52 Things I've Learned
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Blessings Large and Small
Sep
14
Blessings Large and Small
“Ready Buddy?”, Chief Cam asks.  Quick nod and a smile comes the reply.  But we’re not on a fireground, or about to deliver a budget presentation.  It is predator vs. leather orb prey in our native habitat; a ball diamond.  So the nod and smile comes right before the infield pre-pitch ritual of...
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By Dawn’s Early Light
Sep
10
By Dawn’s Early Light
I do not know how many funerals are happening in Milwaukee today, but I know there is one.  I’ll get to that one in just a bit, but let me tell you how I know, first.   Poynette is not a big village, and we don’t have a big staff.  So everyone’s bucket of things to do overflows from time to time...
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Linus at the Tablesaw
Aug
26
Linus at the Tablesaw
The house burned down.  The previous house, that is.  On the lot where our new house is becoming a home, an old house caught fire.  I’ve expended some effort to learn the cause and find a picture of the old home, to no success.  Some things get lost to history, I suppose.   What was not lost to...
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