tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78041747197714295502011-09-11T05:05:30.805-06:00Lucid -(loo-cid) = sane (mostly) clear (hopefully) bright (um...er...)coherent (yep) easily understood (of course) not confused (??) marbles? (yes all there-somewhere)~~That's Me!Old Newsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05924284711374492656noreply@blogger.comBlogger1731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804174719771429550.post-79254689817021997232011-06-14T18:52:00.006-06:002011-06-14T20:01:20.891-06:00

p. . . Makes For a Hot Day More than 400 square miles of Arizona has burned black so far and about 90 miles west of Old Newsie's abode, an uncontrolled wildfire is burning land around and over the famous Carlsbad Caverns of New Mexico. Locally we have had our share of almost daily wildfires, some widespread, some not too big but smoke from them and from Carlsbad and Arizona is

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. . . A wreck happened. That was three days before Christmas in Arizona and it effectively put Newsie's Lucid Moments on hold.Now it's time for revival of this periodic compendium of words as Spring draws to a close to be replaced by Summer.

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The "to do" agenda grows daily with little things that were overshadowed by major chores but they are getting done one by one.Our big helpers, Barbara and Terry, spent lots of time working at our house while we were in Arizona, forced to remain there by a Christmastime auto wreck until Laby B's many injuries were healing.When we'd finally got back to Hobbs we found the place spick and span-

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BABY IN ARMSSPOTS WILDFIRE,SAVES HIS HOME It's hard to believe but this weeek in my community where nearly a dozen wildfires have consumed thousands of acres and a least one house, a babe in his mother's arms alerted her to a fire creeping up on their home. Mama and her two sons were playing peek-a-boo when the baby stopped and just kept gazing out a window and making a funny face. Mama looked

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You've read about our little Chihuahua, Pinky, in the past (but not recently because we've been incapacitated sincc last November) so it's time to bring ya'll up to date on the doing of that litle gal. PINKY AND THE BOBCAT During the past few months we've been holed up at the foot of Thunder Mountain in Arizona, an area frequented by javelinas, mourning doves, quail, bobcats and others. And of

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Dredges Up Hometown MemoriesI'll guess I am reminising back about 75 years or so with this memory. It was not long before the New York World's Fair and probably a couple of years before the celebration of my hometown of Taunton's 300th anniversary.I'm the last of three Hoye children who lived at 5 Pleadwell Street. About six weeks ago my sister Margery passed away in Oklahoma where she was living

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. . .Maybe A Bunch's Still There!I don't drink liquor. Well, that's a little fib. Now and then I might imbibe but I don't have a stomach for it.Long ago, like about 67 years ago, I learned a lesson when a bunch of GIs in England, feeling sorry for me on New Year's Eve when I pulled a CQ duty night and couldn't leave camp, bequeathed me a few bottles of soda (?).They knew I was not a drinker so

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. . . Is Nearly GoneThis well built and sturdily supported (maybe by the fence) building was ancient when I was a kid with a Brownie camera (about 15, me, not the camera) snapping pictures all around Whittenton in my hometown of Taunton, Massachusetts.Dad built this garage - when I don't know but sometime after he was married in 1922 - and it served the family well for a long time - until a big

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. . . In Pinky's WarOnly a few know that Lady B and I have been at "war" the past three years with a formidable enemy, a probably 20-pound 12-year old Chihuahua who involuntarily took up residence here after a tragic motor vehicle accident that claimed her former owner's life.Why Pinky is at war with us, we do not know and we don't know either why there is a war. We do suspect her late owner

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. . . A New Batch TodayLast week I closed this topic with a question as to who might have more to relate . Enough material has turned up for a number two blog of strange happenings.Just yesterday came a phone call from Florida that provided fodder for today's writing but first let me explain something that forecast this happening.Every morning in the newspaper, beside my crossword puzzle, there

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. . . To Clinking Coin(Hobbs, New Mexico. 9/7/10, in the shade 101*)Yesterday afternoon about 3:30 I heard Lady B say "let's go to the fair."I quickly checked my wallet to determine the funds therein and agreed since there was a good bit of greenery contained among the ids and business cards.We arrived at the fairgronds in Lovington and thoughtfully parked near a street entrance, remembering a

