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Hand to Hoof
I just heard that the deer hunting season is about to start here in Maryland. Not being a hunter, and having little interest in it, this information has little meaning to me.I’m disinterested to say the least. I have no… Continue reading
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Follow the plan
I took my grandson for our little camping adventure. It rained hard the first night but we still had a good time. This being a planned event I had written two blogs and scheduled them for publication. Everything went off… Continue reading
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Benny
I had hoped to attend my fortieth high school class reunion. It is looking like that isn’t going to happen. For a variety of reasons I just am not going to be able to make it. Maybe another time. I… Continue reading
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For the common good.
Have we regulated ourselves into sufficiency ? I was always told to strive to be self sufficient. To be independent. It is a cornerstone of the American dream. To be able by your own hard work,sweat and dedication to build… Continue reading
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Keeping it special
The kids go back to school next week. Because of that I am taking my grandson camping again. It will be the last hooray of summer vacation. Soccer begins next week as well. So between school,homework and soccer his time… Continue reading
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An Anniversary
Today marks exactly one year of my writing this blog. This date is memorable for other reasons as well. The birth of my daughter and the death of an Uncle. I was born in July but August is a month… Continue reading
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Clams and Chickens
While browsing through old newspapers online I ran across an interesting little piece. It concerned my Great Grand Uncle and his chickens. The exact date escapes me at the moment but it was somewhere in the 1940’s. The Article as… Continue reading
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Remembered
As I was doing the research for my family tree I stumbled upon a record. Here was recorded the birth of Alma K Bennett. The date was 1919. Also,sadly enough, it was recorded that she died in 1919. No mention… Continue reading
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Sacrifice
The government needs to save money and balance the budget. No news there. We just borrowed a bunch more for a temporary fix,again. As soon as congress gets done vacationing they may or may not get back to work on… Continue reading
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" Native speaker "
I was just reading about an effort to preserve a language. More correctly ,a dialect. This dialect was and still is spoken by my relatives,friends and classmates. We were never aware of it in that sense. It was just the… Continue reading