Tag Archives: freedom

Ditches

Posted on May 6, 2014 by annetbell

I can not get these images out of my mind since seeing them several weeks ago. This is a ditch dug on the Ukrainian  border to help keep  the Soviet troops out.  Here are tanks of the Russians that are … Continue reading →

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‘Kandahar’ Life in Afghanistan Under the Taliban, A Film

Posted on April 3, 2014 by annetbell

  This was the film I saw last Sunday.  A film by an Iranian director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who tells the story of life under the Taliban in the neighboring country of Afghanistan. It is based on the true story of … Continue reading →

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The Square

Posted on January 23, 2014 by annetbell

My daughter sent me this trailer on Facebook. She knows how much I loved our visit years to Egypt, years ago. The people we met were so warm and friendly. This film is being shown in New York and LA … Continue reading →

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WWII Vets Storm the Memorial

Posted on October 5, 2013 by annetbell

Seventy years ago, these men left their homes to fight fascism that was slowly creeping like kudzu vine over the landscape  chocking out  freedom in country after country. This week these brave men were in the midst of the word … Continue reading →

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Same Old Question

Posted on July 9, 2013 by annetbell

   Last week, I was pretty much focused on the situation in Cairo and the millions of people demonstrating for freedom.  Ironically, it was also the 150 year anniversary  of  the Battle of Gettysburg. This was a time in the … Continue reading →

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Life, Fortune, and Sacred Honor

Posted on July 4, 2013 by annetbell

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THE SIGNERS Gary Hildrith Have you ever wondered what happened to the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence? This is the price they paid:Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured … Continue reading →

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video from the helicopters flying over Cairo

Posted on July 2, 2013 by annetbell

Pictures of 22 million Egyptians demonstrating for freedom. Egyptian people may be a lot of things but they are not afraid or apathetic! Peace, freedom, safety, and blessings for the Egyptian people. . . . inshallah!

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Cairo. . . .Now. . . . .and Then

Posted on July 1, 2013 by annetbell

As the military helicopters fly over Cairo and the Nile  with waving Egyptian flags in solidarity with the Egyptian people, the  military leadership has given President Morsi forty-eight hours to do something…..either resign or accept the will of the people. … Continue reading →

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Sunday, June 30th in Cairo

Posted on June 30, 2013 by annetbell

Today in Tahrir  Square,  there are at least 100,000 demonstrators gathered to protest President Morsi, who was elected one year ago today.  The Egyptians have discovered “Power to the People!” There is reporting of a possible new revolution beginning.  According … Continue reading →

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T J , My Favorite Old Dead White Guy

Posted on June 8, 2013 by annetbell

Growing up just thirty-five miles from Charlottesville in Virginia, spending graduate school years with my husband, and having my son graduate,  I hardly had a choice.  Everything was Mr. Jefferson this or that.  Don’t get me wrong, I love Charlottesville … Continue reading →

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