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. . . And Horse ManureWhat a combination !In the dim recesses of an aging mind, there are stories that pop up in the middle of a sound sleep and this one that broke through this morning's sound doze is an odorous one.There's a cast of characters to be introduced, all of whom but me are now deceased. First is Father Michael J. O'Reilly, the pastor of the now-disbanded Immaculate Conception Church

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Quarters from Heaven?I recall a song from long ago which I think was called "Pennies From Heaven."This morning that song popped into my mind when I found a quarter. It is interesting where I found it - in the gutter.Sure, you say, what's so unusual about that? Somebody's walking along by the house and pulls his handkerchief from his pocket, the quarter comes out too and he doesn't notice it drop

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" You Don't Look Old . . .(Drop head: " Ain't it a treat to get a compliment?)Lately I've been wondering how some people judge other people's ages.Thinking back over a number of incidents and conversations, I have determined that looks, the sound of one's voice, what he or she wears (or maybe doesn't) mannerisms and what he or she uses or drives has a lot to do with age judging.Lady B and I often

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. . . How Could You ?Recently a lady I know quite well (I'm calling her Mary to conceal her real identity) had a very embarassing incident while she was shopping in Sam's, a big place in Albuquerque where one can buy pretty much anything.Embarrassing to her but to me, prety dawgone funny and I think you'll laugh with me once you read this yarn!Up and down the many aisles Mary went, tossing in

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"Get It Yourself Randy"Way back when I was a reporter in North Adams, Massachusetts, I often worked with Speed Graphic photographer Randy Trabold, of whom you've read before in this blog.Unlike much news these days, our news stories got on the spot personal coverage, and were not just reports issued as "press releases" from police or fire departments and other official agencies.Oftentimes now in

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While washing the dishes the other morning I noticed an expired gallon milk jug among the soiled dishes, filled with water.For some reason my intelligence went out the window about that time after asking Lady B what was the jug of water for and learning she was going to make ice for a Fourth of July batch of ice cream."Why not just use ice cubes from our freezer?" I inquired getting the answer "

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Flag RespectJust in time for Flag Day a week ago, I got up a second flagpole on our corner property.For several years the United States flag has flown in front of the house but I felt it would be nice to have one flying at the side of the house, actually on a very busy street. The other flag flies on a side street.So on Flag Day, my new flag unfurled in the breeze for all who passed to see. It

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GOLLY, I'M SORRY !A tenant in one of our former rental properties, now an Easterner, popped in on our e-mail page a couple days ago and noted she'd been following Old Newsie's blog but hadn't seen an entry for a while.Sure enough, I found it's been since early April that I last wrote. You can blame this on a number of things: a bit of laziness; a lack of time due to doctor visits; traveling here

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. . . And Dust Plays TricksIn this southwest area, as in most of the West, the wind is unpredictable although experts do their best at scientific guessing.This morning the weather folks were pretty much on target. There was slight wind with heavy gusts and during the day things did get pretty hairy - make that dusty.Over a few blocks from home, my medical prescriptions for my eyes were ready for

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. . . Gave Names to Our NationThis yarn will sound familiar to some readers, I know, but others may enjoy it. I wrote this five years ago in my little magazine The Bay Stater.There are many stories, some true, some fiction, about the origin of the names borne by cities, towns, villages, counties and hamlets throughout the United States.When the country had its beginnings many names came from the

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. . . On A Stormy DayThe heavy snow had ceased and turned to rain and then it cleared a bit but left the road wet.Halfway from Seminole to Hobbs the fast lane of a four-lane divided highway was drier than the inside lane and 60 miles an hour was safely achievable.Then the inside lane appeared dry so Lady B eased the air force blue Toyota Matrix into that lane. Just in time was that

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. . . On Money Saving, HealthDear Mr. Postmaster General:I thought you might like to hear from a poor guy who's getting poorer all the time, with a few suggestions your outfit might embrace as a means of starting a government-wide saving program.Being a guy up in the Medicare bracket and in a state where I'm aching and paining a lot, having trouble walking and so on, I do have a few ideasto save

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... and it must be cleared away.If you want your mail delivered, says the mail carrier, you've got to clear the walks - that's the rule!Eight times it has snowed in Hobbs. Unusual for a place that seldom gets snow. This last storm left us five inches of the white stuff - the next storm might be more.Earlier the skies dropped two inches, then three, then four, now five; that's why I say maybe

