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One of the joys of caring for aging parents (or in-laws) is that often as the inevitable downsizing begins, you get their stuff. This might be cool if 99% of it weren’t junk. Ancient tools, stacks of picture frames, geological surveys from 1950–you get the picture.
But then, every so often something interesting […]

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“A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes
This summer, my family and I had the opportunity to take a trip of a lifetime. The 1st of July, we packed the whole gang, along with Lisa’s parents, into a Scandinavia Airlines 747 and traveled for three and a half […]

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As we move forward in this age of rapid communication, personality testing and identification becomes more and more critical. In order to better communicate with others we need first to understand what type of people we are. To meet this need, there seems to be a dramatic increase in the number of personality […]

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Periodically we’ll get a wasp in the house. You know how it is.
One moment, you’re snacking on toast with peanut butter and chocolate chips, and the next, all hell breaks loose because a wasp starts dive-bombing random targets around the room.
The toast? Fuggetaboutit. One eye’s on the wasp, the other, frantically […]

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Like a potent virus, Jud swept into the computer lab and quickly infected over half my computers–not to mention the kids using them.
“NO WAY!! How did it know that?”
“Ask Jud who is standing behind you!”
“THAT IS FREAKY!!!”
“Ask Jud what the name of my dog is!”
“JUD GETS IT RIGHT EVERY TIME!!!”
Ask Jud: Supernatural Psychic, Computer Virus, […]

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Ah. . . cripes.  I just wasted 45 minutes on the Heromachine at Marvelvc.com.
Don’t go there. It will seriously suck you in.
No wait. On second thought–try it. I’m sure you’re not as nerdy as I, so  you probably won’t waste nearly as much time.
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Remember the joys of childhood?

Of uninhimited creation?

Of starting with nothing but an idea?

And creating something wonderful?

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Remember when I mentioned some examples of our brand of small town quirk? If not, take a look at these posts to see just how much we value choices and ducks around here.
Anyway, this yard downtown takes the cake. I really should have explored a bit more and taken a few more pictures. […]

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Our girls have a routine and checklist that they work through every night before bed. One of the things on the list is to get out the clothes that they are going to wear in the morning. It’s a good routine. The girls ask what the weather is going to be like […]

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These pictures came to me via email this morning from, ironically enough, my mother.
I think that was her way of reminding me that Mothers day is fast approaching.
My mom–queen of subtlety.
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