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I never thought I'd see the day. . .
when the United States would have an African-American president -- not in a country that didn't have the Voting Rights Act until I was almost a year old. But then, I never thought I'd be able to legally marry my wife. And that's been done ( Read more... ) -
Almost Fall
I've never quite seen this reaction to the chilling of the evenings. . . I came home last night and our kitchen was knee- and elbow-deep in fruits and vegetables, pots, cookbooks and ravenlyn1 . She was voluntarily cooking vegetables (which is a small miracle in my sight) and doing so with gusto. This morning we joked that she'd been channeling my ( Read more... ) -
Harvey Korman has passed away at 81
The news is just in that Harvey Korman of The Carol Burnett Show passed away today at the age of 81. Damn, he was one of the best straight-men around -- especially with his tendency to crack-up during the really outrageous bits ( Read more... ) -
Just call me McGyver
I love it when I scare my wife with my amazingly practical skills. *grin* I was desolate when my camera died in the midst of a major cash hemorrhage and a replacement was not in sight. The problem: the camera no longer recognized that it had a memory card -- even after using a different card. So I googled for awhile and came across a note to an ( Read more... ) -
Ravens and the First Snow
Well I suppose they could be called our harbingers of the storm . . . It looks like our yard is part of the winter territory of a mated pair of RAVENS!
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