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. . . At First GlanceWhen I switched into the e-mail mode on my computer this morning after reading a couple of newspaper articles I was greeted with a subject line which, if I were a bank president, might have struck an omious note."The Mockorange Lane Gang Rides Again", I read - with visions of Jesse James and his cohorts or some other notoriuous bunch riding into town with a no-good-intent

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. . . Breaks February StreakI tried hard yesterday, Thursday, to keep up my TIE blog streak but alas, the service that sends this out to you failed - an outage they call it.Visiting son DP called repair service and from somewhere in Georgia , after lots of qestions and answers, was told the company would send a DSL man late Friday [today] to my house with some new equipment because testing showed

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. . .And a New Zealand LadyIt has taken a long stretch of my memory to come up with tonight's blog, in an effort to create another TIE story but it has come about.This could be a short blog but I'll do my best to create a few paragraphs at least so you'll have something interesting to read.Fast forward backwards (can I say that lady book editor?) to a time of strife in Europe, World War II. I was

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. . . Brings Joy to BothAbout five-thirty this afternoon as we arrived back in Hobbs following a trip to the Lubbock International Airport. a TIE came about when CT of Hobbs and DP of Saratoga, California met again for the first time in quite a few years.DP and CT are our sons. DP arrived at the airport just at the moment we drove into the termial, his Southwest Airlines jet passing over our

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. . . Born 190 Years AgoYesterday, Sunday, in Adams, Massachusetts, the birthplace home of the founder of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the late 1800s, and a leading figure in the adoption of the 19thAmendment, giving women the right to vote, became the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum.For many years in my various writings I have often, jokingly, referred to that eminant lady as "my neighbor

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. . . Come From TIE?This will be an experiment, perhaps very brief, but it's an idea, drawing from common sense and then from a dictionary and a few other book sources.Take this month's theme word TIE and turn the word into as many OTHER words as possible.Here goes and this may turn into a short blog.TIEIt - rather obviousTi - a Polynesian plantIe - what a teacher or storyteller might say in

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. . . Versus Slurry SealChester Trczinski was working one very hot Summer morning years ago at the edge of curvy hillside Lime Street in Adams, Massachusetts, when I was out scouting with my Speed Graphic for some scenic pictures for the newspaper.Chet and a road department crew had laced the edge of the curve with heavy rocks, set in place very carefully like a stone wall except forming a vee

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. . . That's Unheard Of !Is that so?Those northern retirees who years ago fled their snowy homes in those various states usually belted with bad weather this time of the year were surprisingly made aware this morning of their TIES with New England they gazed out windows and saw -- S N O W !Many native Floridians, as well as those in southern Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia,

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. . . Do TIE TogetherPerhaps it is a strange topic that I pursue tonight but I think those two things, women and food, do TIE themselves together in a way.I am in the process of downsizing a garage full of boxes of printouts of e-mail messages now years old. I printed and saved them for some purpose.I am trying to figure out that purpose.It may have been for a book idea, maybe for historical and/

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. . . After Sea JourneyOn a foggy, damp night in July, 1943, a few thousand soldiers asleep in crowded three and four-tiered high bunks of a troop ship were awakened by a series of bumps not long before midnight.Earlier this entourage had been ordered to sleep in uniform that night with duffle bags at the ready. A sharp voice over the ship's loudspeakers explained the bumps - " we have docked."

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. . . Little SisterMargery dear, you've been wanting to be 79 for a whole year now and at 7 a. m. New England time today, you finally made it.I'm glad we had that happy birthday conversation earlier today. It was really funny catching up with the happenings of that February 9th so long ago - Mother "breaking her leg" at 5 in the morning on the front walk and being rushed off to the hospital.Our

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. . . Abound in NewspaperWhenever a longer then usual list of marriage intentions, supplied by the county clerk, appear in the records section of the newspaper, any newspaper, the list is a harbinger of weddings to come, either on New Year's Eve day or Saint Valentine's Day.Once it was that in May, plans for a June wedding made themselves known in such public records domains but in my estimation

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A Two-Way TIECame the end of January, I had a decision to make, NaBloPoMo again for February or give in to all those folks trying to convince me to do Facebook.I made the decision and went with the February theme of TIES but tonight, with a personal visit from a Facebok devotee, I have, I guess, been literally forced into the Facebook age.A two-way tie between Facebook and NaBloPoMo.So I will

