We Will Prevail

Wherever people are oppressed, there we are to lend a helping hand.

Wherever evil lurks, there we will be to shine a light into the darkness.

We will preserve our FREEDOMS.

Little by little, we will prevail.

One advantage of growing older is that we know if we don’t get with it, we will be gone without the chance to make a difference.

 

My Inspiration:

“We all have a reason for being and we all matter.” –Jane Goodall

I have started another website, not because I don’t love this one and you guys who visit it, but Google doesn’t love this carrier, and so I’m posting on one that He does. Both will exist.

Don’t forget me here and lend an eye to this other one, The Torch Carriers.

https://thetorchcarriers,com/

 

For fun: Daughter dear made an Instagram account for Mighty Zeke, our three-legged dog, Mighty Zeke.  

It is https://www.instagram.com/ezekielsblessings/

 

Portland, Oregon, Mr. President Don't Stir Up Trouble Where There Isn't Any

 From Gary V, Instagram:

“99% of you who see this are wonderful and great people .. please start loving yourself ❤️ start appreciating yourself ❤️ start understanding that for many Reasons too many of you put yourselves down and beat yourselves up … STOP 🛑 THAT SHIT … I am telling you, you’re great… now believe it yourself - stop comparing, stop worrying about outside noise and judgment - start slowing down and focusing on what actually matters ❤️❤️❤️❤️🔑 SHARE THIS WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE 💕

https://garyvaynerchuk.com/

 I did. ❤️

 

Well, there’s Portland under the watchful eye of Mt. Hood. All’s quiet on the Western front.

The President Administration is trying to convince the rest of the country that Portland, Oregon looks post-apocalyptic. He saw pictures of a riot there in 2020, and assumed the city was now burning.

All’s well. All’s peaceful.

I live about 90 South of Portland off I-5 in the beautiful Willamette Valley:

 

Thirty miles East of Portland you will find this:

The first time I saw that magnificent falls I was eight years old and had, only a few month before, moved from the flat land of Illinois to the mountains of Oregon. I was awestruck.

And yes, I have climbed to the bridge many times over the years. The last time it was with a half-sister I had never met but who called me from Portland and I drove up to meet her. When I found that we were both Biology majors I figured she liked the out of doors, so I suggested we drive the 30 miles to Multnomah Falls and have lunch at the lodge. After lunch and we climbed—walked—there is an easy path to the bridge where we had mist in our faces, and looked over the edge to the tumultuous water that flowed beneath us.

Portlanders are being saved from this:

And this:

 Portland's Food Truck Pods

(Even Somebody Feed Phil's Phil Rosenthal, awed over the food there. ) 

 

Mr. President don't stir up trouble where there isn't any.