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As you read, please note that this was written in 2014. For your consideration we are offering it AGAIN. Think About It. Again. You can be forgiven if you don’t remember the last time. Twenty-eight years ago fully 60% of you were under 16 years of age and probably paid little attention to chaos caused…
Harry and I had planned to meet at his home at the end of Miller Road and row their canoe northeast through the lily pads toward Davis Lake. I was ten years old, while Harry was only seven; but he was precocious, perhaps from military boarding school while his parents were making magic across the…
For me, 88 is significant, so I’m taking the liberty of saluting me today. Since I love music and have never played an instrument, my gift to me was a Yamaha digital with 88 keys. Since I was recently asked to write a brief bio for a public presentation I’m expected to make soon, I…
Think About It. July 28, 1975. Can you imagine? You wake up one sunny Santa Barbara morning with a reminder to head for the airport. On the runway is the sleekest, shiniest aircraft you’ve ever seen. They said it was built for Apollo Arlines by the first publicly traded British aircraft manufacturer, founded by Sir Frederick…
Long before the difficult greenness of being Kermit, there was amiable philosophizing Pogo. While the beloved frog chose to stroll the streets of New York singing, the personable possum opted for permanent residence in the Okefenokee Swamp, deep in the state of Georgia. I’m not at all certain that the Weaver children knew some of…
Think About It. Christmas Memories. Slightly over fifty years ago it was my good fortune to meet Arthur Franklin Mapes. With ten children it was necessary to have gainful employment, as in a factory building windmills. No Quixotic tilting for him, his thoughts turned to visions of how he saw his surroundings . Perhaps the…
Think About It. Syntactic Ambiguity. In the recent fall tribute to Pilgrims and Indians I added a post script borrowed from bold headline of a major paper, TURKEY SHOOTS DOWN RUSSIAN PLANE. The popular journalism name for this is “crash blossom”, named by Danny Bloom (no kidding) for The Testy Copy Editors. It joins the…
Think About it. Bright Idea. Tonight once again we will Light up the Town to commemorate the fact that Wabash was the first. Mary and I had recently returned from the City of Lights where the Louvre was first brightened by Compagnie Générale d’Électriqué in 1778. Not long after, we heard that someone was writing…
Think About It. Modoc. Regular readers have noticed that the senior Weavers seem to move often. We’ve done it again. For at least the third time, this is our last move. For a year or three, we’ve been staying at the beautiful boutique Charley Creek Inn or B&B, Herrold on Hill when enjoying a function…
Think About It. Global Warming? Some of you will remember the early ’70s when it was Global Cooling caused in part by aerosols (hair spray). Yes, I know it’s now called Climate Change. The real question is, “Is it my fault?”. Mea culpa. At one time I smoked a pipe, drove a large gasoline guzzling car…