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Back to the year 1921
Let us once again go back in time, to see if anything interesting was in the paper 100 years ago today. And there’s … not a lot … that captures our eye these years hence. Sometimes a slow news day here...
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Happy Labor Day
Welcome back to you and me. Nothing happened here last week because … well … you didn’t miss much around here. It was the second week of classes, and, as ever, the first few weeks of classes are...
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The year was 1961; do not enter business with Willie’s wife
We haven’t read any old newspapers recently. Let’s go back 61 years, to northwest Alabama. This is The Florence Herald, which we have examined here from time-to-time in the past. Some of my family...
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Happy Labor Day
We had a short bike ride on Saturday morning, dodging raindrops until I couldn’t. I wanted to get in a quick 20 miles to reach the next round number for the year. (All of the records are falling this...
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The water’s (more than) fine
If you were looking for me today, and couldn’t find me, that’s because you didn’t look here. There are pretty good odds that I’ll be there tomorrow, too.
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What do you know?
I was right. Much like yesterday, this is also where we spent this afternoon. I spent the morning at a bank, because somehow a simple task required the full morning. This is fun, though: the woman on...
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An apple, a bike, and some venerable newspaper departures
Another day, another new kind of apple. This is the Cosmic Crisp — a cultivar of the Enterprise and Honeycrisp varieties. It is another product of Washington state, and also Washington State. The...
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I want a Montezuma University Medical College t-shirt
Sorry for the abrupt Friday post. I was apparently tired. That night I went to bed early, feel asleep reading and slept the whole night through. I woke at an, well a normal time for a Saturday morning,...
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Sitting around the table
We drove all afternoon and into the evening on Friday. We got to my mom’s just in time for dinner, barbecue that we’d picked up in Nashville. The three of us sat at the kitchen table and spooned out...
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2023 2024
Happy New Year! Are you over it yet? Bah humbug to that, I say. This is going to be a great year! For a time. We’re in control of our perceptions about things from there. So, I say to you, have a great...
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