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Were Both PugilistsBack a long number of years ago I read of a ring battle between twoheavyweights, one of whom was named Tony Hoye. This fight resulted in a knockout and a title for Tony.In more recent times and in my hometown of Taunton, another fighter emerged and won, if my memory is correct, several titles. He was "Scup" Hoye.I am sure Lady Nanaland, now in Oklahoma, knew more of him that I

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To Play The GameTonight I may have made a bit of an error by soaking in the jacuzzi an hour and a half beyond the time my partner got out and got on her computer for an early start at solitaire.We both enjoy playing the game, both of us with computers and with a zest for winning. Tonight, with a head start, Lady B will be hard to beat, as usual and the best I can hope for is a TIE. She's already

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Places Once LivedSome folks easily forget forever the places they once lived in, the birthplace, the first work place, later residences when married or exploring as a possible new place to live.But there are others who never forget places where they are TIED to in one way or another. I am one of those folks and to boot, probably have some memento packed away in a box somewhere to remind me of the

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. . . Is Blogging TIES!I opened this morning's newspaper and lo - there was Dear Abby in the process of blogging, her daily column being on family TIES . Not a column like we bloggers would be writing, however; just a concidental blurb concerning disrupted family groups.But that's not the topic of this blog tonight, it's the family of the United States Army.This morning at five, although asleep,

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. . . TIE Man's HeadqartersUpstairs over the now non-existant Strand Theater one night many years ago I watched my dad open a number of boxes in a back room.Earlier I'd seen John Maguire, the parcel post man from the post office, carry about a dozen big boxes up the side stairs to the Beano hall and wondered what was happening.So I went up to the hall and asked Dad what he was doing with all

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. . . To The DecisionOh, shoot. Might as well do this TIES thing in NaBloPoMo. Wrote down last night the clues I might work on and came up with about a half month's supply.So I might as well tell you about my early experience with TIES, selling them for a buck apiece with my father all over Massachusetts and Rhode Island.But the clock says only ten minutes to write, proof and publish before

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. . . Of The First MonthJanuary has been a combination of the BEST for NaBloPoMo and not the BEST for me.But here we are at January 31, the last day of the BEST month so far in 2010.It's been the BEST for NaBloPoMo because I have managed to get a blog out each of the 31 days including tonight, one extra to correct the publication date and, Chris tells me, FOURTEEN publications of one blog's

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. . . Country TravelerUnless you are an old movie buff or an avid reader you probably have never heard of "Mrs. Mike." So I need to tell you about her.Back in 1947 Nancy and Benedict Freedman, novelists, cast her as the main character of a book that later became a movie under the same title.Now this blog is no bull - it's the BEST story you'll read tonight, a chronicle of the travels of the

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. . . Be Rigged ?This little office / bedroom / TV room / computer room has a secret.SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE, SOMEHOW, HAS RIGGED THE COMPUTERS.I can't prove it but I have some suspects, one who may have suggested rigging, others who did it. I can't names names until there is proof.Anyway, l have to explain my complaint. It has to do with the game of Solitaire.There are two computors in here. One wins

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. . . Snow and MoneyOne can hardly call snow a bonanza after moving from New England to get away from snow but money, that's talking my language.This morning about 5 we had a thunderstorm and some rather heavy rain. It had been softly raining since midnight. And then about 10 it began to snow.It was a very fine, fast-falling snow that in ten minutes had the roads and yards hereabouts covered in

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. . .Right, Computer !This will be short.Upset with this computer.Wrote TWO blogs Tuesday.Posted Tuesday blog Tuesday.Held onto Wednesday blog.Posted it late Wednesday morning.Came out with a Tuesday date.It really is a Wednesday blog.Thot it BEST you know that.- 30 -

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. . . Between The LinesI have a sister who in her past before becoming an Okie, (and I might be treading here on shaky ground) used to e-mail me nearly daily with messages I sometimes needed a (famed) Navajo code speaker to understand.She was a registered nurse in the era when female nurses wore stiffly starched white uniforms and starched caps, round bonnets, three-cornered headpieces or other

