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more postcards

May 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

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to plant or not to plant…that is the question

May 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Actor Jack Nicholson says that the worst thing about growing old is that you can never trust a fart. Any farmer or serious gardener will tell you that the worst thing about the next 10 days is that you can’t trust Mother Nature. The question of the day: is it safe to plant? The beds [...]

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a boob for a boob (rated R)

May 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

I’ve thought about this and who knows, it might work. Help me start a national campaign and maybe we can laugh this jackass Cuccinelli out of office. Send a Pic of Your Left Tit to The Coochie www.oag.state.va.us Male or female, it doesn’t matter. A boob for a boob is still a boob. Help save [...]

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may day, 2010: 6:30 am

May 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

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it’s the first day……….

March 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

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more postcards from wythe

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

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postcards from wythe

February 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

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serendipity at mickey g’s

February 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Over the course of the last 42 years, Anne and I have had some pretty serendipitous times involving food and drink. As a young newlywed couple in 1969, we got lost toodling around and stumbled upon a tiny, remote village in Germany’s Black Forest. We later discovered we were the first outsiders to visit the [...]

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winter on the creek

February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized, musings

A couple of weeks ago, I ran into a neighbor of mine at the grocery store. When I asked her how things were going, she replied, “It’s cold on the creek.”  Compared to recent winters, I guess that’s a fairly accurate statement. My brother Michael, who lives in Galax, arrived in this area in 1988. [...]

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chuga chuga choo choo

January 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

We’ve been in Columbia, MD for the last week or so making arrangements for the care of Anne’s ailing mother. It doesn’t take long to remember why we moved to Wythe County in the first place. The DC metropolitan area is maddening enough to make a Baptist preacher take up drinkin’ and cussin’. Thank goodness [...]

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