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Perfectly Happy Again
This morning’s thunderstorm ended a long spell of sunny, dry late summer weather. It started near the end of August, perfect timing since the growing season was winding down. After a summer of abundant rainfall, the crops didn’t need much moisture. Neither did the...
I Hate Mieces to Pieces
Who was the Saturday morning cartoon character who coined mouse hate talk? I may not remember, but I agree whole-heartedly. I hate mieces to pieces, too. The little varmints haven’t been my favorite animal for a long, long time, not since the charm of Stuart Little...
Henry Gibson Too?
The news of Mary Travers death yesterday was bad enough, but when Henry Gibson’s death was announced on the radio, I wondered who would be next. Carol Burnett? Lily Tomlin? Andy Griffith? James Garner? Mary Tyler Moore? Julie Andrews? Tim Conway? Feeling like a...
Good-bye, Mary Travers
Mary Travers is dead, over forty years after Peter, Paul and Mary hit the charts. My sister was in high school at the time. With the infinite wisdom of a big sister, she told me to listen to them. Their music was groovy, she said, but it wasn’t just groovy. Their...
Time for a Troop Surge
Yesterday morning, I packed the car and hopped in, grateful for a road trip away from the rodent war zone. But I should have known that if a church service wasn’t safe from the little critters, nothing was sacred. My drive from home to northwest Iowa, where I have...
The Rodent Wars
You may not believe this, but the rodent war, which formerly was confined to our little gravel road, has gone citywide. The invasion began yesterday, on a Sunday morning, if you can believe it, during church. Our congregation currently meets in our high school...