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. . . Profitable Hobby !Owning a rental property brings on certain benefits. The landlord, me, must care for the property by necessity if a tenant will not. If things go right and one is very good at spotting coins in the dirt, one can make a mint!If things don't go right, it costs - believe me it costs. I'm talking finances here. And while I've spotlighted yard work, interior work figures in

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. . . Not BEST Blog TimeJust woke up from a short nap, only 90 minutes, in the jacuzzi and guess what? I was dreaming again and that brings up tonight's blog, even if it is a shorty.Seems like I was being told in the brief dream that I should say a few things that came in an e-mail from an East Coast friend. That's OK but Confucius used some language I must edit because I don't like the words

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. . . Based On Your BibleIn my ongoing [albeit slow but BEST ] effort to clear out this office forever of all the clutter of the past several years, I have come across some stuff that's pretty funny.This was an e-mail sent by my BEST sister back in mid-2008, a bit of humor based on people and events in the Bible.Being that Sunday night and the word Bible have something in common, I don't think

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. . . Here It Ain'tAnother weekend has rolled around and today has been showery, sunny, windy, and cold. Not very lively around here today or tonight.Walgreen's opened a new and larger store here yesterday, about four miles away from the BEST site for me, downtown, a few blocks away. But there's good news - the downtown pharmacy will be re-modeled and I won't have to go north to pick up my

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. . . From My Short NapIt's nine in the evening in Hobbs, and the rain storm pushing across New Mexico, maybe snow, too, is now sounding on the roof. My computer news bulletins tell me the folks in upper and mid- Arizona have been hit hard with snow, [nearly FIVE feet in Flagstaff] rain and floods in Phoenix.Yarntangler Thursday night reported a big storm in Tucson, heavy wind and that the power

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. . .Often Hit A SnagThieves of all kinds, men, women and children, often make elaborate plans for their misdeeds only to learn to their regret, there's been a hitch.Just this week on Tuesday afternon in East Dallas, Texas, a woman entered a bank, handed a teller a note demanding cash and offered her handbag to collect the money.The teller dutifully and calmly put an undetermined amount of cash,

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i . . . Provide Smiles !Without doubt you have at some time seen a news story headline that provoked your imagination because the headline was plain crazy, zany, and funny.As an editor of newspapers in five states in my lifetime, I have hobbied from time to time, thinking of stories to go with crazy headlines. I confess I have probably authored a few eye-catching headlines.The Internet often

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. . . Argued OftenNew England has harsh winters as I no doubt have mentioned in past blogs. After much of my life living in Massachusetts, battling snowstorm after snowstorm, I opted for a warmer climate job in New Mexico, abetted by a wife who had slipped into a state of arthritis that threatened to make an wheelchair invalid of her.Winter and snow brings forth memories of some of the storms we

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. . . Sightsaving HopeThree times a day Lady B takes two little bottles of expensive eye drops and administers one drop from each bottle to my right eye to stave off the progress of glaucoma.Why does she have to do that when most people merely do it themselves and go on with their chores or whatever? It's a matter of love for one thing and secondly a matter of necessity.Because these drops are

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And Two More WordsFrustration and "Those Pictures" add up, with a little explanation, to this night's blog.Despite the telephone help from Geerzerguy and encouragement from Yarntangler, that's what has happened tonight - complete FRUSTRATION.The yarn last night about the Adams house, the one about Tommy with his CB radio, and a c ouple last week all would have contained pictures if I could have

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. . . EverythingThe BEST memories arise from something simple.It was mid-1962 when I spotted a sign with the simple words "For Sale"with the added words "See Sawyer Boisvert, Realtor"I had a few months earlier moved to Adams, Massachusetts, from Pennsylvania, undertaking a news job back in my home state I'd left ten years before.The sign was in front of a large house which looked as if it would

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. . . Can Make A BlogWhen an idea for a blog just doesn't come to mind quickly, the BEST one can do is rack the old brain and write whatever useless thoughts spill out until a blog idea forms.So here goes, A potpouri of . . . well . . .stuff!Junk mail, of which I have written previously, consists sometimes of multitudes of offers to insure one for any reason, life, accident,

