end of September. Many mine owners appeal their safety violations simply as a matter of course, allowing them to continue operating as the judicial process drags on. A 2008 congressional report found that Murray Energy, for instance, had enacted a "blanket policy of contesting all MSHA safety violations, regardless of the merits of the contest petition."

Led by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.) and Shelly Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), some lawmakers have sought to expand MSHA's limited subpoena power and boost civil and criminal penalties on operators who break the law. Those reforms have been kept at bay by the coal industry, which has spent at least $13 million on lobbying this year, and industry-friendly Republicans, who seem loath to impose any regulations on Big Coal. Earlier this year, an official with the industry group the National Mining Association (NMA), speaking as a guest of the GOP, went so far as to tell lawmakers at a mine safety hearing that the industry should be allowed to simply police itself.

"We're trying to be open-minded about it," NMA spokesman Luke Popovich tells HuffPost, speaking about MSHA reform. "We don't see the need for additional authority. MSHA has only started to use the authority it has that could improve mine safety."

As Upper Big Branch recedes further, reform advocates say it's doubtful they'll eventually overcome both a powerful lobby and anti-regulatory Republicans. Of course, veterans on the issue aren't exactly surprised to see their efforts fizzle. As Rep. Miller himself said earlier this year, "The sad thing is that nothing will happen until the next major disaster."

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Open Carry March In Washington Seeks To Put 'Government On Notice' With Loaded Rifles

Pro-gun activists are planning to march from Virginia into Washington, D.C., on July 4 as part of an open carry demonstration that could bring thousands of illegally displayed weapons into the nation's capital.

The event, coordinated by libertarian radio host Adam Kokesh and advertised as an "Open Carry March on Washington," is hoping to bring upward of 10,000 demonstrators ready to say "in the SUBTLEST way possible that we would rather die on our feet than live on our knees."

The subtlety will apparently be exhibited by breaking Washington, D.C., law, which does not issue any permits to carry firearms openly or in any other manner.

"We will march with rifles loaded & slung across our backs to put the government on notice that we will not be intimidated & cower in submission to tyranny," the event's description reads on Facebook. "This will be a non-violent event, unless the government chooses to make it violent. Should we meet physical resistance, we will peacefully turn back, having shown that free people are not welcome in Washington, & returning with the resolve that the politicians, bureaucrats, & enforcers of the federal government will not be welcome in the land of the free."

While an earlier version of the event's listing described it as an "act of civil disobedience, not a permitted event," according to an update on May 6, there will be "coordination with D.C. law enforcement prior to the event" now that the march has gained momentum.

"I will recommend that they do the best they can to honor their oaths and escort us on our route," Kokesh wrote on Facebook. "Failing to provide that commitment to safety, we will either be informed that we will only be allowed up to a certain point where we would be arrested."

Warning of a "remote chance" of violence, Kokesh said supporters must be prepared to "submit to arrest without resisting," if law enforcement attempts to shut down the event.

Over 1,000 people have so far RSVP'd to the event on Facebook. While Kokesh and supporters have been quick to defend the event as a completely peaceful demonstration, Salon's Alex Seitz-Wald reports that the former GOP congressional candidate "seems to have become increasingly radicalized" as he's taken his libertarian message to online radio. Seitz-Wald points to a recent tweet from Kokesh:

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