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a snowy morning in heidelberg

January 31st, 2012 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

It was snowing in Heidelberg, Germany, 42 years ago on this date. Somewhere around 4:45am, our daughter Beth was born by Caesarian Section after Anne had spent some 40 hours in labor.
I know I’ve been away for over a month and a half. Lots of stuff has been going on, and I’ll tell you about [...]

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i wish i could write like roy blount, jr

January 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized, musings

Roy Blount Jr. is the dean of American humorists and a modern day renaissance man. He is a reporter, an author, an actor, a lecturer, a rock’n’roll musician, an artist, an NPR panelist, a frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion, and the epitome of a Southern gentleman. He has published some 22 nonfiction books [...]

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more postcards

May 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

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to plant or not to plant…that is the question

May 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Actor Jack Nicholson says that the worst thing about growing old is that you can never trust a fart. Any farmer or serious gardener will tell you that the worst thing about the next 10 days is that you can’t trust Mother Nature. The question of the day: is it safe to plant? The beds [...]

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a boob for a boob (rated R)

May 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

I’ve thought about this and who knows, it might work. Help me start a national campaign and maybe we can laugh this jackass Cuccinelli out of office.
Send a Pic of Your Left Tit to The Coochie
www.oag.state.va.us
Male or female, it doesn’t matter. A boob for a boob is still a boob. Help save the Commonwealth!! Send [...]

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may day, 2010: 6:30 am

May 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

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it’s the first day……….

March 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.

It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring.

Hey! Did I mention it’s the first day of spring? Wooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooo!

It’sthefirstdayofspring.It’sthefirstdayofspring. It’s the first day…….

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more postcards from wythe

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

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postcards from wythe

February 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

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serendipity at mickey g’s

February 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Over the course of the last 42 years, Anne and I have had some pretty serendipitous times involving food and drink. As a young newlywed couple in 1969, we got lost toodling around and stumbled upon a tiny, remote village in Germany’s Black Forest. We later discovered we were the first outsiders to visit the [...]

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