Computer Classes at Chatham Community Library

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Chatham Community Library is offering free classes on job search skills, Microsoft Excel, and Google Apps in June.  On June 11th, the library will host Malinda Marsh, NCWorks Career Center Coordinator/Manager, who will provide tips on effectively searching and applying for jobs online. While the library is closed, all classesContinue Reading

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Gene threw me a curve ball starting high and inside and breaking down and away right into the strike zone. A complete answer would require my own PhD dissertation, and my short answer required several hours of analysis and involved several emails from other chatlisters. I am delighted to beContinue Reading

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To Reply to some of Raymond Gastwaite’s comments: It is now pretty clear what the protesters want: equal treatment under the law for African Americans. And they agree with Mr. Gastwaite that police forces are over-armed and there are too many police and quasi-police organizations. One major problem Democrats haveContinue Reading

Debate over the efficacy of wearing a mask.

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Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 11:00:49 -0400From: Brian Tarkowski Subject: Re: Masking stupidity 1st off, the chance of catching Covid19 when outside is not zero and there is debate over the efficacy of wearing a mask. But that misses the bigger point. These are difficult times. People are trying toContinue Reading

Think of masks as the latest fashion accessory

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Jay, with all due respect, an individual’s decision to mask when engaged in solo pursuits is a personal one. Surely you wouldn’t call a person’s choice to wear underwear, pants, shoes, etc if he or she was jogging alone or in his or her car alone “stupid.” I also considerContinue Reading

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Seems to me we need to trust our civic leaders to maintain safety and justice; we entrust our leaders, including our lawmen, to adhere to the Constitution and administer equal justice under the law. It’s more than the police; we hope for the best from our local, state, and federalContinue Reading

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gee, for someone who doesn’t hesitate to name names, where is your name?As for the rest of your post and Mr. Gastwaite’s response, I stand by my post.BTW, when asking a question, you should be succinct enough for us not not have to de-code it.this was the original question;” WhatContinue Reading

Cheers to Chatham County and everyone in it!

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I am enjoying the lively and relatively civil debate on the Chatlist lately. It is wonderful to see people exercising their freedom of speech to put ideas through intellectual rigor and discard the bad ideas that can’t withstand challenges. I appreciate our fundamental rights and how Chatham County and theContinue Reading

Chatham Corona Journal #9

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5/6/2020 #9 I mourn those I do not know; those who don’t know me at the Texas border, men, women, children. How about those Angelians in my home town or the folks in the Laurels here in Pittsboro. Is there any stranger when grief surrounds us and defines us? SomeContinue Reading

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So…how you feeling about all of this? Few things elicit a stronger reaction than discussions of racial brokenness in our culture–anger, exhaustion, guilt, defensiveness, despair, annoyance, confusion, the list goes on. But what we see throughout the Scriptures is that God is firmly committed to a path where one dayContinue Reading

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Was awake until 3 last night, so I was sleeping soundly when i heard the heavy rumble of a heavy truck engine outside my bathroom window about 9 AM. The right knee hurt as I struggle to look out to see the gravel truck, so I grabbed my cane as I pulled onContinue Reading

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I can’t recall just when we first got together, but I know it has been years. You were new to the area and I was familiar with the territory already. We hit it off right away- you were comfortable to be with. A good fit. No, we didn’t do those milesContinue Reading

Brad Page’s Corona Journal – 13

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#13 Wisdom is a hard idea to understand which sounds silly when I say it. In our Rinzai Zen tradition its realization comes in the first moment of the first meditation. It’s a kind of “Whoa, stop, slowdown” notion that develops from a regular practice of various kinds of meditation. Continue Reading

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The past few days have been spent shifting and sorting all my potted shrubs. Over the years, the pots get mixed up and the name tags fade and I can’t tell which is Which- Now, with concentrated efforts, all the blue lace caps are in one row. The pink inContinue Reading