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Gardening Pains
I love to work in my garden. Now that the weather is turning, it's time to start planning what to plant and where. But first, I've had to clean out the flower beds, removing debris and removing roots and stems from annuals that grew out of control last year. That...
“Rocky and Bullwinkle”: The Moose and Squirrel Create an Intergenerational Connection
I stopped watching cartoons when I was about 11. That changed a couple of years later when I first saw “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends”. I don’t know whether the typical cartoon audience, young children, ever “got” Rocky and Bullwinkle, but I sure did. It wasn’t like...
Favorite TV shows from each decade
I admit it-over my life course I have watched way too much TV. However, in my defense, with the advent of premium channels and streaming services with the ability to binge, TV is about as good as it's going to get, which means I probably won't be watching less. Anyway,...
My favorite movie for each decade, from the ’50s to now
Well, here we go again. Recently, I wrote a blog discussing my favorite record album for each decade. Since I have quite a bit of time on my hands (sound familiar?), I'm at it again. This time, it's my favorite movie for each decade starting with the '50s (I'm almost...
Chicken Dinner
The yard in the rear of our city apartment building was barely large enough to fit the shed that housed the building’s usually overflowing garbage cans. On three sides of the yard stood two other tall tenement buildings, forming a cavern that funneled the stench of garbage upward. On this...
Mother knows best
If memory serves, I was about 8 or 9 years old.  It was a Sunday in July and Mother was frying chicken and making a large bowl of potato salad.   Later in the afternoon we were expecting to have a picnic in the park with family and friends.  I...
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