What are the best remedies for Cabin Fever? Baseball, and golf, and lilacs!

 

Cabin Fever Chronicles

Ramblin’ Rose writes: “Subject: We’re Talking Baseball.

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Sometimes, it’s best to leave the professionals out of it!

Life as we know it

Kathy S. of St. Paul: “Subject: A Dance for Spring.

“On Sunday, I raised a prayer in church for the folks that this year’s Real Weather is ‘getting to’ — because, this winter, we need to remember that We Can Do This. I saw lots of frazzled people at the grocery store on Saturday.

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Take it from Mr. Burns: There are worse things than being a bachelor!

Could be vairse!

The Astronomer of Nininger: “The end of January marks the time of year that Scotch drinkers around the world unite and celebrate Rabbie (Robert) Burns’s birthday — born January 25, 1759. He lived only 37 years, but in that short time gave the world well over 500 poems and songs that we know so well, including ‘Auld Lang Syne,’ ‘Sweet Afton,’ ‘To a Louse’ and ‘To a Mouse.’

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Random Harvest (No. 15)

The older we get, the more clearly we see how little American history we know.

Today’s example:

When the U.S. Interned Italians in Montana, They Rioted Over Olive Oil

That headline is a bit over–the-top — but, then again, we might not have read it otherwise!

This was the Ice Palace that looked like no other, before or since!

Where we live

Gregory of Dayton’s Bluff: “Subject: The forgotten Ice Palace.

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