Ohioan – Lines of Gratitude Blog

I’m grateful for July 4th in America! We are a free, United States of America!

I’m a Buckeye (Ohioan) born and raised, but I’m an American, first!

I’m growing older, but I’m still the child who was loved by her parents and taught to respect others and do right, rather than wrong, because the difference impacts all those around me — first!

I’m a farmer’s daughter, a believer in conservation, because this Earth is all we have in the universe — first!

What can you share, or write about, on the subject of July 4th in America?

Please use the comments section to share your thoughts!

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Photo from the personal and copyrighted collection of Barbara Anne Helberg

The Old America

MIAI miss the old America in which I grew into my teen years. Days when — people conversed light-heartedly, doors didn’t need to be locked, family lent an ear, ideas were exciting and exchanged civilly even when disagreed upon — are gone. A Trump-activated U.S. Supreme Court has successfully continued the former President’s agenda to […]

Facts Matter

To start with, the video just displayed today on CNN tells us nothing about the shooting of Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, as the television picture was distorted into a bodycam blur. Videos of officers and those being pursued need to be viewed under steady and intense conditions. Secondly, this blog post is specifically for […]

Thoughts on Gun Legislation

It’s rather provoking to hear the cries of gun owners every time the need for better gun control legislation, or any gun control laws, are brought up after a new mass shooting incident in the United States. The NRA booster cry is always the same — 2nd Amendment; you can’t take my guns away from […]

Reversing is Subtraction

HISTORY LESSONSThis new United States of America is the land of the free slipping into reverse. How many of us went to a history class in high school thinking it was the epitome of boredom to try to study and understand the actions of a bunch of long dead people? History, actually, is alive every […]

It May Not Pay to Be Too Watchful

He drove his car to the levy, but water was absent, so he couldn’t go fishing. On the way home, he tossed his drinking can out the window of his vehicle. Then he saw all the signs in the old school yard. But one aluminum can hardly could compare to the mess of picking up […]

Writing Times : My Writing Life Xposed

My Third Short Story With Dan Alatorre Anthologies — Nightmareland

My short story The Assignments appears in the third The Box Under the Bed anthology series edited and produced by best-selling Amazon author Dan Alatorre and titled Nightmarelend. The third book was debuted in 2019, and soon climbed to a best-selling rung in the horror genre ladder at Amazon. Be prepared to be spooked! Credit: […]

Just for Fun — An Excerpt from My BAT Publishing Novel Seawind

FULL continuing chapters of Seawind can be found at: Moon Glow Select Excerpt from: Seawind: A BAT Publishing Novel by Barbara Anne Helberg …In the next instant, he would have flung himself at Carlson’s legs, but his silent adversary’s shuddering knees caved in and his unfired weapon slowly slipped from the hand no longer able to grip. Carlson’s […]

We Are Our Memories

Our lives exist because we have experiences that create memories. We remember our childhood for the better, or the worse. Elementary and high schools shape our lives in ways that we forever remember. We marry, join the military, divorce, have children of our own, learn trades and professions. These experiences are similar to those of […]

The Second Time Around — Dark Visions

Dark Visions Kitty, kitty — we’re friends, aren’t we? Me–OW! BUT WHO IS WATCHING? Relationships the second time around in the world of Amazon anthologies are just as rewarding and exciting as the first time we — over 20 authors — connected with Dan Alatorre’s editing and compiling skills last year (2017) for the production […]

The Short Story Racing Dilemma

Short Stories and Story Art The date on this original Short Story, Racing Dilemma, presented BELOW, is 1967. Its creation was a result of my passionate interest in sports, particularly in Thoroughbred horse racing. The story was one of several sports stories I wrote as I was continuing my writing studies with the Famous Writers […]

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Thank You — July 4th American Style