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Sunday, July 3, 2022

AN IMPROMPTU LECTURE FROM 70 YEARS AGO:

I remember the time my office practices (typing, bookkeeping) teacher with his bowtie and prim manners once got sidetracked from the lesson plan and went into a lecture on voting. He said our enemies are watching our elections - not just the candidates and parties, but the voters. He said it wasn't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 2, 2022

STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT...

Today, July 2, 2022, is the 62nd anniversary of my marriage to RLH, my forever sweetheart. Our time together only lasted from that date in 1960 until the ties that bind came loose about 20 years later. It took another two decades for us to become friends again. This week I've been reminded about a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 1, 2022

ON THE JOB

The best job - if you count having fun at work as #1 - I ever had was as a soda jerk at the Pollyanna Cafe in Kennewick, Washington. The Pollyanna was a typical diner of the 1940s. I worked there the summer between my sophomore and junior years in high school. Because I had not yet turned sixteen we... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

CLEARING OUT ONE THING EACH DAY: PROGRESS CONTINUES

I recycled a 3' artificial Christmas tree that's been hiding under a plastic bag in the junk room for a couple years now. It's out the door and maybe on its way to cheer up someone else's holiday. And once I could step right up to the cabinet that the tree had blocked I found a box with several... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

HOW TO MAKE A BANANA SPLIT

This was how we made them at the Polyanna Cafe in 1952. This was just about the same time the Sweden Freeze company began making soft ice cream machines, but most diners still preferred the old fashioned sundaes made from regular ice cream. The Polyanna Banana Split Slice a peeled banana in half... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

JAN 6TH COMMITTEE SCHEDULES SURPRISE HEARING!

The January 6th Committee surprised the news networks by announcing a new hearing today at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time. They said they just received new evidence. If you have access to CSPAN you can watch the hearing and make up your own mind about what is presented, without commentary and editorializing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 27, 2022

A VERY MERRY MONDAY TO YOU...

At 5:00 I woke up, beckoned by the porcelain throne. I paid my dues there and then went by the kitchen to take the morning meds. I knew it wouldn't be uplifting or cheerful, but it was news time on Channel 4, so I turned it on and pulled the covers up. I was sound asleep again in no time. Just... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 26, 2022

THE GRAPES OF PEACE

Got home from the store a few days ago to discover those gorgeous red grapes that tempted me so were the kind with seeds. I ate a few, spitting out the seeds, and thought about cleaning and pitting them. Then laziness reared its sleepy head and told me there was a better way. Feed these to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 25, 2022

THE HONEYMOON IS OVER

That first year was kind of a mixed bag. I came from a disadvantaged background, dad left the family by means of a bigamous marriage while he was deployed on a special mission during WWII. Mom divorced him after getting papers from the U.S. Navy's bureaucracy asking her to give up the family... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 24, 2022

ALL HELL IS GONNA BREAK LOOSE...

Roe v Wade has been overturned. It seems the founding fathers hadn't mentioned abortion, and thus the constitution makes such procedures null and void. Need I mention that women weren't people in those days? They couldn't vote or own property, and in the eyes of the law, a man and wife were one: the... Sign in to see full entry.

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