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Tag: Holidays
Thrice
There's a tale told of a pilot who adjusted the altitude and speed of his SR-71 Blackbird to allow him to see three sunrises in one day...
Day 284: One-one-two-one
Welcome to 2021, my friends. Deb and I are well. Full disclosure: We broke tradition and actually did go out for a while on New Year’s Eve. After gassing-up Deb’s near-empty truck we settled in at Squeek’s for a big ol’ plate of nachos — made with love by...
Day 277: We are authentically White
Merry, Christmas, my friends. Deb and I are well. Having celebrated our family Christmas in Cincinnati last Saturday, we’re home today, voluntarily snowbound at Second Chance Ranch. From mid-December through the 24th of the month, every meteorologist has to keep answering the same question...
Day 276: Christmas Eve
This is Day 276 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve. Today’s also the start of the sixth week of Ohio’s three-week WuFlu Curfew. And ’tis the night before Christmas. Deb and I are stirring, and we’re well. It was almost ten o’clock last night by the time I posted my daily blog, owing to a great...
Day 272: ’Twas the Sunday before Christmas
It’s Day 272 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve and Day 32 of Ohio’s 21-day WuFlu Curfew. Deb and I are well. We drove through steady rain and heavy traffic the whole way home last night...
Day 271: Shifting
It’s Day 271 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve and Day 31 of Ohio’s 21-day WuFlu Curfew. Deb and I are fine. We’re on the road for the day. Other than an evergreen spray hung on our front door, we decided not to decorate for the holidays this year...
Day 248: Thanks
This is Thanksgiving Day, 2020 — the first day of the second week of a three-week statewide curfew that’s supposed to be lifted on December 10th (but it won’t be). You’ll forgive me if that’s the last I’ll say in this post about current events. Deb and I are just fine. We spent the day...
Day 247: Tools
It’s Day 247 of The First Ohio Shutdown, Day Seven of The Curfew from Cedarville and Day 183 of Everything is (Still) Racist. Deb and I are doin’ great. Every day we’re together...
Day 241: Chili, strictures & a junkyard dog
This is Day 241 of The First Ohio Shutdown and Day 177 of Here We Go Again. It's also Day One of DIC*. Tick-tock. Deb and I are fine today. Here at Second Chance Ranch...