country Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/country/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:06:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Decoding the Bar Code https://smthingscount.com/2020/04/21/decoding-the-bar-code/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:55:05 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9110 So often I’ve tried to figure out where a product was made, so I look for a “made in” notation on the label. It’s not

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]]> MY America! https://smthingscount.com/2018/11/01/my-america/ Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:24:18 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7428 In today’s Thursday Thought, “Sully” Sullenberger expresses what I feel about my country. “This is not the America I know and love…We cannot wait for

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]]> You May be Richer than You Think (or Poorer) https://smthingscount.com/2018/07/24/you-may-be-richer-than-you-think-or-poorer/ Tue, 24 Jul 2018 16:40:19 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7105 Where we live REALLY does matter…in terms of how rich/poor our salary makes us.  I thought this report was interesting in general, then revealing after

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]]> A Flag with Great Meaning https://smthingscount.com/2018/06/14/a-flag-with-great-meaning/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:37:24 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7000 Today’s Thursday Thought offers two quotes worth remembering on this Flag Day. Our U.S. flag was adopted today in 1777. “We take the star from

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]]> Let’s Vow to Stop the Fight https://smthingscount.com/2018/01/30/lets-vow-to-stop-the-fight/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:03:06 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6629 Too much suspicion, accusations, misinformation, downright lies, doublespeak, truth-hiding, denigrating, vilifying, and just plain nastiness.  No wonder our country is so divided.  We need to

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]]> School Taxes & the Childless https://smthingscount.com/2018/01/11/school-taxes-the-childless/ Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:31:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6562 Today’s Thursday Thought responds to tax-weary people who don’t have kids but have to pay school taxes.  

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]]> Who’s at War? https://smthingscount.com/2017/07/06/whos-at-war/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 16:11:50 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6031 There’s no such thing as a war between countries, as Francois Fenelon points out in today’s Thursday Thought quote: “All wars are civil wars because

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]]> Post-July 4 Country Love https://smthingscount.com/2016/07/06/post-july-4-country-love/ Wed, 06 Jul 2016 21:13:33 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4992 I may be two days late, but…oh well….  I just really liked these pictures depicting the goodness of our country.  I think you’ll like them,

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