December 19 to December 25 2021 — Existential Autotrip

APOLOGIES
I have made quite a few mistakes in writing this blog.
Not too many have been this serious: I have erased the content of this weeks blog, except for today’s and tomorrow’s.
Sorry.

Daily Entries for the week of
Sunday, December 19, 2021
through
Saturday, December 25, 2021

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It’s Friday, December 24, 2021
Welcome to the 1,306th consecutive post to the blog,
existentialautotrip.com

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Lead Picture*
Irish Civil War secret destination

National Army troops on board a ship bound for a secret destination during the Irish Civil War NLI Ref: HOG79
National Library of Ireland on The Commons - Secret Destination
Permission details
National Library of Ireland on The Commons @ Flickr Commons

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Commentary
Omicron is here to stay for long enough that we must adapt to it.
Make intelligent decisions.
Avoid crowded places and when you can’t, be very careful.
Above all, get vaccinated.

Masks. Thinking the Omicron is spreading so rapidly masks may not be as effective as against other viruses. But I notice that most people are wearing less expensive masks that do not offer the same protection as N95 masks. Perhaps a campaign that illustrates why we should use these would be helpful. Of course, maybe supplies of these masks are low and public health authorities might be afraid that an increased demand might negatively impact the supply of N95 to the medical profession. Until we’re told otherwise, switch to the more expensive N95 masks. They are more effective and are one of the steps we can take to protect ourselves.

I’m hoping that Joe Manchin won a victory against Biden that will stand him in good stead in his re-election.
I’m hoping that this is one shoe dropping in a two-shoe strategy that sees the second shoe drop when Manchin votes for the bill next year.
Hoping.

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Reading and Writing
Working hard on my manuscript.

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Chuckles and Thoughts
Life is either a daring adventure or
nothing at all.
~Helen Keller

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Mail and other Conversation
We love getting mail, email, or texts.

Send comments to domcapossela@hotmail.com
or text to 617.852.7192

Jim Pasto and I spent a bunch of time talking about taking a manuscript from our laptops to bookstores.
It was a great conversation.

Blog meister responds: I hope both of us are successful.

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Dinner/Food/Recipes
Tuesday night I shared a lima bean casserole with Jim Pasto.
We also had a bit of roasted duck.
All delicious.
We both dove in for seconds.

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Pictures with Captions from our community**
Howard and ragout

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Short Essay*
The Irish Civil War (28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire.

The civil war was waged between two opposing groups, the pro-treaty Provisional Government and the anti-treaty Irish Republican Army (IRA), over the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The forces of the Provisional Government (which became the Free State in December 1922) supported the Treaty, while the anti-treaty opposition saw it as a betrayal of the Irish Republic (which had been proclaimed during the Easter Rising). Many of those who fought on both sides in the conflict had been members of the IRA during the War of Independence.

The Civil War was won by the pro-treaty Free State forces, who benefited from substantial quantities of weapons provided by the British Government. The conflict may have claimed more lives than the War of Independence that preceded it, and left Irish society divided and embittered for generations. Today, two of the main political parties in the Republic of Ireland, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, are direct descendants of the opposing sides of the war.

* The Blog Meister selects the topics for the Lead Picture and the Short Essay and then leans heavily or exclusively on Wikipedia to provide the content. The Blog Meister usually edits the entries.
**Pictures with Captions from our community are photos sent in by our blog followers. Feel free to send in yours to domcapossela@hotmail.com

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Daily Entries for the week of
Sunday, December 19, 2021
through
Saturday, December 25, 2021

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It’s Thursday, December 23, 2021
Welcome to the 1,305th consecutive post to the blog,
existentialautotrip.com

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Lead Picture*
Christmas Eve

http://www.existentialautotrip.com/december-2021/2021/12/18/december-19-to-december-25-2021