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Defective Drivers

We love our driveway. However, it is a bad driver magnet. These bad drivers fall into four categories: 1. Some people don’t or can’t read. They drive past “Private Drive” signs as if they were 45 mph speed limit signs. I am...

Early Flooding in January

There is an old W. C. Field routine in the movie, It’s a Gift, in which Mr. Muckle almost destroys Harold Bissonette’s store. Mr. Muckle orders a pack of gum, and after Bissonette wraps the gum, we have this exchange: Harold...

New Year’s Exercise Regime

I don’t make resolutions, but thought all would benefit from a simple plan to double your daily walking exercise with little or no effort. I plan to send my phone with Ruth when she walks, and I will take hers when I am out and...

Broken Website

I’ve been fiddling with websites for almost 25 years. You would think I would be further along. I maintain websites for two churches in our parish, and I do them my hand. I write the code––because I can. Notice I didn’t...

Broken Implements

I tend to be a pretty happy guy. Many are griping about having to stay home during COVID-19, but it has given me time to fix some things. That’s good because much of my “equipment-machinery” has been failing: 1. I put a new...

When You Help, it Doesn’t Hel...

Ruth and I were on a NOMADS work project in Tucson, AZ. NOMADS are Methodist old goats with motorhomes or campers who work on deserving projects. One of the jobs was to remodel an apartment for a veteran. We were putting in a new kitchen...