Friday, July 28, 2017
Yesterday Flood/Today Mud
Among those water rescues of victims caught up in yesterday's extensive flooding from the record-breaking multiple deluges experienced this month was a poor little half-drowned chipmunk. (I didn't even know we had them in the area but I'm finding out we do indeed.) It was so soaked that I couldn't...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Another Five Inches--Wow!
As if we hadn't already had enough for now, another cloudburst came upon us around 7:00 p.m. and lasted until well past 10:00 and poured upon us another five inches of rain. Plus the meteorologists are telling us it is going to do it again before morning. So.......it came inside again some way in...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Win Some/Lose Some
Yes, it's definitely a cliché, and I know that clichés are frowned upon when one is writing, but I like clichés. They are comfortable to me. I feel at home with them if they are used in appropriate places. Usually, this one is used only when one has lost. I never hear a winner of anything stating...
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Sunday, July 23, 2017
After The Storm
Yes, the sun has been shining hot, hot, hot, pulling moisture out of the wet ground, turning it to humidity, mixing the humidity with heat and making it unbearable for the unfortunates. First of all, I must say that I am not one of the unfortunates. Other than one tree branch lying in the yard, and...
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Friday, July 21, 2017
Big Daddy To The Rescue
"The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him." - Pablo Casals. Do you remember Little Abby of the chicken farm and her pet hen that was killed by their new dog that was...
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