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all i want for chris...

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all i want for chris...                                                               Regina and I drove to Florida earlier this month to visit Nora, Jeremy, Leo and Dallas.  Our leased  Ford Edge was packed with suitcases, Christmas presents and other cargo, including a cooler with bottles of water, and, a bag of celery sticks.     As we left Louisville, we managed to get to Elizabethtown, Kentucky (35 miles) before we pulled over for a pit stop.  But, after that break, we drove all the way to Brentwood, Tennessee before once again deciding to stop .  A newly built Publix served our purpose for stretching our legs.     I do not know if Publix Supermarkets offer better quality products than my go-to Kroger store, but, their presentation is superior.  I get a different vibe walk...

home is where...

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  home is where...                        Lior Ben Shalom returned to her residence in Louisville last month following a six week trip to Israel to visit her family.     There has been conflict between Israel and other Middle Eastern countries since Israel declared it's Independence in 1947.  Before that, it was the  Palestinian Arab Uprising  in the 1930s.     Today, the latest battle involves Israel and a group known as Hamas.  According to CRS Reports,   Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been at war with the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group, Hamas, which led an attack that day from the Gaza Strip into Israel. More than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals (including 46 U.S. citizens in Israel) were killed on October 7, and Hamas and other groups also seized some 251 hostages.   It was brave of Lior to travel to her homeland considering the ever present dan...