Framing the Dialogue

Lighter Side

Greens Keeper

mowerWhen my wife and I purchased our house nearly thirty years ago we wanted out of the city and into a good school district in which to raise our children.  That house came with about a fourth of an acre of lawn to care for, but hey I was young and it good exercise right? 

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The Last Rebels

pbj sandwichesDaisy Luther wrote this great article (linked here) listing 25 things we did as kids that would get someone arrested today.  I have list a few here that were my favorite and that I did (the statute of limitations has been reached).  Take the time to reminisce and mostly to realize how simply insane our world has become.

  1. Leaving the house after breakfast and not returning until the streetlights came on, at which point, you raced home, ASAP so you didn’t get in trouble.  [We actually could see a very large ALCOA clock from our neighborhood and never could claim we didn’t know what time it was.  My mother always told me what time dinner was and if I wasn’t home by then I’d be on my own.  I often chose to play and started to learn to cook.]
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