Month: June 2016
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Sky
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and temperate. And summer’s lease hath too short a date. Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines. And often is his gold complexion dimmed. Many thanks to Bill Shakespeare for today’s guest post!
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Father’s Day Chili
Well we are just past Father’s Day, and one of my brothers sent me a request for my father’s chili recipe. Dad was born in 1928, and in his era “Mexican” food was not so ubiquitous a part of the food landscape. He had been raised on the Eastern European diet plan: sausages when […]
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Instant town
In a time when we have the phenomenon of pop-up dining, stores and events, it should come as no surprise the we also have instant towns. Like this one. To make this town, you start with a prairie. Clear off the cows and antelope, scrape off the grasses and weeds, then level it a bit, […]
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Dreams
I just finished my stint of working on selling raffle tickets for a “dream home”. The house is donated and all of the money goes to a children’s cancer charity, but it takes a lot of time from us volunteers. So I had some time to think about the nature of dreams. This is […]
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Memorial day
Memorial Day means different things to people. It’s the official (or semi-official) start to summer. School is usually out and people take their vacations. Many folks celebrate with a barbeque cookout and lots and lots of beer. I decided to go to the local cemetery where they were honoring the soldiers of past wars. First […]