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. . . And CancerHe was WONDERDOG. He lived 11 years. He died happy not long after his greatest wish was granted - riding in an 18-wheeler in a convoy of about 400 vehicles rolling along the Mohawk Trail near his home in Buckland, Massachusetts.He had the BEST ride of his brief life that Sunday afternoon.Tommy Copley was a sickly boy nearly all of his 11 years. When he was about six or seven,

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. . . In The SouthwestIt has taken sometime but the fire and police departments in Hobbs, New Mexico, have finally seen the culmination of their local memorial to the firefighters and policemen who perished in the Twin Towers tragedy of 2001.A nice velvety lawn now joins with surrounding tree landscaping and in a continuing program to join the New York City memorial to honors for local fire

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. . . I Don't Have Time !Lately some of my friendly bloggers have been also sending me forwards of games to play, essays to forward to somebody else and then watch to see what pops up on my screen and stuff that promises me a surprise in four or six or eight days if I forward to a dozen others.Even a BEST correspondent and blogger who has repeatedly asked me not to forward such stuff, has begun

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. . . And It's Getting LateEvery writer hits a point when his or her BEST efforts at digging up a writing topic fail. Tonight I'll throw out a new duo of words - blogger's block.Now I did not invent that phrase I want to assure you. Everyone of you has it now and then - just haven't put it into words.So I guess that's my BEST for tongiht.No - that's making it too short. Just to lengthen it out,

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. . . Two Great TalentsSometimes barking dogs in the house can get to being annoying but there does come a time when we realize they are really talking to us.This blog is to make mention of the BEST realization we have come across in the recent past, 'though a few things we already knew.We visited a bed-ridden Norma today and chatted with her for a while until suddenly Tina, her pet Chihuahua,

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. . . Hope You AreI find it amazing and in one case very disturbing that firms all over the country seldom review and update their mailing lists for all the junk mail that continually fills my mailbox.I am not alone with this problem I'm sure but I've got to get this off my mind and the BEST way to do it is unload my wrath on you folks.A lawyer once lived here, before the last owner from whose

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. . . IN A BLIZZARDNearly midnight. A blizzard. A teenage angel. And the fire chief said "thank you, Coffee Angel, whoever you are."Later the fire chief recalled many times the "angel" was the BEST thing that happened that night.The New England storm hit suddenly. Drops of rain, a little hail, tiny snowflakes and finally big, biting wind-driven snowflakes.The wind swept into the old, abandoned,

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. . . Is One An Afterthought?Last night I had a lot of fun reading one of Mother's diaries and picking out her references to pink, so after writing a blog, I continued to read more.I found there was a lot to reminise about in Mother's green ink entries and decided that for tonight's blog I just for the fun of it would try another year.It's 1951 this time. I wanted to know just what might have

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BACK IN 1955 IT SEEMSSometimes when a blog topic is urgently sought late at night, I resort to a reading of a few pages of my late mother's many diaries. Tonight is one of those nights.I may find a few of her BEST entries to fill out a half page of blogging to cover me here for tonight.PINK is the choice of words in Mother's 1955 log tonight. I did not remember that she dressed me in a PINK

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. . . You Just Rest Lady BYou probably don't know that Lady B is the BEST one who does most of the shopping in this place, that she loves to paint walls and houses and that she talks a lot about common sense . I often fail to listen about that common sense stuff.Take today for instance - I wish you had really. You see, I think I lost all sense of common sense this afternoon. Make that - I know I

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. . . In 150 National CemeteriesA re-reading today of one of the journals appearing a few months ago in the "bundle" of the American Amateur Press Association (for info on the AAPA, click on its big emblem on the right side of this blog) brought up the query " how many national cemeteries exist for the last resting places of United States servicemen and women.Len Carrick, a retired dentist in

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. . . Is Easily AvailableOn a cold winter evening, it's always nice to sit in a warm room and enjoy a good book, be it big or small, long or brief, true or fiction and meant for either old or young.I sometimes find a book I can still read - STILL meaning when my tired eyes are sharp for a while or the print is big enough to comfortably see.It's quite difficult to declare what is BEST of the books

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Everybody Loved JimmyThis afternoon as Lady B and I left North Hobbs and turned south onto Lovington Highway from Kansas Avenue, after making sure no 65 or 70 mile an hour drivers were zooming down the highway from Lovington, I raised and waved my hand and yelled "Hi Jimmy."Lady B smiled as usual as she gazed upon the group of men in the field just off the big highway. The guys I waved at in the

