Graham M Rouse

Clemson, South Carolina, USA

Graham Rouse is a designer, inventor, and world-recognized balloon artist. He earned a college degree in psychology from East Carolina University and Environmental Design from NC State University. He benefited from a year of graduate study at Duke University Divinity School. After college, he worked a dozen years with the state of North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind, where he rose from local Rehabilitation Counselor to a state-wide supervisory role. He left state government and turned a balloon hobby into a 40-plus-year professional career in balloon arts. He won numerous international design awards including "Artist of the Year" and earned five patents on advanced balloon art technologies. He developed more than 150 products and dozens of advanced techniques for using them based on his patents. He and his wife, Mary Queen Rouse, exhibited and taught his innovative tools and techniques on five continents. Covid-19 Pandemic and personal health issues sidelined him during recent years. He steps forward now at ROUSEings.com to share "Snippets From My Life And Our Times" with the goal of engaging you in conversations that enrich us all.

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9/11/2001: A BALLOON STORY

Do you remember September 11, 2001? Where were you and what were you doing when you heard of an airplane flying into one of the Twin Towers in New York? … . And when another plane flew into the second tower? … . And when you learned these were part of an even larger attack …

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WHAT A CHOICE!?

View Post ENTRENCHED LIES VERSUS A PASSING FOG At the Presidential Debate #1 – June 27, 2024 Neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden showed themselves to be the quality of candidate I want for my next president, at least not during their 90-minute debate on June 27, 2024. Yet, they are the options before us …

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DARK  STAINS  &  GOLD  STARS

STAINS & STARS FROM DONALD TRUMP’S “HUSH MONEY” TRIAL WHAT WAS THE TRIAL ALL ABOUT? Donald Trump was convicted on May 30, 2024, of 34 felony counts of falsifying documents. The documents identified payments to Michael Cohen as being for “legal services.” The charges say the payments were actually reimbursements to Michael Cohen for $130,000 …

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IT’S CALLED HYPOCRISY

HYPOCRISY OCCURS WHEN YOU ASK OTHERS TO LIVE UP TO A STANDARD YOU DO NOT LIVE UP TO YOURSELF. DONALD TRUMP accuses the current administration of “weaponizing” the government, that is, using official government offices and programs against individuals and groups in inappropriate, biased, or even illegal ways. He argues that current government weaponization undermines …

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ROUSEings-by-Graham Manly Rouse, Jr.

WELCOME WELCOME to ROUSEings.com. ROUSEings are posts by me concerning curated snippets drawn from my personal life and our life in common. The goal is to engage you and others in conversations that will enlighten and enrich our lives. I invite you to join those conversations by sharing your thoughts in the “Leave Comment” / …

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