Thursday, March 30, 2017
A Blast From The Past
Around the turn of the 20th century, Lafayette Coltrin of Omaha was instructed by his personal physician to add flaxseed to his diet. He wasn't quite sure in what manner to do this. The little shiny hard things were difficult to manage. He ended up putting the prescribed portion in his whole wheat...
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Salt Fight
In junior high school I had an old man teacher who was supposed to be teaching eighth-grade math, but I think he was tired of teaching and just waiting to retire. Benjamin Bartholomew Blackford was his name and he signed everything just with his initials--BBB. I don't remember anything he ever...
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Monday, March 27, 2017
Windows On The World
For twelve years, I have looked forward to this tree blooming every March. It is my favorite of the blossoming trees of spring and I'm not even sure what it is. It is in our back yard and I cannot see it from any window of our place. I have to go clear outside and go out a ways before I can enjoy....
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
While It's Still March
"Me walks with the limp but that ain't the jake, Me Doc's Caduceus sports only one snake." ~ Son #1 Son has only a bit of Irish in him, but he definitely has the Irish wit and the love of fun, and a yearning for the Guinness. He's had the limp for at least twelve years but he insists that it is from...
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Friday, March 24, 2017
Drought Or Deluge
Tiny, tiny bit of raindrops. So stingy with it, and we need it so badly. We've had so many bad fires lately and they spread. I mentioned it to someone in blogit about the fire in the south part of Kansas City last week. It began because a worker on the new, fancy apartment building was careless with...
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