Inspirataion: “Public service is meant to be for the good of the served. But the day of the demagogue is on the horizon, promising people everything they want so that the leader can get everything they want.” George Bernard Shaw lived by another model. He wrote, “I think that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.” – Joan Chittister, 2021.

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Communities often stay together when politicians tear us apart. Jon, now. Politics and hate have become the same thing. I’m going with the kids.

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In the heat, my assistant often yawns. I shudder to think that this is the last thing many mice and rats see. He is always near me when I am taking my flower pictures. I wonder if he gets bored.

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