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. . . Just To Get The Date RightLast night, New Year's Eve, I strove to get a blog (Baby New Year) done for New Year's Day to start off the NaBloPoMo month.I waited to post it for about half an hour or so after midnight on Friday, to be sure it got posted January 1. Whaddaya know? It came out dated December 31.I DONE MY BESTI don't have a good idea for this date's blog so now I'm done.- 30 -

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Please Treat Us All WellSo now it's 2010! I've only got 13 more years to wait for my 100th birthday bash!I have two BEST daughters. One of them has signed up to write a blog for NaBloPoMo every day in January and has told me about it, daring me without saying so, to do the same.I was not inclined to commit myself to that but I can't let that one of the BEST outdo me so I'm going to give it a

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. . . Here's The Latest ScoopOn October 25th I told ya'll about This Ole House and the work being done on it and ya'll are probably wondering why you haven't seen another blog about the progress.Well, the reason is we are STILL working on the place, finding new problems as we go along and trying as fast as possible to fix 'em and at the same time do a bit of landscaping, tree trimming and outside

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. . . Ain't What It Used to Be. . . But It's Gettin' ThereBack in 1985 the manufactured home -it was called a mobile home then -that I bought and lived in was brand new but the years since have taken a toll on the place little by little.Bob Vila on television explains by the week - or did for a while - how to renovate/fix/re-do "This Old House" but he never got to my place and told me how to fix

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. . . NOW THEY BELIEVE !Years ago, probably about 40 or so, when Gramma Shasta and Newsman, now Old Newsie, did a lot of camping and rockhounding in New England and Canada, we made a trip up through Maine into Nova Scotia for a couple of weeks.That trip produced a newspaper column here in New Mexico in the 90s and just today in cleaning out a box of old writings which appeared in the local

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. . . . . . . . It Came About TodayIn 1981 the little blue car bought used from a long ago extinct auto dealership named Eddie Horn had about seven or eight thousand miles on the odometer.This afternoon it registered about 40,000 miles give or take a hundred one way or another. For a 1979 Datsun 210, it sounds as if in its 30 years of existence, this little blue car had spent its life just going

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. . . Now How About a Glass Knee?Just read a blog by one of Lady B's granddaughters. She wriites "Heart of a Mom" every once in a while and it'usually something humorous. This one is about "little things"" and it is somewhat based on a familiar poem by an unknown writer.Let's start with the poem called "House Rules"If you drop it, pick it up. If you sleep on it, make it up. If you wear it, hang

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. . . The Pentagon PartLast Friday night Lady B and I spent hours watching the television special about the terrorist attack by plane at New York City.A couple of hours into the documentary I began to think "wasn't there a plane attack in Washington, the nation's capital, and a passenger-caused abortion of an attack on the White House?"Minutes later the documentary "remembered" the Pentagon

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. . . A Sixty Year Old MemorySearching a couple of days ago for the name of someone he once knew, a friend rattled off a bunch of them , trying to make one jog his memory.Hutchins, Hamilton, Hunter, Hammond, Hamlin, Hamel, Hampton - that's it HAMPTON, he shouted as he then went along about his business and out of my earshot.HAMEL ? I know that name I shouted out loud to myself, and then

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Here's Something About TwoBarney Bernard and Ted Kennedy passed away in the past few days. It's sad to hear of the passing of friends. Yes, both of them were friends of mine, both because of my involvement in the newspaper business.Everybody knew Ted Kennedy and his brothers, President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, a presidential candidate, both of whom were assassinated. Most would say

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But, Oh, My FaceA few years ago a suspicious lump on the left side of my face was deemed by Dr. John something that Dr. Jon the dermatologist, should take a gander at and when he did, he sliced open a couple of inches of cheek and took out a mass of goo he called melanoma.I was too young at the time, 69 or 70 I think, to realize that the goo was a deadly form of cancer. About 15 years ago I had

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Horses and Tomatoes,And Other Stuff Too!Out of Scrabblebuff's hometown in Washington state comes what is probably the BEGINNING of a humming saga.This saga began yesterday afternoon with a call from SB wanting some advice."Daddy, who would you think would be responsible for removing a bee's nest from inside the walls of my house, the landlord or me?"And then "and outside the house there's a big

