You can’t fudge with this. She would take a stick of real butter and my mom would smear the grade A butter around in the bottom of her large shallow serving dish. What would happen after cooking up the fudgy mix is pour the thick mixture in to the buttered serving dish, then placeContinue reading “It’s no fair fudging”
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My mom and her trendy Xmas trees.
She talked to the trees. Once we moved east to our new and bigger house in L A County my mom thought it trendy to buy a fake Christmas tree. One wants to follow the trends of course. My mom was a devoted trend follower. Getting most of her inspiration from the Sears andContinue reading “My mom and her trendy Xmas trees.”
The Freshman 24/7.
 College Freshmen are the more stupider. First semester of my freshman year I thought I could juggle two jobs along with the last week of my college classes. I was in the final week before Christmas break December 1962. Our class counselor told me of a seasonal job at the Sears west coast catalogueContinue reading “The Freshman 24/7.”
Where will I get an Egg McMuffin?
Let’s assume we actually rocket to Mars. Let’s also assume there is about of hundred of us who came along on this six-month long voyage. We also could easily assume dozens of us could be stuck in the middle seat getting there. Then about half way to Mars they could run out of peanutsContinue reading “Where will I get an Egg McMuffin?”
Oh, I love the smell of fresh cut pine.
posted by Chuck Ayers The perfect tree. We were living in Sacramento December 1966. Right at the corner of 48th Street and ‘P’ Street in a duplex with a fire place. Perfect for Santa to shimmy down. Wife and I were about less than a half mile off US-50. A most narrow four laneContinue reading “Oh, I love the smell of fresh cut pine.”
Poetry
Full circle. A poem By Charles I am neither indigenous Nor native of this land. This land we call Oklahoma. My forefathers left these low rolling hills Of parched red dirt. Way back when Red dirt bellowed as a streaming river in the air. Leaving Forefathers and mothers traveling away from this dryContinue reading “Poetry”
Book report
Book Report. First of all and most importantly, I’ll never forgive the now King Charles III for what he did to Princess Diana. But never mind my own opinion. None the less, this is a frank telling by the spare. Not the heir apparent. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and grandson number 2 ofContinue reading “Book report”
He will do anything for popcorn.
Then there was Rickles another Yellow Lab. A dog who wrote the book on pleasing. He loved to please most anyone in his presents. He would do almost anything to get a scratch behind the ear. But he would fall to the ground to keep from getting his ears swabbed out. He couldn’t flattenContinue reading “He will do anything for popcorn.”
Training for a career change.
Then there was Darber. Yes, Darber was my second guide dog’s name. The guide dog school sometimes used the last name of a significant donors last name. Not sure though. Darber was a Yellow Lab and Golden mix. Or as they call it a ‘cross.’ I could only guess to get the best of bothContinue reading “Training for a career change.”
He was not a chocolate Lab.
They were all Labs. I was partnered up with three different guide dogs. All were yellow labs. Most were just about blond or creamy white. But boy could they shed. My first guide was named Axle. He was about 20 or 21 months when I started working with him. He was trained first by aContinue reading “He was not a chocolate Lab.”
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