What I've been doing is telling stories of my life from the beginning and
in the past (blog # 1) and just doing that ain't going to work because I believe
you would like to hear about the present, too.
You see, I've completed over 200 stories (blogs), and do two blogs a day.
You can get to the remainder of my stories thru Weebly.com, Facebook
and Twitter.
Thanks.
Forrest Caricofe
The road to our Grandparent Clines.
As I said before we went to our Grandparent Cline's home every two weeks
after church for Sunday dinner. And that is where we are still headed as
Father looks both ways, turns left and drives south towards Bridgewater.
Father always drove almost like a NASCAR driver with his right foot pressed
down hard on the gas or brake and turned the key off going down long
hills to save gas. He liked to follow the sounds of fire or rescue vehicles,
telling Roland and I to jump in whatever big car he had at the time with him
and he would eventually locate the source of the fire or wreck. We would
then observed from in or near the car to see what was going and I'm sure,
him being very friendly, would talk to the medical personnel or firefighters
about more details of the event with Roland and I tagging along.
Off again, no seat belts, Father driving fast, us kids jumping around in the
back with endless energy all of us breathing second hand from Father's
smoking and Mother, relaxed as always, reading all the road signs along
the way....
TO BE CONTINUED....
Mother Teresa
"We consider her to be a wonderful nun and so on and so forth. She was an
extraordinary human being. She came down from that beautiful place where
she was living in almost luxury at the high school in Calcutta. She left to
serve the poorest among the poor but to serve everybody else."
Franco said he spent 26 years in Vatican City and said mass every Saturday
at 6:30 p.m. Whenever Mother Teresa was in town, she would attend his mass.
"She would be in the back of the chapel kneeling down until the end,
" he said. "After the prayers she would come to the sacristy to get a
blessing but also to chat a little bit about my homilies."
Aleksandar Dimishkovski contributed reporting from Skopje, Macedonia.
© 2016 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved.
PAST US PRESIDENTS....
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"James Monroe
5th President of the United States
In office - March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins
Preceded by James Madison
Succeeded by John Quincy Adams
8th United States Secretary of War
In office - September 27, 1814 – March 2, 1815
President James Madison
Preceded by John Armstrong, Jr.
Succeeded by William H. Crawford
7th United States Secretary of State
In office - April 2, 1811 – March 4, 1817
President James Madison
Preceded by Robert Smith
Succeeded by John Quincy Adams
12th and 16th Governor of Virginia
In office - December 28, 1799 – December 1, 1802
Preceded by James Wood
Succeeded by John Page
In office - January 16, 1811 – April 2, 1811
Preceded by George William Smith
Succeeded by George William Smith
United States Minister to the United Kingdom
In office - April 18, 1803 – February 26, 1808
Nominated by Thomas Jefferson
Preceded by Rufus King
Succeeded by William Pinkney
United States Minister to France
In office - May 28, 1794 – September 9, 1796
Nominated by George Washington
Preceded by Gouverneur Morris
Succeeded by Charles C. Pinckney
United States Senator - from Virginia
In office - November 9, 1790 – March 29, 1794
Preceded by John Walker
Succeeded by Stevens Thomson Mason
Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Virginia
In office - November 3, 1783 – November 7, 1786
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Henry Lee
Personal details
Born April 28, 1758
Monroe Hall, Virginia, British America
Died July 4, 1831 (aged 73)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)
Political party Democratic-Republican
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Kortright (m. 1786; her death 1830)
Children 3
Residence Ash Lawn
Alma mater College of William and Mary
Profession Lawyer, Planter College administrator
Religion Episcopalian
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch Continental Army
Virginia Militia
Years of service 1775–1777 (Army) - 1777–1780 (militia)
Rank US-O4 insignia.svg (Army) - US-O6 insignia.svgColonel (militia)
Battles/wars American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Trenton"
James Monroe "set forth the Monroe Doctrine, which said that no European
countries could try to colonize land in the Americas."
bendenpub.com, Ashland, OH.
BBC NEWS
"Life and death on the lost streets of Chicago - 7 September 2016 - Last
updated at 01:33 BST.
Killings in Chicago have hit a 20-year high as the grim toll for homicides in
the city passed 500.
A deadly summer of violence ended with multiple murders over the Labor
Day holiday weekend.
Most of the victims - and the killers - are young black men. The BBC's Ian
Pannell explores a world where gangs and guns rule.
Camera/director: Darren Conway; video editor: David Botti; assistant
producer Gabriella O'Donnell; aerial photography Phil Jorden; executive
producers Jacky Martens and Ben
My opinion - If I was the parent or guardian, I would take, by any means
possible, my gang member son or daughter and move out of Chicago to
a peaceful place in America. We sure have plenty of those.
BBC NEWS
Oldest man?
He believes he's 145
7 September 2016 Last updated at 01:00 BST
"Mbah Gotho, lives in Central Java in Indonesia, and believes he is 145 years
old."
"Officials say he has documents to prove it, but they admit mistakes have been
made in the past."
He says he has a little trouble walking now. If I wasn't dead already, I'd be durn
lucky to crawl.
