This is a well-developed, effective story @rishagamo. I'd like to offer a tip about making the writing clearer for the reader: quotation marks. At some points in the story it is hard to follow whether

I (almost) never write blogs on the spur, but this one came to me as soon as I heard his 20% plan. Even the picture, with him as a Barbary pirate, came to me. I got up the next morning and had to do it.

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Oh dear. Not the Ireland my in-laws left in the 1930s...

My granddaughter, Ireland, 2019

She visited Ireland and loved it. Also, her grandparents came from Ireland. I think it's kind of a romantic notion she has. The reality of life might be quite different from her romantic notion.

then gave up and went back inside 😯 My son is always sending me news articles that describe the same type of scene in NYC. I'm stunned. My daughter is thinking of retiring in Ireland :))

Whatever you like. It doesn't matter to me :)

Thank you for the kind wish. I wish the same for you and your family.

I think if China rises to hegeomy that will probably result in a loss of independence for these countries, eventually. China historically has displayed an appetite for territorial expansion. I can understand

Thank you for that comment. When I write an article like this it is to inform, to share what I have learned. When cancer, or any disease strikes, most of us feel lost. We don't know which way to turn.

There is no way to win this war. There will be no winners. Whatever the outcome, the balance in the Middle East, and therefore in the world, has been altered. Alliances will fall apart. New alliances will

I am not a very interesting person 😅

According to the Silver Bullet website (Silver Bullet aggregates polls from across the U.S.), only 37% of the U.S. approves of war with Iran. 57% are actively opposed. The people of my country do not favor

I didn't know that about the marine sword. Fascinating bit of history trivia. It makes sense. We were such a young nation and we had a moment of glory. That moment of glory was commemorated in the form

Who knows why he started this war? He is a man of impulse. He also wants to have more money. He also wants to make a place for himself in the history books. I can't understand his motivation. The one thing

absurdist carnaval My master's thesis: Comparing use of the grotesque in Kafka and Borges. Absurdist elements are great with me :)

My husband does not understand this. When he is prescribed an antibiotic he becomes casual about the taking it exactly on time. I try to explain why timing is important, but that doesn't always work. I

Thank you very much, @friendlymoose and @topcomment ⭐️

Thank you very much, @kpoulout and @topcomment 🌺