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It’s Not a “Toomah̶...

The last mention I made of Kindergarten Cop started me thinking about “Ah-nold” telling the squeaker, “It’s not a tooma,” when the little boy suggests Arnold’s headache may be a tumor. We decided, when...

The Lamp

Bob Dylan titled his 1967 movie Don’t Look Back. When you can’t go home because a place is buried under 75 feet of dirt, this is especially true. Sometimes I live in the past. I mourn San Dimas Canyon and the redwood sided...

Water Runs Downhill

Kindergarten Cop was a pretty fair movie. I liked it for three reasons. First, Arnold with squeekers is amusing. Second, he makes the squeekers behave. Third, it rains in the movie. I remember watching it once just to hear the rain. It has...

Grand Opening

You can’t enlarge the door of a barn without making a new barn door. Randy made the doors in no time. I gave rides to various parts to and from Hills Flat Lumber and Hardware. Then everyone except Margie got the stomach flu. Bracing and...

The Hubley List

I tend to repeat myself in my references to movies and books. The good part is that most of the time I know it. When I no longer know that I am repeating myself, you may want to remove yourself from this list. Or you may just want to...

Christmas Preparations

What a season. What a time of the year. Matthew wanted stockings hung on the chimney and lights on the house. BobbyDodge wanted the horseshoe pit ready for horseshoes. Apparently he didn’t think I was making the proper progress, so...