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Friday, August 5, 2022

'BYE 'BYE, DAYS OF OUR LIVES

I've watched "Days" off and on since the mid-90s when I retired the first time. Not long ago I blogged a bit about how NBC pays the cost of producing this soap opera by broadcasting at least 60 commercials each hour it's on. Count for yourself if you don't believe that's possible. Sometimes the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 4, 2022

MY CONTROVERSIAL OPINION - THE ROE V WADE THING

I don't think politically "conservative" means religiously upright. Seems to me it's code for standing against women's rights. Being female, perhaps I over-reacted to the revocation of Roe v Wade by the "conservative wing" of SCOTUS. Maybe their cohorts in Congress aren't really trying to backtrack... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

Harriet, the golden-tailed hawk, circled high above the town and park, her sharp eyes on the lookout for ground-level movements. There weren't many squirrels in the region now and many birds had switched to nests outside Harriet's range. Her two chicks were always calling for fresh meat, so Harriet... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

A BIT OF VERSE FOR A TUESDAY

WHAT NANCY WANTS: Why'd Speaker Pelosi want to go to Taiwan? Did she hear that their food was delicious? And when Chairman Chi told her she should be gone, Did she think he was being facetious? He did yank away the old welcome mat. But she just couldn't agree with that. And when the president said... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 1, 2022

TEACHERS OR GUNS: WHICH DOES AMERICA NEED?

A report on NPR this morning said a Congressional committee is to study why so many teachers are leaving the profession. Well, duh! It seems obvious to anyone with common sense the reason our teachers are quitting is they are suffering from battle fatigue, from the stress of active shooter drills,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 31, 2022

STEPPING UP? STEPPING OUT?

Over the past couple of years it's been harder for me to make it up and down the steps. There are five leading in at the front porch, plus another steep one to get into the house. In back there are about a dozen. I hang onto the railing for balance and sometimes it feels like I'm pulling myself up... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 30, 2022

MEASURING

I haven't counted the ads lately, but it seems to me there are a couple dozen major weight loss schemes, programs and methods offering to help you lose gobs of that unhealthy fat if only you'll join their crew, send 'em money every month, etc... Last time I was at Doc's office, about six months ago,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 29, 2022

THE GRAPES OF GRANDMA PATCH

I found them tucked behind a bottle of cranberry juice - seedless red grapes that had survived - almost - a week past their "use-by" date. Some of them were beginning to wrinkle into raisiny resemblances. Some were just a bit soft. Some were just at peak. Having forgotten they were there, I'd bought... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 28, 2022

NEW CHARACTER COMING TO THE BACKYARD STORIES

There's a groundhog living much of the time under my back deck, which is low to the ground. I've blocked his entry tunnels with bricks, but he seems to push them out of his way. If I walk out the back door and he spots me, it's surprising how fast he can dash across the lawn and out of sight. I've... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

The rain had let up a bit, thunder and lightning had moved east when the runoff from the parking lot at St. B's cascaded down the paved driveway. The water became a curb-deep raging torrent that flooded down Brick Street toward the storm drain. And there, standing on his back legs on a Styrofoam... Sign in to see full entry.

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