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What I’m Into (July 2015 edition)

August 2, 2015 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

I haven’t done one of these in ages. Seems like a good time to get back in the habit. Since it’s been so long, I’m going to include a bit from the last of June, too.  Celebrations July, for our family, always begins with our daughter’s birthday. Isn’t she gorgeous? We celebrated the 4th of…

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Filed Under: Dee's Life, Friends and Family Tagged With: 4th of July, birthday, Books, Family, Hopeful Leigh, Idaho, July, karoke, Lisa, moon landing, party, The Donna Reed Show, wedding, What I'm Into

Fun times around here…

July 11, 2015 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Last week was busy and lots of fun. First up…we celebrated our daughter’s birthday on Wednesday with dinner at a nice restaurant in a nearby town. David, Chris and I were there, along with our son-in-law, niece and her boyfriend. We had such a nice time together. Our beautiful daughter Thursday we went up to…

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Fireworks and Rowdy Folk

July 5, 2013 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

For the second year in a row we had a prime viewing spot for our town’s 4th of July fireworks display. Friends invited us to join them at their house which has a perfect view. We were having a lovely time visiting, eating homemade ice cream and watching the fireworks: And then for the second…

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God Bless America ~ Grandpa Elliott

July 4, 2013 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Happy 4th of July! We are getting ready to grill some chicken with homemade BBQ sauce, watch fireworks with friends and then go out for some live music. Yay, America!

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Fun on the fourth

July 6, 2012 By Deanna Piercy 2 Comments

We celebrated the 4th of July with friends last night. These lucky folks own a house near the park with a perfect view of the fireworks display. People began showing up around 7 for grilled hamburgers and all sorts of delicious side dishes. It was an unusually nice evening for July. The humidity was relatively…

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Land of the free

July 4, 2012 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

This is one of the things which has made America great: Give me your tired, your poor,  Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! Happy Independence Day!

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Patriotism

July 4, 2011 By Deanna Piercy 3 Comments

  Patriotism isn’t a solely American virtue.  People the world over experience love, pride and loyalty to the nation of their birth.  None of us has any control over where we were born so I find it interesting to encounter undue pride over this accident of birth.  I think we often forget that the British…

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Happy Birthday, America!

July 4, 2010 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Photo by Karah Thompson

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