The Last Refuge – officially, The Conservative Treehouse – celebrated its second anniversary on February 1, 2013.  Now it’s time for another celebration (and we love celebrations) as we welcome our 10,000,000th visitor today!

This picture is a request from Sharon, who says, “It is never too late for the duck!” And because he’s a funny duck. (more…)

I just (finally) made a donation to relief efforts for Oklahoma.  As usual, I procrastinated, and part of the reason was I didn’t have a handy link or phone number to use to make my donation.

If you are like me, you might find the following information useful: (more…)

Earlier today I was having a casual conversation with a long-time coworker.  We talked about this and that, and she asked me if I was following the Jodi Arias trial.

My coworker is a woman in her sixties, very well read, and is more conservative than not, I would say. (more…)

We are all aware of frightening and profoundly unsettling events that are happening in our world.   We discuss these matters often here at the Tree House.  These past months we have been voicing our beliefs, and learning from one another and, I hope, each of us has been reading and studying as much as we can do about the events of the day, about the founding of our country, the causes of The American Revolution, what our Founding Fathers thought and did, and the basic documents – The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.  History is important, because it frames our perspective of current events.  It also reminds us why the United States of America is unique and great, and why it is important for us to do whatever we can to preserve it.

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Wow!  The year just flew by!  We’ve added lots of new friends and visitors.

I don’t know that we’ve introduced all of our administrators lately, so I’ll do that here: (more…)

Use this thread as an open thread just for Zimmerman Case stuff. A place to just dump, collect, or discuss general information about the Trayvon Martin VS George Zimmerman Case.

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

This post is for our very dear friend and fellow Tree House administrator, WaltzingMtilda.  Where would we be without her wit, wisdom, sweetness, and just plain loveliness?  Not to mention her fine taste in tunes!  And actors!

How exciting that some of her favorite actors and singers have chosen to honor Mtilda on her special day!

It is only right that we take some time today to honor Tilda with tunes, cakes and special greetings of all kinds, including videos, original poetry and essays (if you feel so inclined) so don’t hesitate to offer your own wishes – just keep them G or PG, please! (more…)