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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Fragment of a dream...

"You seen John lately?" April asked. "As a matter of fact, I saw him yestiddy, but o'course he din't see me." "How'd 'e seem?" "Busy sweepin' the sidewalk in front of his hardware store, that neighborhood on the fringe of downtown. Wearin' a sweater vest over a blue chambray work shirt and tie, pair... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

Yesterday in Wally World, possibly in the coffee aisle, I noticed a veteran wearing a hat with the name of his ship and thanked him for serving. I asked if it was an aircraft carrier, because my father had been on the USS Saratoga in WWII. He smiled and said no, his ship was a destroyer. He'd served... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

The 20th Class Reunion

Our high school class graduated in 1953, 11 boys and 11 girls. Some of the boys were the sons of farmers and inherited the family farm. Some of the athletes and scholars got scholarships and signed up for college, later to become teachers and coaches. And there were a few of us who came from poor... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

The Plague Year.

In 1947 a Polio epidemic swept the state, county and school district - it was terrifying. At that time nobody knew how it spread from one person to another. Was it from an insect bite? Was it spread from person to person with symptoms, that seemed at first like a common cold? Was it on locally grown... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 10, 2025

OOPS!

It seems I made a mistake. I thought the overnight reports that some Dems had stepped across the aisle to support the GOP and make a deal meant they were about to end the damn shutdown. But this morning's update informed us their endless debate is continuing. There was no vote, no deal. I'm sorry if... Sign in to see full entry.

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Overnight, trying to sleep with the TV on

News networks overnight followed progress of the Senate's negotiation & votes to re-open the govt well into the night on Sunday. They reached a deal that now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration. Expected to see a thank-you tweet or press conference from the chief executive, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 9, 2025

6-7

They're talking about this new slang term all over the networks, little feature bits on who's saying it and how it's a youth thing, that old people (30+) won't get it. So, here's my guess about what it means: 6-7 - or: - Mox nix - What-ev - Six of one, half-dozen of the other - Same difference Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 8, 2025

Update on the Backyard Squirrels

Coke has a new commercial out for the Christmas season - perhaps you've seen it sandwiched between breaking news bulletins and Progressive commercials. A couple of the Brick Street troop members passed the audition held by a talent scout at the lake park a couple months ago - and got a free trip to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

The Myth and The Man, Cont'd.

I told Mom about meeting the Sasquatch, and that's when she restricted me to our own yard. Anyone lurking in the woods was no doubt a danger, and she was taking no chances. For the rest of that summer I was allowed to go down to the swimming hole and trek the deer paths only when there were other... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

The Myth and The Man

In my (much) younger days, when I lived at the edge of open range forest in the foothills of the Cascade mountains in western Washington, I spent a lot of time outdoors. I wandered the woodlands, crossed creeks by walking a narrow log that had either fallen or been placed from one creek bank to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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