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Sunday, May 16, 2021

What is that?

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What is that? Recently I have been asking myself that question about a lot of things. As my eyesight fails many items appear strange. The d...
Monday, April 19, 2021

World War II Fruit Cake. The old PrunePicker and his brother George Edwin Monson/

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In 1942 I was 16. I was spending a few weeks with my sister Thelma in Weedpatch, California. I helped my Thelma make a fruit cake to send to...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

Will I die before I go blind? OR Will I go blind before I die?

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Last August the oncologist told me that I had less than a year to live. These two questions have been bugging me ever since. Never thought o...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Picnic on the Bogue Chitto River

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 Ny granddaughter Katie said "we are going to have a picnic and you are invited". Oh Boy! the old PrunePicker loves a picnic. The ...
Saturday, January 2, 2021

New Years Eve or a Combat Landing?

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 I did not know where I was for a moment. Justin fired a large fireworks and Katie got a great photo. There were fireworks everywhere. I tho...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Musical bivouac in the California Hills.

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I was watching Austin City Limits on my Roku last night. A Mexican band was playing Spanish music. As I listened my memory returned to a nig...
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Sunday, December 13, 2020

Sunny is three weeks old.

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 The newest member of our family in Franklinton Louisiana is a yellow lab puppy named Sunny. He lives in Kentwood. He will move to Franklint...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Why don't you speak for yourself, John?

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Priscilla Mullins said these famous words to John Alden. John was proposing to her that she marry his friend Miles Standish. All three of th...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

A barrel of peanut butter.

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I can remember going to the food store (Torley's in Pomona, California) with my folks and they bought a wax paper bucket of peanut butte...
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Thursday, November 12, 2020

The Education of a Mobility Scooter Driver.

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What is a mobility scooter? During the course of my bout with lung cancer I was unable to walk more than 10 feet with out resting. Any exert...
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