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  • Curmudgeonly Monday – Over Sixty? Stay Home!

    Curmudgeonly Monday – Over Sixty? Stay Home!

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    Herb

    I guess maybe I am more sensitive to this than I should be, but since I have only been over sixty for a little over a month, I feel more vulnerable to discrimination than some who have had time to get used to it. As I mentioned a few months…

  • A Picture From The Local Store

    A Picture From The Local Store

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    Herb

    Normally I don’t do more than one entry a day, but I wanted to share this.  I went down to the King Soopers by our house to get some ice cream milk and I looked down the paper aisle and I saw this.  I have been told that this is…

  • Some Shelves Are Empty and A Link To A Good Post

    Some Shelves Are Empty and A Link To A Good Post

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    Herb

    Actually, I should more correctly say, a link to another good post.  I like the Erratic Engineeress’ blog and I like her no-nonsense, common-sense approach to the Corona Virus concern.  She’s written another post that has many links to actual scientific data.  It’s called UNDERSTANDING COVID-19: RELEVANT LITERATURE. I have…

  • Wordless Wednesday

    Wordless Wednesday

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    Herb

    I’ve seen this title a few times around the Internet today, but there is always a comment attached to the photos or whatever. Or some Lorem Ipsum text, which was kind of weird. Especially since the original filler text, used by printers from way before the Internet, is real words,…

  • Common Sense About Covid19 and A New Setting For The Blog

    Common Sense About Covid19 and A New Setting For The Blog

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    Herb

    I was visiting Erratic Engineeress today and found a really terrific and in-depth article about how we all need to behave rationally in the face of this virus. It is so full of common sense that I highly recommend you go read what she has to say in her post…

  • Spring Forward!

    Spring Forward!

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    Herb

    I was over at Benjamin’s blog, Brother’s Campfire, and was reminded of Daylight Saving Time. I had thought of it a few odd times this week but had definitely forgotten it by tonight, which is when I needed to remember it. Someone in the house said, “Are you sure that’s…

  • The Beginning

    The Beginning

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    Herb

    The order things happened:At 3:55 everyone sang Happy birthday to Grandma Pike.At 4:00 Pastor Burgess led everyone in prayer for Grandma Pike. He later told me that he felt a very close and powerful presence of God that he couldn’t describe in words.At 4:15 they removed the ventilator tube and…

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