BBC NEWS
"It took a while, but now we finally know which two candidates will fight it out
in the race for the White House.
Donald Trump will be the Republican candidate, something few would have
predicted a little more than 12 months ago.
And after the Democrats' convention in Philadelphia, we know Hillary Clinton
will be their candidate.
Whatever happens from this point on, the outcome will be historic. This is how:
1) Twilight years
Barack Obama being inaugurated in January 2009 - if he looks young here,
it's because he was.
When Barack Obama first walked through the White House front door in
January 2009, he was aged 47, and was the fifth-youngest president in
history. Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest, at 42 years and 322 days.
The next one will be a fair bit older, whatever happens.
Donald Trump celebrated his 70th birthday on 14 June. If elected in
November, he would be the oldest president in history (Ronald Reagan
was 69 when he took office).
Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, turns 69 some two weeks before the election,
and would become the second-oldest president on inauguration. She
would replace William Henry Harrison, who became president in 1841
(and was the last president born on British soil).
2) New York, New York
Welcome to your next president, New York
Trump v Clinton is the first presidential contest between New Yorkers
since 1944, when the governor of New York, Thomas E Dewey, ran
against the incumbent, Franklin D Roosevelt.
Whoever wins this time will become the first New Yorker in office in 71
years when the inauguration takes place next year.
(And yes, we know Mrs Clinton was born in Chicago, but she was a
senator from New York and lives in the state.)
3) Money, money, money
If Mr Trump wins, we could be looking at the least amount of money
spent by a winning candidate for some time.
Federal Election Commission records show he spent $91m (£69m) up
to 22 July, of which $50m is his own money.
No other candidate since Al Gore in 2000 ($126m) has spent as little.
Hillary Clinton is on some $275m so far, by the way.
Of course, Mr Trump could break out the chequebook given that he
has more campaigning to do between now and November, but it
looks likely he will come a long way under what Barack Obama
spent last time round - almost $556m.
4) Experience
The former Commander in chief of the Allied forces in Europe (1943)
and the future US President General Dwight Eisenhower had decent
experience - just none in office.
A Trump win would be significant for another reason - no-one has been elected
president in more than 60 years without experience as a governor or in Congress.
Even then, the last president with no political experience, Dwight Eisenhower,
was Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in World War Two, before he was
elected to office in 1953.
Before that, Herbert Hoover, who was president from 1929 to 1933, was
previously an engineer and humanitarian.
No previous candidate has ever owned a chain of casinos and hotels.
But Mr Trump says his experience doing deals, and the fact he is not too
tied to the Washington establishment, stand him in good stead.
5) A woman in office....
Sarah Palin was a vice-presidential pick for John McCain in 2008
The long years Hillary Clinton has been on the Washington scene may
make it easy to forget one fact: She would be the first female president if
elected. She is already the first female candidate for a major US party.
The closest we have got before is when Republican John McCain surprisingly
picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008, and when
Democrat Walter Mondale named Geraldine Ferraro as his vice-presidential
pick in 1984.
Neither won the presidency.
6) Democrat relay?
Amazingly, only two Democrats have directly succeeded another Democrat
as US president. The most recent was James Buchanan, who was president
from 1857 to 1861.
Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson were both vice-presidents who were
named president when their predecessors died. They both then went on"
(to win a second term).
Hurricane Hermine
Hermine's Post-Tropical Life:
"Coastal Erosion, Large Swells, Tropical hermine-east-coast-flooding-..."
The Weather Channel
9 hours ago
Hurricane Newton
"Tropical Storm Newton Makes Final Landfall in Northwest Mexico ..."
The Weather Channel
Hurricane Newton
1986 tropical cyclone
"Hurricane Newton was one of the few tropical cyclones that were intercepted
by Hurricane Hunter flights during the moderately active 1986 Pacific
hurricane season." Wikipedia
Date: September 18, 1986 – September 23, 1986
Affected areas: Mexico, United States of America
Mother
At this point in time, Mother is about 90 to 95 years old. She had decided
on her own to quite driving at about age 90.
The woman social worker who interviewed Mother for the Meals on Wheels
food delivery (she sat in the chair that I sat in when I was talking to Mother
and I was standing, it being a life-long custom of mine) said that anyone
90 years old or over ought to qualify for the food delivery.
I had a heck of a time trying convince Mother to accept the meals. She did
not like what she thought was welfare....
TO BE CONTINUED....
Quote of the Day
"One who desires earthly possessions are also in part, a false prophet."
Forrest Caricofe
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Jesus said, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by
their fruits" (Matt. 7:15-16b).
In the Garden with Forrest Caricofe
It did not rain for the second day in a row, so I will have to water the flowers
as soon as I am done with this story. I probably going to pull up and replant
some sunflowers in the back corner garden that's bordered on both sides
by soybeans. The corn field is on the western border. There are some other
flowers I'm thinking about replanting, too.
This is a good time of the year for pulling plants out of the soil and separating
at the roots into as many as 3 to 5 individual plants with roots intact.
I like working hard. I've done it all my life.
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