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Protected: Pat to Ida: 2 February 1944 (part 1)

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

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Tags: family · Ida & Pat

The Alaska Stamp

January 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Yesterday, I dropped off some mail at the P.O. and asked the nice lady if any new commemoratives had been issued yet this year.

“Yes!” She sounded almost as excited as I was.

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Tags: language · politics · self

Body Piercing Saved My Life (Everywhere a sign #18)

September 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This car emblem was spotted in the parking lot of the main post office in downtown Birmingham today.

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Tags: signs

Soggy Blues from Searchin’

August 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

It has been raining here since Friday night. It is now Tuesday morning. This area sorely needs the rain, and this rain has been ideal – a slow and steady rain, but never a deluge. At this time next week, my neighborhood will be ten shades of green. But, today, as I walked across the back lawn to my office hideaway, the soil underneath the grass groaned and moved beneath my feet, sounding like an old man breaking wind.

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Tags: self