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The only sin is quitting.
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3-day weekend - trains in These titles mean nothing.
Saturday we went to a train show in LaCrosse. It involves a tour of the big old steam loco at Copeland Park and its stockman’s caboose. A stockman’s caboose has accommodations for extra people ...
Low light lilies... in These titles mean nothing.
Mostly daylilies with late afternoon sunshine coming through. The ones that still bloom are the tougher ones, maybe not so pretty but you gotta give them credit for survival. No work tomorrow...
Title in These titles mean nothing.
If scientists had logos https://t.co/jGmV9TIsL8 pic.twitter.com/zMOrTCjrYR— Jerry Coyne (@Evolutionistrue) July 14, 2016 <script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-...
Day 3 in These titles mean nothing.
I opened drawer #4 and then closed it again. At least it would shut. Actually it had another phone book in it that I put in the trash. There was a complicated cord to something in the drawer...
So I tried it again. in These titles mean nothing.
Drawer number three defeated me. Besides manuals for farm equipment that has not been on the farm in 35 years, there was son John’s (good) report cards, a compass (the pointy kind with a hand s...
Back to work (various)... in These titles mean nothing.
I had a good day today. I worked with LL who is a very pleasant woman. We have various things in common and we were doing a reasonable job. It was a long fire engine harness and we had plenty ...
It's the end... in These titles mean nothing.
.. of my time off. I go back to work tomorrow. If I go. I am not certain. I dislike that in myself. I dislike a whole bunch of stuff about myself. But I see no need to change. I just want ...
Thursday already... etc. and an oats movie in These titles mean nothing.
(This starts out kind of depressing but gets happier toward the end. I wrote it over a couple of days.) I just found myself at inspirational quotes superimposed on photos at Pinterest. I don...
Quotes, links, stuff... in These titles mean nothing.
Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.” –Billie Holiday Link NYTimes story about 109 Nobel Prize Winners who support GMO crops. Note seen on a work cart at my job:...
We looked at a Lacrosse in Lacrosse.... in These titles mean nothing.
… a bronzey Buick Lacrosse in the used car lot of the Ford dealership. Pretty car. Little pricey. 62,000 miles and they want seven or eight. Maybe we will offer six. Downtown was pretty e...
You have to be the change you want to see. The Golden Rule has many corollaries, but they all say we have control of our lives. We can do what we want and we can do good and get good back. It ...
I have roses... in These titles mean nothing.
… for the first time in a long time. They are climbers and they have names. The yellow one is Yellow Blaze. This is Joseph’s Coat. Joseph’s Coat is an old rose. I remember it from Henry Fiel...
Picture thing is working now - 11:15 pm in These titles mean nothing.
Here’s the pic I wanted to post yesterday. And here are pics from the walk yesterday morning. I still can’t get the yellow file copied thing to work on the links above and to the right of the ...
Ummm, this did not turn out the way I wanted in These titles mean nothing.
I was going to write a quick and hopefully entertaining entry before going out to face the world.... And guess what? I’ve either forgotten how to post photos - oh the horrors - or something has ...
Do you have people.... in These titles mean nothing.
.. who you follow here or in other aspects of life who pretty much don’t know you exist? Or care? I have people I read here who interest me and who I sometimes try to engage who pretty much ign...
You know me.... in These titles mean nothing.
… I meant to cover up the last entry sooner. I always feel bad when I write a bunch of negative stuff. I realize I got a lot of notes and I appreciate what you all said. I read some of them - ...
Does anyone think we have too many guns? in These titles mean nothing.
And does anyone think we don’t need assault rifles for hunting or defense? Or for exercise of our constitutional rights?
AMtrak story written on a borrowed I-Pad. in These titles mean nothing.
This is the kind of story you expect to hear about our government subsidized railroad passenger service. But first a disclaimer. This is my fifth or maybe sixth trip from LACrosse to St. Paul and...
Friday morning... in These titles mean nothing.
… in the red chair … in my red LLBean robe. I blend in. They are different shades but not too different. It’s supposed to get hot but it isn’t too bad yet. and The power went off. With it th...
Hall and Collins in These titles mean nothing.
I came here to write about Donald Hall and Billy Collins. My head was full of ideas. And now it’s not. Awww......
Recipe.... in These titles mean nothing.
This is from Mary Welsh Hemingway’s How It Was. As he told me about himself that evening in the galley, Gregorio was making us beef stew for supper. As with nearly all his other dishes, we thoug...
Gracie is ready for her closeup... in These titles mean nothing.
Maybe more later.
Question of the day.... in These titles mean nothing.
Would you rather/be more likely/find most desirable/etc. give up your favorite beverage or the internet? I realize we are talking apples and oranges here but still..... Both are possible things t...
What I wrote two years ago in 750 words in These titles mean nothing.
Wednesday already. Almost to the end of my Auchincloss book. It is a collection of related short stores. First about an auctioneer at a Sothby’s type place. Second about a law firm. Third about s...
Prince and Mary Oliver in These titles mean nothing.
My kids live a short distance from Paisley Park. The night that lbh and I and my kids went to see Garrison Keillor and Prairie Home Companion at the State Fair, there was a to do at Prince’s ven...
