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Sunday, November 20, 2011

A Lucy Amanda Story (as she wrote it)

A PET BLUE JAY Once up on a time there was a boy and girl Bro. & Sister. Robert 7 and Lucy 5 when you saw one you saw two for we were alway to gather Father had a team [of mules or horses?] and so done team work for farmers all around us. so it was for Robert & I to go drive the cow from the pasture... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 19, 2011

I beg to differ...

On Facebook a bit ago a "friend" mentioned that yesterday she attended a memorial for a friend who'd lived a long, full life. Based on the notice printed a couple days ago, I knew the guy she mentioned. I avoided going to that memorial. She clearly knew him as a colleague -- he was a history prof.,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Yesterday, all my troubles seemed to melt away, (Love those Beatles)

As I looked at yesterday's post about the online wish list for the great grandkids, I realize I missed my point. What I was so clumsily trying to say is today's kids are missing out. In our pre-internet world, the golden days before every town was like every other with its McDonald's and big box... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 18, 2011

Maybe it's just me, but...

On facebook this a.m. my granddaughter's hubby posted their two kid's Christmas wish lists. It was a URL to "Toys R Us." I've been wondering what they'd like. These days it seems to me kids have every imaginable toy and gadget, the house is overrun with kid stuff, teddy bears, video games, trikes,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Journey to a poor place.

We're mourning in this neck of the woods, the death of 13-month-old Tyler Dasher, who apparently threw a screaming fit a couple nights ago and his mother hit him in the head. She was twenty, apparently stressed out and impatient. Anyone with kids knows how it is when everyting piles up, the money's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Signs & Omens

A couple years ago I got a little bit acquainted with this guy who worked at Borders, not conventionally attractive, but he reminded me of George, a classmate of mine in '79 and '80 who meant a lot at the time. George, at 24, was an up & coming manager of four local weekly newspapers, and I was a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Snyder: A Dog

SNIDER: A DOG. Once when I was about 14 my baby bro was about 9 his name was Alfred & he wanted Father to get him a pup but Father said I can't feed a dog I do well to feed Mamma you children and my self so Alfred cryed and said it aint no home for a boy if he cant have a dog but Father still said... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

As promised: a Lucy Amanda story as written by my Grandmother

ROBERT & LUCY & THE BEAR [1]. Robert & Lucy lived in a two storry house in 4 rooms in the second storry & they were always togather as a rule They were playing one morning in the frunt room with dolls & dishes but I got thuresty and so told Robert to mind the baby while I went after some water in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Fry's with that?

I now the perfect gift for my youngest this year. His b'day is the 30th of Dec., and he turns 40. John is one of those tech guys we all want to have in the room when our computer does something wonky. He speaks Klingon. He's just finished up his IT degree at the Univ. of Iowa and moved back to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Side Effects

I had a son-in-law who passed away on Feb. 29, 2003. It was sudden and shocking, and the reason I sold my little home in the west and moved back to Mundane. Jeff was kind of a teddy bear of a guy, had been my daughter's high school sweetheart. He favored jeans overalls and plaid shirt, but he raised... Sign in to see full entry.

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