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My Family Christmas Carol |
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Written by Doc Wright
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Thursday, 26 October 2006 |
My cousin used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they say about Santa checking the list twice must be true because every Christmas morning, although Steve's kids' stockings were overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty. One year I decided to make his dream come true. I put on sunglasses and went in search of an inflatable love doll. They don't sell those things at Wal-Mart. I had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. If you've never been in an X-rated store, don't go. You'll only confuse yourself. I was there an hour saying things like, "What does this do?" "You're kidding me!" "Who would buy that?" Finally, I made it to the inflatable doll section. I wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my car so I could use the car pool lane during rush hour. Finding what I wanted was difficult. Love dolls come in many different models. The top of the line, according to the side of the box, could do things I'd only seen in a book on animal husbandry. I settled for 'Lovable Carol." She was at the bottom of the price scale. To call Carol a "doll" took a huge leap of imagination. On Christmas Eve, with the help of an old bicycle pump, Carol came to life.
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The Story of Horace the Horse |
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Written by Doc Wright
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Tuesday, 04 July 2006 |
{From my youth, so long ago ...}
When I was a very young boy, my Grandpa bought the property on Sintz road and it had a barn on it. Grandpa, had been a sailor and was prone to be gone up to as much as 3 weeks at a time, down to the ocean for small trips. When he came back from his ocean trips, the grass in his new lot would be head high. So, Grandpa bought a horse to keep the grass down. The old horse was named Horace. Grandpa put Horace in the lot and went down to the sea. When he returned Ole Horace was laying by the barn, his stomach was twice it’s normal size.
My Grandpa did not know much about horses, but he did know Ole Horace was in bad trouble. Now, our small town did not have a veterinarian, but it did have a MD, Dr. Heaston, who had some animal experience. At one time he had given cholera shots to pigs and goats, at the request of the local college.
So, my Grandpa walked up the street to see Dr. Heaston, who was always in the bar this time of day. |
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Flower Seed and Plant Giveaway |
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Written by Peter Carmel
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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For those interested, I’ve got some extra flower seeds and plants that I have no further use for and you are welcome to them. They should be planted or otherwise used immediately or it will be too late to plant them for this year. If you'd like to contact me for these items please use this email
Here we are, it’s halfway though June already, and my garden is finally getting plenty of sun. All that wet and overcast weather put us behind at least a month or so. The tomatoes are looking good already.
Last year was quite a good year for my Zinnias. I grew a package of “granny zinnias” from Renee’s Garden and was quite pleased with the result. These hearty and large growing plants were quite prolific. I was getting towering plants, at least 4 feet high, and very wide as well. Once they have enough room, good soil, and enough water, they expand. A dozen or so plants is all you need to make a large border.

I have some seeds from last years crop that has been tested and found to be quite viable. As to what the plants turn out to be, that will remain to be seen.
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