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Thursday, May 9, 2024

I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES

The little kids on the playground a few days ago were playing with bubbles. They dipped a little tool into the bottle, waved it in the air - or blew on it - and the bubbles went flying on the breeze. Father Michael stopped on his way home for lunch and walked back across the street to join them.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

THANKING TEACHERS

Thinking of two amazing teachers from a few years back: Mrs. Mock (4th Grade) who read us her son's letters from the battle front in Europe. Mrs. Mock received notice from Uncle Sam that her beloved son had died in battle, and we wept with her. At that time, we all had fathers, uncles, big brothers... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

True Story

She had gone out with a history prof. a couple of times when he showed up at her apartment one Saturday without calling first. She was cleaning, wearing old jeans and a Magnum PI graphic tee. She glanced out the window before opening the door and taking a step outside. He stared at her in shock. "I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 6, 2024

OLD PHOTOS

On a mission to clear out some clutter, I opened a large shoe box full of old photos, some from as long as 70 years ago. Kids of mine, cousins too, aunties and uncles and family vacations; shots of the Grand Canyon, a pop-up tent with an inch of snow that fell during a Colorado campout one June... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 5, 2024

IT'S A HORSE RACE ALL THE WAY

Watched the Kentucky Derby on TV yesterday. 160,000 folks attended, wearing the fancy hats and formal dresses - at least the ladies did. My horse won! in a 3-way photo finish, one of the faves came in 2nd. I picked him to win as they were parading up to the starting gate: Mystic Dan. For some reason... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 4, 2024

CATCH THAT...

The story goes that Slick Willie had sold his soul to the devil, and when the time came that he stood at the entrance to the pearly gates, he was greeted by his old friend with the forked tail. The devil enjoyed all kinds of wicked games, and told Willie he had one more chance to escape the hot... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 3, 2024

ABOUT BANANAS

Used to work where a prof named Fred had an office at the edge of the Social Sciences suite. Fred taught geography and was fond of the double entendré. He had a bumper sticker posted on his office window: "Geographers know the lay of the land." This kind of thing was what guys thought of as harmless... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

BACKYARD SQUIRRELS, ETC.

There are only two of the Backyard Squirrels around the habitat at the moment. I don't know if the others are busy nesting in the park by the lake, or if they're history. I choose to imagine them tending to pups and scolding the dog walkers at the park. There are two or three pairs of Canada geese... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

ODE TO THE MORNING

We find ourselves just after dawn standing at the edge of a small meadow, where thousands of wildflowers stand shoulder to shoulder, nodding in the breeze. A creek sparkles in the sunlight, burbling merrily as clear water cascades over rocks. In the distance a snowy peak rises above a skirt of deep... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 29, 2024

SAVE THE WORLD

The bloody shooting war that began on Oct. 7 with a Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the fighting that ramped up with the Israeli response, has now spread to college campuses all over the USA. This is only the latest chapter in a long and terrible history; the hatred of each side for the other has... Sign in to see full entry.

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