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Allyn's Alley: March 2016
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My 04, adjusted for inflation. I'm a writer living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I write about anything and everything from the point of view of a Christian conservative, and I try to keep it honest. Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Worship Wednesday: He be jammin'! Sunday, our church had its first regular instrumental service. It was Easter, an appropriate day to add a new service. We had over 600 people attend that service; we ran out of communion elements, and some people couldn't see. Tuesday, before my la...
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Allyn's Alley: July 2016
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My 04, adjusted for inflation. I'm a writer living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I write about anything and everything from the point of view of a Christian conservative, and I try to keep it honest. Sunday, July 31, 2016. Were it not for the courage of a six-year-old girl in November of 1960, such an occurence may not have been possible. Today, I got to hear the story of that six-year-old girl. If any of you are familiar with Ruby Bridges' story, you probably have seen Norman Rockwell's painting "The Pr...
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Allyn's Alley: August 2016
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My 04, adjusted for inflation. I'm a writer living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I write about anything and everything from the point of view of a Christian conservative, and I try to keep it honest. Thursday, August 11, 2016. Leave the girls alone! You never do anything right. You never put anything in its place. No wonder everyone calls you. From "Failure Face", from "A Boy Named Charlie Brown". She is 19 years old and considered the best female gymnast of all time. Tuesday night, the American girls be...
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Allyn's Alley: November 2016
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My 04, adjusted for inflation. I'm a writer living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I write about anything and everything from the point of view of a Christian conservative, and I try to keep it honest. Tuesday, November 15, 2016. In the aftermath, what now? In the aftermath of this election, I don't know what to say or what to do. I fear that no matter what I say or what I do, I am going to offend someone. If I point out one side, I will get hammered by the other side. Right now, I am just drained dry.
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Allyn's Alley: September 2016
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My 04, adjusted for inflation. I'm a writer living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I write about anything and everything from the point of view of a Christian conservative, and I try to keep it honest. Thursday, September 15, 2016. September 11th was the 15th anniversary of 9/11. September 11th was also the 23rd anniversary of my father's death. September 11th was the day I lost my mother. When her Christmas card came that year, she signed it with her first name, not, "Mom.". This past Sunday- September 11...
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Allyn's Alley: December 2016
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My 04, adjusted for inflation. I'm a writer living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I write about anything and everything from the point of view of a Christian conservative, and I try to keep it honest. Saturday, December 31, 2016. 2016: Goodbye and good riddance! I was going to end this year with a list of the famous people who died this year. But when I downloaded a list from the NBC News website and tried to format it so I could reproduce it here, it came out to be THREE PAGES long. Links to this post.
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Allyn's Alley: Baby Rapp and Bobbie Lee
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My 04, adjusted for inflation. I'm a writer living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I write about anything and everything from the point of view of a Christian conservative, and I try to keep it honest. Thursday, December 22, 2016. Baby Rapp and Bobbie Lee. Between my birthday and Christmas money, I was able to reactivate my Ancestry.com subscription. Since then, I've been poking around and clicking on links, trying to create my family tree with new information. This morning, while looking up my grandmother...
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Allyn's Alley: June 2016
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My 04, adjusted for inflation. I'm a writer living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I write about anything and everything from the point of view of a Christian conservative, and I try to keep it honest. Tuesday, June 14, 2016. The 49 . . . They loved. They were loved. And they will be missed. Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old. Amanda Alvear, 25 years old. Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26 years old. Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 years old. Antonio Davon Brown, 29 years old. Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old. Joel Ra...
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Allyn's Alley: The ticking bomb . . .
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My 04, adjusted for inflation. I'm a writer living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I write about anything and everything from the point of view of a Christian conservative, and I try to keep it honest. Tuesday, December 20, 2016. The ticking bomb . . . I don't know who first came up with the illustration, but in nearly every account I've read about the First World War, the situation in Europe was described as "countries sitting on a powder keg". This summer, two African-Americans were shot by police, and f...
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Allyn's Alley: Dear T . . .
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My 04, adjusted for inflation. I'm a writer living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I write about anything and everything from the point of view of a Christian conservative, and I try to keep it honest. Thursday, December 1, 2016. Dear T . . . The other night, I dreamt of you. I congratulated you, because I was happy for you. And then, to other people, I started wondering aloud, was I not "spiritual" enough to have a boyfriend? A year later, you left the church we both attended. The last time I saw you ...