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A Cat, a Dog, and a Reflective Chain-Link Fence 0 (0)

Ying wasn’t the most nervous cat I’ve known. That’d be Twitches, a cat my oldest daughter had, some years back now. She tells me Twitches was even twitchy in her sleep. My folks got Ying at the pound in Fargo. … Continue reading

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The Grand Canyon, the Petrified Forest, and the Big Picture 0 (0)

The Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, and Meteor Crater aren’t on the obvious and shortest route from San Francisco to the Upper Midwest. But in 1979, with no reason for staying in San Francisco — that’s another topic, for another time … Continue reading

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Odors, Experiences, and a Life Without Scent 0 (0)

How things smell matters. “‘…What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;…’”(Juliet, “Romeo and Juliet” , Shakespeare (ca. 1597)) “‘Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of … Continue reading

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The Eagle, My Father, and the Warehouse 0 (0)

I remember when the Case building on NP (Northern Pacific) Avenue in Fargo looked the way it did in that photo. I’d better explain. I’m old, but I’m not that old. The F. O. E. (Fraternal Order of Eagles) parade … Continue reading

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My Oak Tree and Its Travels 0 (0)

A happy memory from our time on Buford Avenue in the early 1960s — I talked about that a couple weeks back1 — is planting an acorn from one of the oaks there. An Acorn and Memories Among the many … Continue reading

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