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2026: Happy Father’s Day!

My dad came from a poor background and worked hard all his life. He grew up in northwest Arkansas during the depression, like my mother, and loved his family. This picture of him was obviously taken in front of someone … Continue reading

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2025: Memorial Day

My parents grew up in the Ozarks during the Great Depression—large families and not a lot of opportunities. But Dad got his career training during WWII. Otherwise, he would have been a poor dirt farmer like his father. He wrote … Continue reading

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LUCKY THIRTEEN – FIFTY-TWO NEW THINGS FOR 2013: NO. 13

“Mom, this vacuum cleaner sucks!” was my kids favorite saying to get out of the cleaning their rooms.  It became comic relief at our house.  I mean isn’t that what a vacuum cleaner is supposed to do?  Well, mine quit … Continue reading

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