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Friday, January 7, 2022

CAMPING - OLD STYLE AND FOR MANY A MILE

At some point in the '60s Fang and I bought a small pop-up camper, a Coleman propane stove, sleeping bags, a lantern, a granite wear coffee percolator and some heavy duty pots and frying pans. For our first camping trip we'd borrowed a friend's camper and had fun, so we invested in gear of our own.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 6, 2022

WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

There are two baking potatoes in the cupboard, a pkg of baby carrots and the milder parts of a stalk of celery in the veggie bin, a couple frozen hamburger patties now thawing in the fridge. The plan is to mulch up the burger and season it lightly, peel a potato, and get out the crockpot. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Casey Stengel. That name was echoing off the walls of memory as I rolled out of bed. Why? As far as I know nobody in my family ever had any connection to him. Now Jesse James, the famous train robber - that's a whole 'nother story. That one is sorta kinda connected to a family legend or two. But... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

IN PRAISE OF THE WISE SCHOOL BOARD

Today, and probably until further notice, the school board has declared virtual classes for grades 6-12. The K-5 group may have to take their chances, wearing masks and keeping their distance, but they'll get to sit in the classroom with Miss Joan and work with #2 pencils and a Big Chief tablet to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 3, 2022

COLD, COLD DAY

Winter sucks! Need I say more? I know some people love the beauty of a deep snow blanket, the way it turns the trees into finely drawn etchings against the icy blue sky. I know it's wonderful to be able to go out the front door and not be greeted by hordes of insects, mosquitoes or other biting,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 2, 2022

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

The honeymoon may be over. This morning, making his way through a fine powdering of ice pellets in the Backyard area, Stubby searched all by his lonesome for a bit of stored nourishment. Marilyn was observed a few moments later, crossing over the cold bricks from St. B's playground, also all by her... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 1, 2022

"WE'VE GOT TO ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE, ELIMINATE THE NEGATIVE

Don't mess with Mister In-Between." Sometimes old song lyrics pop up just at the best possible time. The twins (Gloom and Doom) are the headliners in the daily news; not just the home-town stations, but the big guns CNN, MSNBC, and others. They call out the numbers, reiterate dire predictions, "it's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 31, 2021

DATING GAME

It was several years after my divorce from Fang when a guy in the administrative hierarchy at the university asked me out. I'd been working with him on a memorial publication for a nearby city - collecting and editing work by local politicians, the mayor, etc., about its 150-year history. I assumed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 30, 2021

ANNIVERSARY 67 AND 50 - NOT MY FAVORITE DAY

December 30 always creeps me out, makes me want to lay low, covers over my head or tucked in my La-Z-Boy with hot cocoa and reruns of "The Golden Girls" or something equally distracting. In 1954 at the age of just barely 19, I married a guy who looked very good on paper, who had courted me... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

Stubby bounced through the backyard, a black walnut held securely in his jaw, one eye out for a place to store it, the other eye out for TomCat. Tom had not been out much since the weather turned cold, but any squirrel knows it's never safe to assume there's no prowling menace just out of sight. He... Sign in to see full entry.

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