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The Rabbit Problem
That’s when it happened. My sister was far more horrified than I was. However, I would have preferred to continue thinking the rabbits just disappeared and magically turned into supper. Continue reading
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Tagged California, Family Life, Farming, Fed-Ex, Feed Stores, fishing, Frugal Living, Growing Up, Meat, Minnesota, Problem Solving, Rabbits, Suburbia, The 70's
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How’s Your Love Life?
What if we find a kind of love that demands nothing from us except to accept and embrace it? Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, California, Charles Dickens, Christianity, Faith, Foreigner, High School, Jesus, Life, Love, Psychology, Romanticism, Saint Teresa, Sex Education, the bible, Valentine's Day
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Hallowed Mischief
Every year, as Halloween approaches, I recall one act of mischievous brilliance which was renowned for its spectacular high visibility. Continue reading
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Tagged California, Facebook, Growing Up, Halloween, High School, IHOP, Kids, Mischief, Parenting, Police, Pumpkins, sculpture
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The Harvest
A young Amish man struck up a conversation with me many years ago while we were both shopping in a local harness shop. He told me my sons were about the same age as his daughter who was at home and very sick. Continue reading
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Tagged Amish, Autumn, California, Christianity, Draft Horses, Faith, Fall, Farming, Fatherhood, gardening, Harvest, Indian Summer, Life, Minnesota, Ohio, Parenting, Pennsylvania, Prayer, Relationships
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Italians at War
In the North Beach-Telegraph Hill section of San Francisco, Giuseppe Di Maggio was raising nine children while earning a living as a commercial fisherman. By 1937, three of his sons, Vince, Joe and Dom were playing center field for Major … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliens, American, Angelo Rossi, Axis Powers, Benito Mussolini, California, Canton, Chef Boyardee, Congressional Medal, Fascism, FDR, Federal Grand Jury, Frank Capra, Germany, Immigrants, Internment Camps, Irish, Italians, Italy, Japan, Joe Di Maggio, La Mala Notte, Nationalism, Ohio, Pacific Ocean, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Relocation, Rosie the Riveter, San Francisco, Socialism, Timken, Veteran's Day, WWII
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My Midlife Non-Crisis
Sometimes, things happen that make a person step back and take a mental inventory. In his song “Changes”, David Bowie sings “Oh look out you Rock n’ rollers, pretty soon now you’re gonna get older, time may change me but … Continue reading
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Tagged Aging, California, David Bowie, Fitness, Jay Adams, Living Young, Marina Del Rey, Maslow, Midlife Crisis, Santa Monica, Self-fulfillment, Skateboarding, Stacey Peralta, Venice, Z-Boys
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Water,Water Everywhere
An event at church last weekend got me thinking about water. I listened as those who discovered and dealt with a waterline leak described the aqueous scenario. Each of us listening related with our own plumbing mishap stories. It was … Continue reading