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Monday, April 22, 2024

Eclectic Skill-sets (Cumberland Saga)

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“I got some bad news” Samson Davis told his heavily pregnant wife, Heddy. She was cleaning up a puddle of vomit left by their Jack Russel pu...
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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Mil-Specs

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Mil-Spec Data: Piping, General 1. All pipe is to be made of a long hole, surrounded by metal centered around hole. 2. All pipe is to be holl...
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Saturday, April 20, 2024

Back on-line

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WOW! Glad that Blogger resolved the issue that was buggering up my ability to post. I am sure that the recent upgrades to FISA and funding f...
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Planting by the phase-of-the-moon (Rabbit-hole alert)

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Lars Nordstrom in his book Making it Home has a very short bit of prose that sheds light on why many cultures swear by "planting-by-th...
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Friday, April 19, 2024

Mortality during the 1800s in the United States

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One source estimates that the life expectancy in the United States did not increase between 1780 and 1890. For example, the life expectancy...
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Quicksilver collected her first bee-sting for the season

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Quicksilver got stung twice on her left foot yesterday. It was a paper-wasp that was still drowsy from sleeping all winter. It was lazing ab...
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Wild Roses go with Pumpkins (Cumberland Saga)

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The repetitive act of pulling potatoes out of the bag and cutting them into golf-ball sized chunks was a salve for Amira’s soul. “You said y...
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