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Monday, December 5, 2011

Ya got any good chicken jokes?

Just heard a brief story on NPR about a little kid whose pet chicken got lost, and mommie sent out a tweet asking if anyone had seen it -- apparently the twitter message got passed onward and they finally found it -- "across the road." Snickering to myself about twittering and chickens, I remembered... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Old Mother Goose

In my mind's eye I can still see the cover of the book of nursery rhymes we had as children. No doubt it was a Christmas gift when I was 4 or 5 years old. There was old Mother Goose in a black print dress riding a broom -- holding on with one hand and carrying a great gray goose under the other. She... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Fox's Dinner

In the spring Tina Turkey fell madly in love with Tom, who could strut with the best of them. He had the most magnificent perfect tail feathers, which seemed to emit rays of light as he and the lesser fellows on the Turkey Trot did their level best to attract the sweetest hens. Tina seemed to catch... Sign in to see full entry.

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Shopping for heads at Goodwill

I went to Michael's craft shop, where they have "everything" for crafters. I went to Target's toy department, headed for Wally World, and finally ended up spending half an hour at the local Goodwill. Interesting little conversations with clerks in each place. May I help you? Yes, thank you, I'm... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 2, 2011

I can't replicate the first one.

It was about M. -- my son Joe's girlfriend. About what a blessing she's been to him, about how my grandkids love her and she loves them. They've been dating several months now and as they say, it's all good. She came over yesterday to pick up my old computer -- the one I was going to donate to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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The world is so full of a number of things

I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. Damn! Blogit just ate my happy post. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

About Bear as she appears on the Totem Pole.

When you see a genuine totem pole made by a native artisan it will most likely have a stylized bear fetish at its base. Bear may hold a cub in its "lap" and represents strong family ties. I've been told native carvers can make a totem for an individual with the appropriate mythical figures -- the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Coyote

According to certain ancient legends, Coyote is the trickster god among the ancient ones, the shades and spirits for good and evil. At least one culture named Coyote "She Who Watches." While visiting Portland once I saw an effigy of Coyote carved of silver and affixed to a braided chain and my hand... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

New Pizza Joint ...

There's a Chicago style pizza parlor called Dewey's going in the old Kriege Hardware building, the one that backs up to the library's parking lot. Kriege had been in business for the better part of a century, a family-owned business built on customer service and a well-stocked inventory. But the... Sign in to see full entry.

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No No Nano...

It seems to me that NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in November is an ideal gloom chaser for the crazy dreamers who must write. I suppose what's had me in its grip for the past couple months is a form of writer's block - ennui. It's not quite depression, nor does this silly mood have the... Sign in to see full entry.

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