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Meet Mr. Slim Indigo!
Just like a few days ago, yesterday evening while we were playing cribbage, Sena spied a slim indigo bunting. This one flew right up to our window! It was probably not the same one we first saw. That guy was buff, likely because he’d been branch pressing in the gym. This character was slim and…
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Cribbage Cogitations
I wish we’d filmed the cribbage match we just played because it was marked by the weird combination of luck and strategy so typical of every cribbage game. On the other hand, I know if we’d tried to film it, we’d have been too flustered to make anything useful of it. So, I’m going to…
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Have You Heard about the Iowa City Brain Rock?
We’ve lived in the Iowa City area for over 37 years and never heard of the Brain Rock until today. I don’t know how we ever missed it. It’s a work of art called Ridge and Furrow created by artist Peter Randall-Page, a world-famous artist from the United Kingdom. It’s been called the Brain Rock…
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Indigo Bunting Spotted Today!
We were playing cribbage this afternoon and Sena spotted a blue bird perched on top of our crab apple tree in the back yard. I rushed to get the camera and got a quick video about 7 seconds long before it flew off. I pulled a few images of the back of the bird; it…
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Svengoolie Movie: “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster”
So, this movie ‘Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” is high in cheese content and don’t expect to see the Frankenstein made famous by Boris Karloff. It was released in 1965 and directed by Soupy Sales, no wait, it was Robert Gaffney. Marilyn Hanold played the big female lead, Marcuzan, the amazonian leader who looks nothing…
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Big Mo Pod Show: “Smoke Stack Howlin”
I got a big kick out of the Big Mo Blues Show last night. And the Big Mo Pod Show this morning was another great teaching session by John Heim aka Big Mo. It’s also another peek into the lives of blues and rock musicians which would appeal to the headshrinkers in the listening audience,…
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Bottoms Up Prune Juice!
We were having a prune juice moment early this morning. I didn’t know Sena was going to buy it about a week ago. I’m not having any problems with getting enough fiber in my diet. I draw the line at prune juice and also Metamucil. This brings back memories. When me and my younger brother…
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Sena Gets her Measles Vaccine-and Will Not Be Defeated!
Sena got a measles vaccine booster today just to be on the safe side given the increase in the number of measles cases all over the country, including Iowa. The history of the measles vaccine is fascinating by the way. It can make it challenging to figure out who might need a booster. Despite the…
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Will Not Be Defeated!
Sena has again been winning virtually every cribbage game. We always play 3 games, best of two wins and skunk wins don’t count. I think I play pretty well. She just plays better. It reminds me of the song “Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better).” It’s a song from the musical “Annie Get…
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Svengoolie Schlock Alert!
“Calling all stations, clear the air lanes, clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” (Svengoolie show intro). Fee Fi Fo Fum, something shlocky this way comes! Next Saturday the Svengoolie show will present the movie “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster.” It’s not the Frankenstein’s monster you know and love necessarily, and it involves Martians…
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