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hooleydd
Jan 12, 20203 min read
What I saw at the border with Mexico …
At first I saw the man sitting with a friend in a couple of lawn chairs on the other side of the river. They were chatting under some...
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hooleydd
Dec 25, 20192 min read
Night skies at Christmas: all is calm, all is bright
One night many years ago I was watching the sky and saw a remarkable thing. All the stars were twinkling except one. It looked like a...
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hooleydd
Dec 12, 20193 min read
Costumes of Christmas past: bathrobes and a worn-out farm jacket
(Some Christmas humor: ho! ho! ho!) I’ve seen others wear interesting Christmas costumes too. One Christmas, the little country church...
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hooleydd
Nov 26, 20192 min read
Never Call Aunt Ruth a Turkey Bag
But this doesn’t have to be another Thanksgiving you nod off chatting with Aunt Ruth because you were up at dawn stuffing the turkey. ...
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hooleydd
Nov 16, 20193 min read
Driving Miss Nina
Mom was eating a personal-pan-pizza I bought her for lunch when she made her big announcement. She said she wasn’t going to drive much...
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hooleydd
Nov 2, 20193 min read
I heard the boom of a shotgun…
A penguin was standing on the welcome mat when I opened my front door. It was Halloween, and I had a fistful of miniature Snicker bars...
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hooleydd
Oct 22, 20193 min read
My Little Singing Problem
My son John is tall and handsome. Smart too. Lest you think I’m just a biased mother, I’m also going to say that John is so tone deaf...
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hooleydd
Oct 15, 20193 min read
These Kids! Warning: the Generation Gap Lives!
(Who are the Millennials? Why do techy people like nature? How did fighting with our parents’ generation make us better?) “They may not...
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hooleydd
Oct 9, 20192 min read
Fifteen Minutes of Fame is Best
(What’s in your toothpaste? Why should we remember David Crosby? Whose buried on our farm? How many statues of Lenin are there in...
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hooleydd
Oct 2, 20193 min read
I’m Going Back to the Plough
Before the coronavirus raised its ugly head and scared everyone away from the city, I lived there part-time while I taught at a local...
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hooleydd
Sep 24, 20193 min read
Marijuana
“Oh,” I laughed nervously, “I think I’ll pass”. My date, a thin hairy guy, reached across me to give the bong to the person sitting on...
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hooleydd
Sep 17, 20192 min read
We Ken Drive the Alcan–No Problem
(How long is the Alcan Highway? When was it built? What does the British Commonwealth have to do with the Alcan?) If life is a journey,...
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hooleydd
Sep 9, 20192 min read
Big is Beautiful
The tall guard at the Canadian-Alaskan border crossing asked me to take off my sunglasses so he could compare my physical appearance to...
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hooleydd
Sep 3, 20192 min read
Going Wild in Alaska
Suddenly I’m keenly aware of how much it takes to keep me operative. “Where’s your sense of adventure?” my husband chides me. Dale’s...
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hooleydd
Aug 27, 20192 min read
Fired Up and Ready to Go to Alaska
Alaska has been hit by global warming. Still, there’s a question as to whether Alaskans think that’s the problem. My daughter commented...
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hooleydd
Aug 20, 20193 min read
Battling the Bruneau Beast
“Oh mom, you are so competitive. You know that right?” I shrugged. She sounded like the mature adult next to my adolescent resistance....
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hooleydd
Aug 13, 20192 min read
The Job of My Dreams
“No you didn’t,” I took a sip of my hot coffee. “You snored all night.” “That wasn’t a snore. That was me grunting, trying to keep up...
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hooleydd
Aug 6, 20193 min read
The Harsh Reality of Life on the Farm
Life gets real on the farm—meaning sometimes cruel. Those of us who live more urbanely, shopping for hermetically sealed dairy, meat,...
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hooleydd
Jul 30, 20192 min read
The Trip to Sun Valley
Maybe my fondness for this book’s title has to do with the fact that I once was an easterner. Like many transplants, I lived other...
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hooleydd
Jul 23, 20193 min read
Electing an honest man . . .
About once a week, I wake up in the morning, drink a cup of coffee, and read a poem or two. I like poetry: wit and emotion condensed...
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