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Since I’m blogging about domestic activities this morning, here’s the note I’m leaving for our friends Ed & Gail, who’ll be watching our house and critters while we’re away: I fed Schatzi & Chewie this morning. I left Schatzi’s food on the counter. The little scoop contains the right amount of dry food for her […]
First, it was to be a solo motorcycle trip to Las Vegas and then on to Death Valley, camera in hand. Now it’s an airline flight to the rental car counter in Sacramento, where we’ll embark on a Northern California road trip to visit friends and family in Folsom, Oroville, South Lake Tahoe, Pittsburg, and […]
The last jaguar in the United States was caught in an Arizona Fish & Game Department trap in late February. They put a radio collar on the animal and released it. They captured it again about two weeks later. You know where this is going, don’t you? Sure you do! Arizona Fish & Game decided […]
Most of my Missouri relatives are registered Republicans, but I have a Show Me niece who is more Republican than most: she’s an up-and-comer in the party who was selected to spend a summer working as an intern at the Ronald Reagan Library. Smart as hell, too, this niece. I adore and admire her, so […]
The other night while we were watching Wheel of Fortune, our nightly pre-dinner ritual, I misinterpreted A_O_T_ON. “Abortion!” I shouted, as Donna shouted “Adoption,” and of course Donna turned out to be right, because Vanna and Pat would never subject us to controversy or unpleasantness. But wouldn’t it be fun if they did? Just imagine […]
First it was Arthur Godfrey, now this. RV parks and barbershops everywhere will be draped in black. I grew up with Paul Harvey on the radio, and must admit I enjoyed his staccato delivery and homespun manner. At some point, of course, I realized “homespun” encompassed a lot of hatred. Hatred of blacks, of hippies, […]
Watching the Oscars the other night, I started wondering why we still differentiate between actors and actresses. To be sure, the industry needs to spread those awards around, and it would seem odd if male and female actors were lumped together and only one of them, a man or a woman, got Best Actor … […]
We drove to Phoenix with Darrell and Mary Anne yesterday for one of our semi-annual cultural outings. On past trips we’ve we’ve gawked at first ladies’ gowns, renaissance masterpieces, contemporary photography, plasticized corpses, and relics of the Titanic. This time we beamed up to see a traveling Star Trek exhibit: Our friend Mary Anne, it […]