Rick McBee's Writings
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Book Review – Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham My rating: 5 of 5 stars Here’s a great book for your enjoyment. The fact that I got through it in two days, meaning of course that my wife was a two day book widow, shows how engrossing this… Continue Reading “Book Review – Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham”
Harvest time in Hood River
Here we are already at the beginning of September and because of the early spring we are already picking, canning and drying our produces from the McBee garden. Here’s a dozen quarts of canned prunes: And here’s my dried apples ready to start up… Continue Reading “Harvest time in Hood River”
Pear Picking Time!
Already time to look at those Bartlett, Comice, Bosch and other pears for picking if you own a tree. I got over 100 nice pears off my tree today. You can tell if they are ready to pick if you lift the fruit just… Continue Reading “Pear Picking Time!”
An excellent Foundation in Africa to support!
Here’s a great educational and agricultural foundation to support in the Kafakumba area of Zambia. I visited the school two years ago and also met the manager of the farm they write about. This is a grassroots level of working on development and cultural… Continue Reading “An excellent Foundation in Africa to support!”
Education – Things we know but still don’t do in our classrooms!
After 35 years of education, some of the obvious points of education seem to be self-evident to me, yet I again find that these tactics are not applied by all the teachers all the time. Here the Australians have republished research findings that the… Continue Reading “Education – Things we know but still don’t do in our classrooms!”
Scoundrels! – Western History – A Must!
A Majority of Scoundrels: An Informal History of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company [A Comstock Edition] by Don Berry My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is an old book (1961). Therefore, don’t go into it expecting it to read like the more upbeat… Continue Reading “Scoundrels! – Western History – A Must!”
To the Politicians Afraid of Gun Control – What would a Civil War Veteran say?
I wonder what my great grandfather, who fought in the Civil War would have thought of the people who kill unarmed men, women, children and students in schools, businesses, airplanes and on the streets of our country? I think he would be as appalled as… Continue Reading “To the Politicians Afraid of Gun Control – What would a Civil War Veteran say?”
Immigration – Telling it like it has been historically for U.S. – E pluribus Unum!
Here’s a Great comment by a long time international friend of mine who has seen it all as far as the immigration situation in the U.S.! We will be voting on this and many other important issues, but this is a key one! I couldn’t state… Continue Reading “Immigration – Telling it like it has been historically for U.S. – E pluribus Unum!”
The “Duh” Level of Congressional Understanding of English goes to the Supreme Court
Are we back to the “Duh?” level of Congresses understanding of the English language? Certainly it would appear so with the Republican Party again trying to use the legal system and court challenges when it comes to poking a hole to deflate the Affordable Care Act (AKA – Obamacare)? See p. 4… Continue Reading “The “Duh” Level of Congressional Understanding of English goes to the Supreme Court”
GMO Labeling in Oregon – Exercise in Demonizing Scientific Processes
Oregon currently is getting ready to vote on whether to put labels of foods showing that some ingredients of the food product have been produced by the process of Genetic Modification. It’s a waste of time, money and human energy as you will see in reading… Continue Reading “GMO Labeling in Oregon – Exercise in Demonizing Scientific Processes”
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