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Entries from October 2009

Protected: Ida to Pat: 3 August 1944 (letter 2)

October 16th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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The Jeep Willys

October 15th, 2009 · No Comments

First time behind the wheel? In a yellow 1956 Jeep Willys. First auto accident I had? That same Jeep Willys. Casualty? A woodpile.

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Charles Loop Run

October 14th, 2009 · No Comments

As we approached Weeks Bridge, she broke away, racing to the span’s apex. I slogged, lead-footed, panting and aflush, to meet her.

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Protected: Ida to Pat: 3 August 1944 (letter 1)

October 14th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Twitter-pated

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments

I knew the Twitter thing had gotten out of hand when I received a handwritten letter that began with the salutation, “Dear @Fred.”

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Protected: Ida to Pat: 1 August 1944

October 12th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Well-traveled Beatles quiz

October 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

My mother, who lives in Charleston, South Carolina, sent me an envelope full of news clippings last week. Among them was The Post and Courier’s weekly trivia quiz. This one was all about The Beatles.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 28 July 1944

October 10th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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The Nobel Prize

October 9th, 2009 · No Comments

The domestic war of words escalated after the foreign group favored his aspirations with the simple honor of calling them “peace.”

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 27 July 1944

October 8th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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