The Permanent Sonly Record
The Gram With a Thousand Rules: “This is the story of how a talkative mama and a generous daddy inadvertently caused a 4-year-old to experience the spookiest Halloween scare of his life.
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Know thyself!
Tim Torkildson writes: “Subject: Me, myself, and I.
See world
Twitty of Como reports another close encounter of the natural kind: “It was the five crows that caught my eye: four on the ground, milling around the base of my maple, looking like they were eating something from the ground, and another on the ground about 20 feet away, just observing them. Oh, and there was a sixth perched on a limb about 20 feet up in the maple. Hadn’t spotted him at first. He looked like he also was an observer.
Continue reading “The dance of the urban birds — or: Counting crows, and hawks, and sparrows . . .”
Annals of Innumeracy
Paul Feroe reports: “The grandson and I had a wonderful afternoon at the Richfield Pumpkin Patch last weekend, once we got past the gate. Continue reading “How to get a dollar’s worth of amusement (or more) for just two cents (or less).”
Then & Now
Including: Joy of Juxtaposition
Gregory J. of Dayton’s Bluff: “I’ve always felt that when looking up a word in a dictionary, the journey is more important than the destination (with apologies to whoever first made that comment when referring to life). I eventually get to the word I’m looking for, but usually take a number of side trips. That rarely happens when using online dictionaries, which is one reason I still own a number of print dictionaries.
Continue reading “Winston’s read good . . . well, like a dictionary should!”
Bulletin Board 