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Saturday, May 25, 2024

THE GINGERBREAD MAN

Two little kids were lost in the woods. They wandered off from their family while Mom and Dad were setting up the picnic table for an early supper. They were searching for a playground: swings, monkey bars to climb, a slide. They followed a fork in the trail, and in no time at all they were lost.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 24, 2024

A MODERN FABLE

Once upon a time there was a poor family who lived at the edge of a village where the father worked at any laborer's job he could find. His eldest son was twelve when the father passed away. The boy dropped out of school and took on some of his father's jobs. With little formal education, and no... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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I was hung up on politics as usual for yesterday's post. Sorry about that. And so today I choose to think of new life: lambs that run and jump in barnyards, new baby pandas being introduced to visitors at the zoo, hikers once again taking to the woodland trails, families preparing to load up the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 21, 2024

MONDAYS AND MADDOW

I've been a fan of Rachel Maddow's ability as an investigative reporter for years. She and her team dig up historical events from the long, long ago and tie them to current news stories. This enables us to see the background patterns and make judgments about what is going on. But this week she... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 20, 2024

CREEPS AND THUGS

I never followed Sean "Diddy" Combs as a performer. Always thought he looked angry, and years back there were those claims against him from a number of people. His demeanor simply turned me off. Then yesterday I saw the video from 2016 of his attack on his girlfriend in a hotel corridor. Have had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 19, 2024

SKIPPING THE NEWS

I suppose you could say I'm wasting money by subscribing to Cable TV, because for much of the day I leave it off. The networks have shifted their best programming to Neflix or Hulu or some subscription services that I will not sign up for. Even many of the 90's sitcoms and series are no longer... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 18, 2024

INGENUITY

I was watching the kid up the block testing a theory this morning. Oh, he didn't think that's what he was doing. He thought he was playing with a skateboard and a ball, setting the ball at one end, and then jumping on the other curved end to see how high and where the ball would go. He kept doing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 17, 2024

THE CURATIVE EFFECT OF CUT AND DON'T PASTE

I had some bad old memories to get off my chest by writing to you about them. Thinking, even as I typed the words it wasn't fair to burden you with this crap. And then, three paragraphs later, I zapped the whole gripe session. The ghost of times past disappeared into the endless ethernet, dust in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

THE FIRST SUPERHERO

Couple days ago, the noon news on Channel 4. They regularly ask a trivia "fun fact" question about 12 minutes into the broadcast, a bit of relief from news of the grim. The answer is revealed just before the last commercial. That one was "What was the first poem ever to be written?" I majored in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

SCHOOL DAZE

As I watched the mamas and the papas pick up their darling, adorables at the school yesterday afternoon, I noticed the kids were all carrying extra bags, musical instrument cases, and wondered what was going on? Surely the 14th of May was not the last day of school. Impossible. That should come at... Sign in to see full entry.

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