Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Monday, February 2, 2026

The Widow

Miss Lucy Mae had been working at the Sundowner in Dodge City for four months when Idaho Slim came through the swinging doors, took one look at her and decided she was going to be his. Lucy Mae, of course, wasn't interested in meeting up with any cowhand, rancher or random fellow who was just... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Definition:

Graffiti: when someone puts his name on someone else's building. Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 31, 2026

War Bride, High School Teacher

After World War II, many American soldiers came home from deployments in Europe with a wife they'd come to know while stationed in England, France, Italy or other fronts. One of these was Mrs. Jean Newton, an Oxford scholar from England who had a Ph.D. and taught university-level courses in world... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 30, 2026

Two Never-Ending Stories:

1) Winter chill seems to be renewing itself again after a brief and not-very-warm couple of days. The weathercasters say it's going to be bitter cold again for another week or ten days. Oh, joy. More hot chocolate days. 2) Millions of documents in the Epstein files are about to be available to the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Mystery Blob

A blob of snow about 2-feet across has gone plop on top of the 8 or 10 inches on the ground under the Maple tree in the front yard. When I spotted it, I was standing inside the front door and couldn't see the whole tree. I wondered what had caused it. A bit later, as I swept some snow off the porch,... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Biting my tongue...

The ICE assault on Minneapolis, etc., has been on all the news channels for well over a week - the death of civilians (protesters?) who got involved with Border Patrol agents and ended up dead. To myself I call the brutes Trump's Troops, guys untrained in routine police procedures. They're not... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 26, 2026

Hunker Down and Cuddle Up

Mama Quickstep's two pups were born out of season. Most Backyard Squirrels are born mid-spring or early summer, but she and Fozzy didn't meet until the leaves had turned color and begun to drift earthward. It was love at first sight; the two older members of the troop were single and ready to mingle... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Short Story

She knew, as she lowered the.45, that she was going to regret not pulling the trigger. But she'd thought about it. How could she possibly explain to her children why she'd shot their father? The possibility of a trial and jail time didn't bother her. She could easily claim self-defense. People knew... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 23, 2026

Mama Said...

When I was in my early teens, Mom told me about one winter she remembered from when she was a kid and the family lived in North Dakota. Her papa had homesteaded the property one summer while her mother and the children stayed behind in Wisconsin with her parents, who were also homesteaders. Mother... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Weather Advisory

Perhaps "advisory" is a bit mild for the warnings on TV about the extreme winter weather that's about to bowl us over. Extreme cold, freezing rain and various piled-up levels of snow, possible power outages, icing on the streets and roads, and it's going to start tomorrow and not let up for 3-5... Sign in to see full entry.

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