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Whimsicality – 30 second read

I always tried to hide the whimsical side of my nature fearing that people wouldn’t regard me seriously. Who cares now? I have a mammal list (also bird, fish, crustacean, and reptile lists) like bird watchers maintain. But to add … Continue reading

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“YOU are the bunny.” – 45 second read

Rabbits—Kit prefers calling then bunnies—are peaceful happy little creatures.  I’ve trained wild ones to eat carrots. Kit and I enjoy watching them in our yard. The photo is of one eating a carrot I placed near cover. Unfortunately, rabbits are … Continue reading

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A shocking experience – 1 minute read

My molar tooth developed an abscess. After a root canal, it broke off at the gum line. A dental implant was my only option. A dental surgeon drilled a hole in my jawbone and screwed in a permanent anchor. See … Continue reading

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See Drew felling a tree – 30 second read

Not really Drew. Unless you count hiring a lumber jack as me felling the tree.  A four-foot diameter hemlock died and remained precariously hovering 150 feet over our house. Western hemlocks have little rot resistance and thereby fall within a … Continue reading

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A good start to salmon season – 30 second read

  Kit and I caught these two fish on Saturday. Mine was slightly bigger this year. But Kit caught the most, about twenty.  Our friends, Kirk and Lynn Murry, caught some nice fish too.     We only kept two fish … Continue reading

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Vending – 1 minute Read

“Well, that was fun,” said Kit.  We had just spent six hours on Saturday standing behind a table offering our novels for sale. Although we both felt tired, I readily agreed with her because vending at markets is more than … Continue reading

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A Marriage at Sea – one minute read

As a bookworm, I read reviews.  A Marriage at Sea is a true story compiled by Sophie Elmhirst.  The story describes the experience of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey who spent 118 days adrift at sea after a chance collision with … Continue reading

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The Right Type of Pride – 1 minute read

Georgia Tech’s graduate school is consistently rated third nationally only behind MIT and Cal Tech. Earlier this year Kit and I visited the campus in Atlanta on the fiftieth anniversary of my start there. Every graduate student then had finished … Continue reading

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Kit and Drew and Flying Saucers – 30 second read

Between tree gaps, Kit and I saw two symmetrical objects with flat bottoms and rounded tops hovering above Mt. Rainer. Sadly, like other UFO spotters, we did not get a photo. Driving on the interstate at the time would have … Continue reading

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Battle of the sexes over washing – 30 second read

Kit keeps taking my clothes. When asked about their whereabouts, she brightly responds, “I’m washing them for you.” “Don’t you know that clothes have a limited number of washes in them? And you never know when a sock won’t come … Continue reading

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