Personal Stuff
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July 18, 2016
Carrying the Mail (9/29/2010)
Originally published 9/29/2010 · republished 2016
My maternal grandfather, Oscar Shelley, a rural mail carrier for 33 years, 1927 to 1960, wore out a new Chevrolet every two years on Route…
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July 1, 2016
FDR and Granny’s Outhouse (12/22/2014)
Originally published 12/22/2014 · republished 2016
My grandparents, Oscar and Ezalee, Hobart and Bessie, were born in 1895, 1895, 1897, and 1898 respectively. Their children, three sisters in the first case…
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September 1, 2016
Little Switzerland vs. Big USA
A news item about Switzerland denying citizenship to two Muslim girls who refused to take school-required swimming lessons because there would be boys in the…
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April 13, 2020
The Men in My Life
A common current lament is about young men growing up without a strong and virtuous male presence in their lives. That certainly…
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