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Whether your pot of gold is gold or a pot full of fruit depends upon what you hold dear. I'd like to know at the end of my rainbow is a pot full grandchildren. This is my third entry into Patricia Feager and Lew Corcoran 's March challenge: Sharing The Gift Of Who You Are  . What could be a bette...

The title of my post is in Finnish and it was taught to me by a beautiful young woman nearly 40 years ago (she obviously made a big impression on me). Translated Heinasirka, heinasirka, mena taalta heiteen means Grasshopper, grasshopper jump into the sea. This is what St Urho commanded a plague o...

The single pane cartoons I feature by Timmothy Timm are strips that are actually submitted and printed in The Northern Sentry Newspaper (official newspaper of the Minot AFB). Timmothy basis these cartoons on something he read in the previous weeks paper.The Amtrak Empire Builder runs from Chicago...

Unlike Joe, I never had the desire to learn the first 100 digits of "Pi". Who would I empress? Who would know I wasn't just rattling off numbers like Cliff Claven (Cheers). BTW one of my favorite Cliff Claven quotes is: “There's no rule against postal workers not dating women. It just works out t...

This is not a post of what's between the ears of those who think differently than I do politically 🤪.Vacuum cleaner technology is another example of how man has come up with many mouse traps. It has not been my experience that anyone has come up with the BEST mouse trap. If you are about to becom...

Some time back, 20 to 25 years ago, I purchased my first rechargeable batteries, sort of. There were four batteries in the bottom of a box of rummage sale items  that I purchased. They were Realistic (Radio Shack) brand and of the AA size. I already owned a charger because I used to recharge regu...

I don't blame Titus and Philemon for not wanting to give Joe a haircut... or is that a hair chew? Yuck!As far as unreasonable demands in Real Estate the possibilities are pretty endless. The one I heard most often, especially when I was fresh in the business, was from Buyers (and I use that term ...

Titus pretty much sums up me today. It's Monday and I am out of sync. Since my "main" computer at work as well as my main computer at home are too out of date to read my Yahoo emails it's a challenge for me to keep up. The Yahoo update came around last month so unless I want to go out and buy new...

It took me quite a while to find the woman with whom I wanted to raise a family with (I was in my 40's) and maybe I should rephrase that to it took me a long time to find a woman who was willing to put up with me and risk having children like me. 😊Prior to Carol I never even wanted to have childr...

We have all heard the expression that "there is a time and a place". We usually hear it first as children when we exhibit inappropriate behavior that may have been appropriate at home or in the backyard. ie Running like banshees in a restaurant of church.If you are looking at homes you know you h...