Sauerkraut will be part of the food and fun for many during 4th of July celebrations.

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Though many people will still roll their eyes at the idea of poetry, there is no disputing its impact on modern society. While many of us still associate poetry with sing song rhymes, that is only the beginning of this masterful art form.

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A fun baking recipe for your 4th of July gathering. It is a lemon-based cake so it also has a refreshing flavor.

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Recent deaths in the family found me searching the Internet trying to locate eulogy or funeral poetry. What I found was often very inspiring, but I couldn’t find exactly the right poem. Having the same problem? Here are a couple of poems for you.

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This article is about retribution of Macbeths in Shakespeares play. It shows the cyclical nature of murder.

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Birthdays are milestones in the lives of each family member and they should be magical times that will be remembered. Memorable birthday parties have a unique sense of visual imagery, touch, scent, sound and taste defining the party experience.

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Whatever the persecution Germans faced historically what Dietmar Doering was telling me came into mind as to how the Germanic tribes under the command of Arminius (Hermann) by one stroke against the Roman Forces in Germania and the subsequent Germanic tribes invasion into the Roman Empire changed the trend of the world. If the Romans had succeeded to integrate the Germanic people, maybe the continuing Roman rule would have merged the European peoples into a permanent nation of Roman citizens.

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