Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Just Keep Moving
The paternoster keeps running, its loop moving slowly up and down without stopping, without waiting for the timid to step on or off. The two-person, gate-less box compartments invite the brave, or the practiced ones, to take their turn, anytime without hesitation. In spite of a high risk of...
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Monday, November 16, 2015
Le Freshly-Diapered Derrière
As a new mother in the early 1960's, I had four preschool boys at the same time. Stair steps they were. It was the days of birdseye diapers that I washed in a Maytag wringer washing machine. I was very thankful though to have a dryer so that I didn't have to cart them out to the clothesline. With...
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Friday, November 13, 2015
A Tale Of 50 Turkeys
I still remember the first turkey I cooked. I do believe it was Thanksgiving 1958 (maybe 1959). Not 100% sure which year it was, but I definitely remember the turkey. I told myself that I would never do it again. But, in December of 1959 we bought our big old rambling, two and a half story house,...
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
Fast Fingers
We had a really big windstorm in KC yesterday. It was fun to watch the last of the beautifully colored leaves coming down, blowing around, clouds moving past above, everything else skittering along at ground level. Then our power went out. Then it came back on...well, most of it. My computer was...
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Monday, November 9, 2015
Rahadlakum
A box of Aplets & Cotlets came to my door today via UPS. Actually it was a big box with three smaller gift-wrapped boxes inside. They were tied together with a pretty pink ribbon and there was a gift card that said, "Happy Birthday, Betty." One gift box contained Aplets & Cotlets, one contained...
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