Published October 25th, 2012 by

My friend likes to use big words like agfaltion. I am sure she does it just to make my headache. Before yours starts pounding, let me tell you that the…

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Published October 23rd, 2012 by

Who would you say is the best hockey player ever? Would you pick Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr or maybe Gordie Howe or Paul Henderson? It’s all really a matter of…

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Published October 23rd, 2012 by

Canada and The United States are said to have the longest undefended border in the world, but Dear Readers, we used to be enemies. America actually invaded Canada and from…

Read More Forgotten War

Published October 23rd, 2012 by

How do you stop fish from smelling? You cut off their noses. Didn’t peel the potatoes early enough? Mom is on the way in the door? Throw in baking soda.…

Read More Boiling or Boiled?

Published October 22nd, 2012 by

I found some interesting websites that might be carrying recycling a bit far. They suggest we turn our old bras and panties into all sorts of interesting items. Are you…

Read More Wearable Worthies

Published October 19th, 2012 by

My Ron could fix anything and did. Give him grease to play in and he was one happy guy. He loved dancing to anything with country flair. He hardly ever…

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Published October 19th, 2012 by

Hoover Dam workmen needed to protect their heads so they drenched two baseball caps in tar, let them harden and thus created hard hats. I wanted to decorate my home…

Read More If We Really Want To

Published October 17th, 2012 by

Today, every page I write in Microsoft Office shows up full of funny squiggles and dots. There are lines where I do not want them and paragraph beginnings I resent.…

Read More Computer Fits

Published October 17th, 2012 by

Isn’t it funny that a problem isn’t a problem until it affects us? We just keep expecting some body else to fix it. So you don’t care if the corn…

Read More No Corn, No Joke

Published October 16th, 2012 by

Who would expect the lowly rhubarb to lend itself to salsa, baked beans, biscotti, muffins and even chocolate rhubarb pudding? That’s what showed up in cooking contests at rhubarb festivals…

Read More The Encouragers