Archive for August, 2007

82 Years Ago This Summer…

Monday, August 13th, 2007
“All the people with blue ribbons would be puffed right up to twice their size.”In 1925, Ruby’s mother took her to the Bruce Mines Fair for the first time. As far as I know, there still is a Bruce Mines Fair, but I don’t imagine it’s near as interesting now as Ruby describes [...]

The Best Parts of My Day

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
A $20 “used” swag lamp joined the family. Delivered. Pristine condition. Me. Impressed and happy. A great conversation took place. A rare thing. I discovered that one of my crap courses might be able to be “traded” for something I can actually use! Gasp! and… I’m “clicking”! I’m “clicking”! …and the [...]