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. . . And Other StuffGetting from there to here can sometime be frustrating when orange barrels spring up suddenly at intersections that were clear just a bit earlier when going from here to there.Went to the pharmacy yesterday morning, waited a half hour for the prescription the pharmacist said would be ready in five minutes, then headed back home.The exit from the parking lot was closed. Went

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. . . Ain't That The Truth !There are a lot of topics to be written about since the last blog posted here - but where to start?I can say this as a warning - a slow start it will be - but the middle and the ending will be a blockbusterPerhaps television commercials could be the opener. In the last blog I got off my chest, just after getting that Pacemaker on it, my detest of the loud and long "

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Call Immediately - The Number's On The Bottom Of Your Screen - Call This Number This Minute -You Must Call Right Now -Have Your Credit Card Ready - If You Call Within Five Minutes We Will Include Another For Half Price! - But Wait! - That's Not All! -If You Are Among The First Hundred Callers In The Next Five Minutes, We'll Also Send You - Absolutely FREE (Except For Handling And Shipping Charges

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. . . .AND A TITLE LOSTI can be a little on the humorous side right about now after learning the seriousness of the past week is subsiding - although still needing our full attentions and prayers.The "title" leading off this blog refers to an event last Saturday but first I must bring you up to date on the week's happenings - for those who don't already know the circumstances.It was a serious

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. . .Just Thinking BackWell, everybody, it's a couple weeks since they put my re-charger under my left collarbone and I have had a few thoughts about the thing called a Pacemaker and the procedure.They told me "this won't hurt much." That was probably right but theyput me out when they (the doctor and his crew) got started so I didn't feel it anyway.They didn't tell me much about the aftermath

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Short and SweetAs any of you who have been reading this blog know, I now have had my battery re-charged with a Paceaker installed June 1.I seem to have more energy now but I am still hurting a bit at the incision the surgeon made to pocket the Paceaker.This weekend Lady B and I are observing our birthdays and our wedding anniversary, a three-day event. We both send our thanks to those who have

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. . . With Common Sense Tips As I get older I try to get smarter in several ways and today I want toexpound on at least a couple of my plans and my tips, which I hope some of you young'uns on the brink of getting old will consider, maybe even put into practice. I will touch on, probably not in order, saving gasoline, avoiding accidents, bargain shopping, making one trip do for

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. . . Roar From Crookham CommonThis morning at 1:20 a.m. , 65 years ago, I woke to the sound of airplanes roaring on the airfield above our Hut Camp in Thatcham, England.Rising along with the other guys in Hut 12, I went outside and watchedas plane after plane towing gliders filled with soldiers - including my Taunton friends Joe Cananzey, Bob Sullivan, Bill Garvin and Bobby Dumont , all

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. . .To Religion These Days?. . . And Other StuffI read just this morning a couple disturbing items that suggest to me that this government of ours has gone too far again - something like what happened back in the early 1930s that led up to such furor in Europe.Young'uns won't remember what I'm talking about and probably won't have absorbed what they may or should have read in history of events

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> > > Wonder What's Next?Hey everybody, this is June 4 and I've missed getting a start on the June challenge but I need the rest anyway. Maybe I'll try again in July.This could be my blog for today but hefore I close it off, let's just briefly review the week since I began to feel not right.CVT and CC got me to the local hosppital. Local doc there put me on helicopter to The Heart Hospial in

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This has been a very challenging month but I've enjoyed most of it. It was good to have my memory jogged to remember sweet old times with my Mother and Dad, Sister, Brother, my kids and grandkids, old friends and most of all my sweet ladies, Loretta and Lady B.This past few days have been the most challenging and have involved everything from blogs to helicopters, worried kids to smiling nurses,

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Heart of My Heart I sometimes wish I was a kid again,Down in the old neighborhood.Just to be with Charlie,With little Joe and Pete,Boy, we had a quartet thatWas mighty hard to beat!I'd love to stand down by that cellar door,Just to hear that quartet sing once more:"Heart of my heart"I love that melody."Heart of my heart"Brings back a memory.When we were kidsOn the corner of the street,We were

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I am nearly at the end of May and the May challenge.Just to continue my record, I'll call this my Friday blog for the reason I am still a bit under the weather and might not have a topic tonight.See you tomorrow.- 30 -

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