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Bravery

LesSep 27, 20212 min read

She has interested me slightly in the two years she has weighed us in and out at the elevator we hauled Brent’s harvest to.  I knew she was back again this year when I saw her black Dodge short bed truck with the same small dent in the otherwise flawless finish.  I think she recognizedRead More

To My Canadian Friends . . .

LesSep 26, 20214 min read

I learned something the other day about you good folks on the other side of the 49th.  Just give me a little space here and I’ll get around to telling you what it was. For the past ten years or…

Wishes

LesSep 21, 20215 min read

Sometimes, when I have plenty of time to think, I start making wishes.  Not the negative kind of wishing, where all a person does is pine away for something that wouldn’t be good for them.  Really, I think the right…

Disfunctional Welder

LesSep 20, 20215 min read

The welder of today is a sweet looking affair.  The machine, that is, although, perchance, that description could include the one doing the welding.  The welders from the 1980’s got their styling, I suppose, from necessity.  They were large boxy…

Disturbin’ the Peace

LesSep 13, 20218 min read

There are those, namely my daughter, who have lately cast a certain smudge upon my name with a reference to me being a wild child back in my teen years.  It seems rather preposterous that such comments would be made,…