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—————————————— PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AT THE UPPER RIGHT. IT’S FREE! You will ONLY receive notifications when I post new entries to my blog. —————————————— Old Glory The drive to and from work every day takes about two hours…
—————————————— PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AT THE UPPER RIGHT. IT’S FREE! You will ONLY receive notifications when I post new entries to my blog. —————————————— Positive Polarity A couple weeks ago Annie and I hosted four of our grandchildren…
Old Glory The drive to and from work every day takes about two hours of my allotted 24. The evening drive often finds me as single-minded as a barn-sour mule, just anxious to get home. …
It started with a turtle. Young Shelby Knight was furious. Life wasn’t being fair. She screamed at the heavens, “I can’t do this Lord; I can NOT do this! I can NOT have this child! …
Back From the Brink About three years ago I wrote a post about the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) and its near extinction in the early 20th century due to the chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica, then…
Lucy in Disguise When the idea came to me about doing this post, I was reminded of a famous song. In their 1967 album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles sang a very memorable…
Sweetwater’s Scaled Neighbors It was the last morning of a visit by our son, Travis, his awesome wife, Danielle, and their four children, 10-year-old Emma, 8-year-old John, and 3-year-old twins Isabelle (Izzie) and Carson to…
The Circus I love everything about the circus. The music, the lights, the animals, the trapeze artists, the clowns. I love it all, so when a circus came to Malden when I was in junior…
When the Loser Wins Many of us were raised to win. Win at all costs. Winners never quit and quitters never win. Never give up, never surrender. Everybody loves a winner. If winning is so…
