GUEST POST from Don – Bad Food?

BAD FOOD? [Reminder:  I would love for you to participate in an Independence Day event.  I have written a historical short story.  I would love to see your poems, short stories, or artwork included.  Just submit to Owly.] I found an interesting factoid recently:  On average, stores toss over a third of their perishable food. That’s enough fresh food to …
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GUEST POST from Don – Always Hungry

ALWAYS HUNGRY I am NOT a nutritionist.  I know NOTHING about diets.  I figure I am snack-dab in the middle. Here’s what I do know:  South-Beach Diet is … (thinking of a nicer term than was in my mind) … “interesting.”  I was never so hungry continually until I wasted 3 months trying to live up to that god. …
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GUEST POST from Don: Wind Chimes, part III

PART III:  WIND CHIMES (the positive side). As reported in Part I, as I age I have found that some things irritate this curmudgeon which didn’t when I was younger.  We talked about wind-chimes, crowds, and weights & measures.  In Part II we mentioned waiting, screaming children, wokism, local government irresponsibility, and political parties. “And Now for Something …
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Fifteen Friday Fun Facts: Ice Cream Cones!

HAPPY NATIONAL ICE CREAM CONE DAY! The last day of summer doesn’t have to mean the end of ice cream cones for the year! According to the Guinness book for world records, the tallest ice cream cone in the world was 3.08 m or 10ft 1.26 inches tall. This was completed by Hennig-Olsen and Trond …
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Thursday Thoughts – September 7, 2023 Edition

Pete and I want to spend the month of May in the Dayton area next year. Praying it will be able to happen… The USAF museum, he Hamvention, my friend Cathy, who I’ve wanted to spend time with for a long time – very dear sister in Christ. It isn’t too awfully far from Gwen, …
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Thursday Thoughts – April 28, 2022: Miscellany

A few things have caught my attention and triggered opinions lately. If I can remember them I will share them today. As of this morning I can only recall one. But others may occur to me as the day wears on. FEELINGS – What is up with the whole “I feel like…” thing? So many …
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