Estate Sale

I went to an estate sale today.  They differ from garage and yard sales in that their venue is the owner’s home and  the sellers are people other than the owners of the merchandise.   The owners have generally moved to a retirement/elder care situation or are recently deceased, and the home is no longer occupied……at least, [...]

Police Blotter

Wednesday
 9:02am–
A male hitchhiker was arrested for having a sword in his backpack in Colfax.
9:23am–
A man reported his truck stolen at Granite Point. The truck was later located in Lewiston and the man did not want police to investigate the incident.
9:55am–                                                                                                                                       A woman who works at the Food Quality Building and records commercials about the benefits of [...]

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Under His Puppet

From an editorial in The Independent, Gallup, NM (June 6, 2009):
“This wouldn’t be happening if we had a city manager who knew the law, knew his job and wasn’t under the mayor’s puppet.”

Police Blotter

Friday
7:52am–A semi-truck reportedly knocked down a stop sign at intersection of A Street and North Line Street.
11:20–A car was reportedly driven into a ditch in Moscow.
11:25– A coyote was reportedly seen on Southeast Klemgard Avenue.
12:26–A woman reported that garbage was dumped on her car on E Street.
4:38–A coyote was reportedly seen at Krugel Park.
6:36–A coyote [...]

Birthday Shoes

I keep clicking them together and saying, “There’s no place like home.   There’s no place like home.”  And when I open my eyes, I’m still standing in my own living room on my own carpet.  Guess I’m home.  But I sure do miss all those munchkins in TOP (that other place).  The shoes sure LOOKED [...]

Police Blotter

Thursday, 3:18 — A woman on West Palouse River Drive reported she received fraudulent prize offers in the mail.
Thursday, 6:36 — A woman reported she was bitten by her dog on Anna Street.  The dog was taken to the Humane Society for quarantine at the owner’s request.
Thursday, 10:03 p.m.– An intoxicated white male ran naked [...]

Comely

             Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous, for praise is comely for the upright!  Psalm 33:1
     Comely.  No longer in common use, this word nevertheless immediately conjures up the image of a woman.  A beautiful woman.  A gracious and lovely woman.  A woman with head held high–but not her nose.  A woman whose words [...]

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The Shot Put Incident

If it’s too early for Christmas stories, sue me.    This is my blog and this is a Christmas story.  (Heh, heh.  Got a little defensive there.  Maybe even I think it’s too early. ) (No, wait–I never think that.)
It was not our fault.  John’s sport, afterall, was shot put.  What were we to do, relegated as [...]