166 Years Ago
Bear and I were the only residents of Belmont on Friday. We reclined in splendid rooms appointed with period art and furniture.
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Or Do We?
We don’t have familial links in this part of the world.
Or do we?
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What the Heck!
Sam Hill had a reputation of being blasphemous and obscene.
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Getting a Divorce
I have castrated a pig and milked cows by hand regularly. I have also negotiated contracts with investment bankers in Toronto, Minneapolis, and New York. The perspectives of both Jed Clampett and Milburn Drysdale are familiar to me.
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Blue Moon
I know it’s nerdy, but I am going to spend the evening of August 30th watching the blue moon and listening to 25 different versions of the song by the same name.
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On the B-Side
“The Doors’ mildly profane and drug-tinged lyrics would rattle out of the tinny speaker over and over, until Dad stomped on the floor and told me to “Go To Bed!”
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Mandolin Wind
Driving a car once owned by Rod Stewart is about as close to stardom as I will ever get.
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Paperclips
This Towering Cumulus cloud was an armed fortress obstructing my flight into Carlyle.
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Time Machine
The young man with his hands on his hips in this photo built a Time Machine in about 1968.
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