If you are between the ages of 18 and 60 (yes, 60!), you can join The Foreign Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine. You have to fill out an application and submit it to the embassy, complete a phone interview, have a valid US passport, and the resources for airfare to Poland. That’s all there is to it!
Even if I hadn’t already passed the age requirement, I wouldn’t go… and not because I can’t afford airfare to Poland. 😉
So much talk about war and I’m here looking at trees.
I’ve found I do better if I don’t dwell on all that’s wrong in the world today. I figure there’s always been big challenges but pre-Internet, we simply didn’t hear as much about it. I choose to focus on what is good around me.
Like summer! But even that will soon be on its way out whether we want it to leave or not. My hummingbirds are filling up on energy for their long flight ahead, and the days of swimming will soon be gone.
In the meantime, we’re enjoying a break from humidity around here.
In my opinion, the last few days have been perfect when it comes to weather. Warm enough for shorts and cool enough to eat lunch outside!
And finally, I ran across an old quote that I’d saved. It’s a grand reminder of one of my shortcomings. It’s applicable to almost every facet of life and I wanted to share it with you…
Every behavior has a consequence. Robbing people of the consequence robs them of the lesson of their behavior.
Larry Winget
Now you know: The last official victim of the Columbine massacre, Anne Marie Hochhalter, died in 2025, 26 years after being paralyzed from the waist down from a gunshot wound. Her death was ruled a homicide due to the sepsis caused from the decades-old injury.