Ah Maria, It’s War!
Queen Maria Theresa began her rule with giants breathing down her neck, all quite interested in her loss of Silesia to Frederick.
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Frederick’s invasion of Silesia, the opening move in what became known as the War of the Austrian Succession, was rather modest as eighteenth century European battles went. Considering that it would become a war that would end up involving England, Russia, Spain, France, Sweden, Bavaria, The Dutch Republic, the kingdoms of Sardinia, Naples and Sicily, Saxony and Hanover, it was very modest indeed. From tiny acorns…
While the forces involved and the land in question were not large, the ramifications of Prussia’s attack not being repulsed were huge. All of Europe was watching closely. It wasn’t just a matter of what Austria would do, she would fight, everyone knew that, but how well she would fight and who would win were by no means a forgone conclusion.
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191/365 Closser, but still hard to see
Those clouds really do make the mountains hard to see, even when I crop for them.
How to Accept an Award
Has someone (like me) passed along an Internet award like this one to you? Confused on what to do next? Keep reading.
Awards of this variety are intended as both a compliment and a networking tool. They can be a great way for readers to discover new blogs: yours, the one who gave you the award, and all the people you like enough to give an award to. They also make all the blogs involved rise in the Google listings through all the linking.
1) The first thing you should do is say thank you in the comment stream of the post in which you were given the award. If you don’t want to do anything else, this is perfectly fine. Compliment given and received. I personally am perfectly fine with that alone.
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Healthy Choices
Jill: Jack! What do you think you’re doing?
Jack: I’m doing what you said, Darling. I’m eating a balanced breakfast.
Today’s theme is balanced
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Suzie’s House 148: A Quality Mom
“I am so sorry.”
It was probably the worst thing Diane could have said. If she’d stopped to think, she would have kept it to herself. Of course Gene would resent her sympathy. What teenage boy wouldn’t?
“Humph.” He shoved past her, bumping her shoulder with his with all the finesse of a bulldog.
Well, it was already too late. She might as well own up to her soft heart.
The Still Point.
The Girl: Even if you aren’t time traveling backwards, you’re still moving through time.
Alice: And Space. Just lay there, the world moves.
The Boy: Unless you go up in a rocket ship.
Alice: Still moving with respect to the universe.
The Boy: Unless you find the one spot in the whole universe that isn’t. Think about that. *eye wiggle*
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words.
13 Ways For a Boy to Get Into Trouble
The Boy, who is fifteen and in ninth grade, has been having himself a grand old time. Not that I’m saying he himself has actually done any of this, mind you.
1. Test the city curfew laws. Apparently around here it is 10 pm on a school night and 11 pm otherwise. The first time your child is caught the city will send you a nice little letter explaining the times and threatening legal action should it happen again.
2. Smash a milk carton to see how far down the hall the milk will splash.
3. Instigate a milk carton smashing contest during the after school program.
4. Ride a bicycle after dark with no light. OK, this one might have been his mother’s fault.
5. When the nice policeman who has nothing better to do changes his mind about arresting a boy for bicycling after dark without a light because his mother is riding next to him and acts all apologetic, take the more dangerous back route to the store, where a light can be purchased.
6. Take two swallows out of the milk jug, then put the jug back into the refrigerator.
7. When Mother yells, hide the almost empty milk jug from which two swallows were sneaks it into his bedroom where it is hidden until the milk goes bad and stinks up the place.
8. Throw his friend’s coat into the girl’s bathroom so the friend (male) will have to go in and get it.
9. Get upset about having his coat thrown into the girl’s bathroom and kick over a garbage can in front of the janitor in a fit of temper. Having been caught, yell and fuss until the vice principal, teacher, janitor, and grandmother have all been dragged into it.
10. Get bopped on the side of the head by Mother when pointing and laughing at the friend in the parking lot surrounded by the vice principal, teach, janitor, and grandmother.
11. Skateboard down the front steps.
12. Go into a store (Safeway) with an idiot friend who then shoplifts. Get accused of shoplifting himself even though he did nothing of the sort. Have Safeway charge his parents $100 for the privilege of being falsely accused, though later exonerated. Laugh at poor parents who then must undergo a series of exchanges with Safeway to get the civil charges dropped. Good thing it wasn’t WalMart – whom everyone says is even more nasty and unfair.
13. Bring home grades that range from A to F depending on how much he likes the teacher.
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