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 – Floating
FLOATING thru RETIREMENT May 9, 2024 article by Lorie Konish was at CNBC and had some interesting facts. She reported, for example that …4% of retirees say they are “living the nightmare financially.”15% say they are “struggling.”and another 34% are “not great, but not bad.” To summarize, 43% of retirees are under water, treading water, or …
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GUEST POST from Don – Honeybees Pt. II: Other Pollinators
HONEYBEES (Part 2) OTHER POLLINATORS… I have plenty about which to write, but I will take on an occasional request. When I mentioned that honeybees are not native to America, Owly said, “I’d love to see you write about other pollinators someday…” Well, here’s “someday,” before I forget (because my forgetter works better than it used to). Honeybees …
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GUEST POST from Don – The Winner
THE WINNER (A short, short story for your amusement.) They met at university. That can happen. It still does for many. Sometimes it lasts a lifetime. They were both enrolled in the same school of business, the same year, the same advisor. Fred and Nan also were both winners. They had always been at the top of their classes and captains …
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GUEST POST from Don – Silly Freeze List
SILLY FREEZE LIST THINGS THEY TELL YOU TO FREEZE1. Spoiled milk. Small containers of this can be used to make pancakes and french toast. (Pre-measure)2. Bread. Home made frozen bread toasts better, they say. (I’m not that finicky)3. Orange rind. This can be used for those recipes which call for “zest.” (I just throw it out as I find food tastes …
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GUEST POST from Don – Honey Bees
HONEY BEES A number of years ago, around 2006, scientists and environmentalists claimed honey bees were dying off. They had evidence. Entire hives went dead in weeks. They were healthy and then they were dead. No single suspect was discovered, but with intense hand wringing it was surmised that PESTICIDES were involved. Soon there was a movement to ban …
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GUEST POST from Don – Easy Pest Control
EASY PEST CONTROL MOSQUITO BUCKET This is as simple as it gets. Cost is under $20. Momma mosquitoes lay eggs in standing water. So give them a nice place to do that. You need a 5 gal bucket. An old 5 gal paint bucket will do if you clean out the paint residue. Drill a few small holes in the …
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GUEST POST from Don – Multiple Subjects
DADS’ MOWER BRIGADE, and others. In a small town nearby there is an Independence Day parade. That’s not unusual as I hear. They do all the normal stuff that people do … tractors, horses and wagons, firetrucks, local beauty queen riding in a spiffy soft top, local band, boy scout troop, clowns, and people throwing candy (against …
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GUEST POST from Don – Too Big
THINGS TOO BIG There are things which are too big to talk about in a short paper. They involve subjects too complicated to be summarized. Here are a few… MENTAL HEALTH My wife is a mental health therapist. We know the myriad of ways a person’s life can go sideways. Often we will share an “Ann Landers” type of …
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WHAT WOULD LIFE LOOK LIKE IF WE TOOK AWAY JUST A LITTLE HUMAN FREEDOM…
I read a few scary articles recently from individuals who tried to present “sensible” ideas from the socialist point of view. Maybe the average reader who has not thought through some of these things already would have been lulled into accepting the ideas as rational. I could only see the big pink elephant in the room. One …
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