December 2006 archive

Up this Hill and Down

The above title of a old Osborne Brothers song really didn’t mean a lot to me until I began to travel around the United States over the past 15 years.  Perhaps I hadn’t even heard the song before then. We drove down to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee yesterday in the process we went up and down …

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Out with the Old–In with the New

Papa and I just bought ourselves a couple of Christmas presents.  Now it’s real hard for either of us to think of something we need.  I often think the key to happy living is being able to separate what you need from what you want in a very systematic and intellectual way.  You’ll always be …

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Road Rage

The other day GS2 missed the bus.  So, I fired up the old minivan and drove him to school.  For some reason, the electricity was out a couple of miles from here.  It seemed to have affected some stoplights, but on our route, only the secondary ones, at turnarounds or in the middle of miles …

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Clicking for a Great View

So, morning again.  Papa and I retire at 10 p.m., day in and day out.  Last night was a little different.  Tickets went on sale for the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival, to be held in Wilmington Ohio on March 30 and 31, 2007.  According to the website, I could buy on-line beginning at 12:01 …

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