The 2019 armistice

It was the year 1919.

The Treaty of Versailles was signed.. a cease fire ended hostilities..

World War I had just ended.. Those of us who remember those fun tales from from history class know that it was termed ‘the war to end all wars.’

Instead power brokers created an entirely new version of the Middle East, one that seemingly has doomed the world to eternal conquest and quagmire..

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On the Eve of our first potential winter event of 2019/20, a tale of winters past.. present, and future

Some of our ancestors who remain present on the planet earth will attest to much worse winters of the past, however.. They will say they had to ‘jump to spat’ at times when they were kids, that the snow was up to the necks and they were still forced to trudge through it to school houses on a secluded country road!

Maybe much of this is hyperbole, but we can look to past headlines to gauge the patterns that once were.. and maybe learn from then to capture a glimpse of life in the patterns of the future..

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