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Wed
14
May

Patchwork

by donna smith ammons.
 
I went to Gail’s Sassy Scissors last week and the first thing I noticed when I drove up was that the bench was missing! My first question was, “Where is the bench?” I received a sad look from the lady who has been cutting my hair for years. “Someone stole it three weeks ago today,” she said. (April 22) The bench was a faded red and offered ladies a place to sit, in case they had to wait. She always had little flowers around the bench, which was a welcoming area to her shop.

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Wed
07
May

CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTS

Watching the campaign accounts of our politicians can be very interesting, to say the least. Money for these accounts comes from lobbyists and from John Q. Public who wish to donate to a candidate. The money is supposed to be used for necessary or essential expenses to maintain their office. Expenses that are “essential” sometimes are stretched.
 
Tue
06
May

Patchwork

I have been a procrastinator from the word “Go”. I love taking pictures and with a digital camera, I have become the world’s worst about getting my photos printed. (Unlike my friend Carolyn “Precious” Gandy!! I file the pictures from my card onto my computer, but then I keep the camera card, so I can easily take it to Walgreen’s to get prints. Several months ago, I patiently sat on the stool and cropped, lightened and printed about 300 pictures. And then with the pressing of a wrong button, I deleted them all. I was devastated…..and I felt so stupid. 
 
Wed
30
Apr

Speaking Out for Louisiana Citizens

We tend to forget that however ingenuous we get with our charity hospital system, we must have the federal government
Centers of Medicare and Medicaid services o.k. 
 
Wed
30
Apr

Patchwork

I was saved by a big, fat yellow cat last week. And he forever has a place in my heart even though he runs when I show up at Mom’s. Orangejello, so named by my brother because he is orange, actually rules the house on the Natchitoches Highway. He was once attacked by some sort of animal and had to go to the vet for shots, antibiotics, etc. He was torn up…but survived.
 
Wed
23
Apr

Patchwork

by donna smith ammons.
 
I was up and slipping the brisket in the over at 5 a.m. Easter morning. That in itself, isn’t something I normally do. Usually I cook it several hours the day prior and then just finish up Sunday morning while I am in Sunday School and church. That didn’t happen this year because our two grandchildren arrived just in time for supper on Thursday night. Needless to say, I was busy the rest of the weekend.

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Wed
16
Apr

CONTEMPT CITATIONS

Former IRS Chief Lois Lerner, who headed an IRS division that reviews tax-exemptions applications has twice invoked her
Fifth Amendment Right when asked to testify about the agency’s targeting of certain nonprofit advocacy groups. Many 
of our politicians start making bold melodramatic denunciations about how terrible this is and what they will do to them.
We’ve heard this many times before
 
Wed
16
Apr

Patchwork

A Leesville lady literally gave me the shirt off her back…delivered it to the INDEX…and I took it!!! One Saturday night in recent weeks, hubby-dear and I took Mom and Unkie to Nicky’s for her birthday dinner. The electricity was still out on Cobb Drive, so we decided a treat was in order for the Birthday Girl!
 
Wed
09
Apr

CHANGE OF AMERICA

Why is American politics so dysfunctional? One could say they are so self-serving. Others will say the leaders have tunnel 
vision and do not deal with the whole problem. When you turn on the news you hear the left talking about the right and the
right talking about the left. On the other hand, here is what you might say is the “real world” and what it looks like could happen
 
Wed
09
Apr

Patchwork

“I drove the lawn mower,” I said, describing how I helped pick up limbs and debris following the storm of March 28. It reminded me of the “I carried a watermelon!” line out of the movie, Dirty Dancing. Just plain stupid!! Our nearly four acres on Cobb Drive survived the storm, but had hundreds of small branches and limbs all over. Hubby-dear had intended to plant some fruit trees, but every time he dug a hole, it filled up with water
 

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