Klara Is Five

Today is Klara’s fifth birthday.

Every day I look at her and can’t believe my amazing good luck in having her.

Published by Clarissa

Hi ethyl, You just said something that sounds very strange to me. The very white-collar "left" that surrounds me is…

BINGO! Hold your cards, but we appear to have a bingo ;-D

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I hate that POS. And I really, really despise the kind of fake, prissy touchiness that makes a big deal…

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I have no explanation for the mystery of this kid's acceptance by other boys. It's fascinating to me as a…

What a blessing for him to have that school!

https://x.com/i/status/2014499319340994662 These people are so clueless and entitled, it's embarrassing.

that was exactly the point I made to my husband when I heard about the silly leftists buying and returning…

The proverbial "what goes around, comes around" — or karma in newage ;-D

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v07 Thank you for clarifying your position. When people talk about the Left in the context of the current political…

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The connection is the part about the stupid kid. What would be the alternative to prevent an open borders reality?…

This is truly the first time that I've heard anybody advance the idea that the purposes of the Cold War…

The fact that they're speaking English is a reminder that the Russians lost the cold war.

In the early years of the USSR, it was all about promoting extreme sexual promiscuity and gender equality and destroying…

That was, truly, a remarkable about-face. I'm still curious about how, exactly, that happened, and who engineered it. These days…