Category Archives: Guest Blogs

Money = Timex

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Today’s guest post comes from Ben. I was thinking about money and how our son hasn’t figured out the ‘saving’ part of it yet. (How long does that take anyway??) The first thing I bought when I had my own … Continue reading →

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Brief Revenge

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Today’s guest post comes from Clyde. For twenty years now my son and I have dreamed of making a documentary. We would go to China and find plants that manufacture distinctly Western or American items, such as Easter, Christmas, Halloween, … Continue reading →

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Traveling with Relatives

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

Today’s guest blog comes from Jacque. My husband Lou and I both read John Berendt’s 1994 book about Savannah, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, with pleasure and disbelief. “We must check this place out!” we said to … Continue reading →

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Memories Are Made Of This

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Today’s guest blog comes from Madislandgirl I have a genuine fondness and deep respect for those people known today as “seniors”, although I think of that as a business designation for tax purposes or something. The folks I know are … Continue reading →

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Two Old Sails

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Today’s guest post was written by Steve in St. Paul. The wind was gusting between 30 and 40 miles an hour. That didn’t bother me, sitting in my van at the stoplight, but it threatened to blow away the two … Continue reading →

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Battle of the Inbox

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

Today’s guest post comes from Jim in Clark’s Grove. Have you noticed a big increase in advertisements coming to you by email? I didn’t mind it when there were only a few because they might be the only messages that … Continue reading →

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Pi Day

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

Today’s guest post comes from Sherrilee. I’m a geek. I admit it. I love trivia; I love learning things. I have three magazine subscriptions: MentalFloss, Scientific American and National Geographic. I love Star Trek and have seen every episode of … Continue reading →

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Wireless is More

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Today’s guest post comes from Clyde. So we got moved into the apartment across the way—clock, socks, and peril. And look at the mess that resulted. It’s not my fault. All those wires are the result of everything being wireless … Continue reading →

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Tomato-ville

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

Today’s guest post comes from Sherrilee. Whenever someone on the Trail brings up a book, I check it out and usually try to find it and read it. So someone mentioned Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring … Continue reading →

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Ask Dr. Babooner

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Good or bad, advice is free and easy to give. We are ALL Dr. Babooner. Dear Dr. Babooner, My spouse and I recently returned from a dream vacation in a condo on the east end of the island of St. … Continue reading →

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