The Michaels family owned a small farm in Canada, just yards aw= ay from the North Dakota border. Their land had been the subject of a minor= dispute between the United States and Canada for generations.   Mrs. Michaels, who= had just celebrated her ninetieth birthday, lived on the farm…

[Kids got Friday off school for a snow day and now Monday off s= chool for Equality Day.  Thought I’d share some questions to kee= p them busy . . . or make them wish they were back in school.] Q: Wh= at happened to the 7th grade boy who…

STORY:When walking through an elephant camp, a man noticed = that the elephants were only secured with a small rope that was tied around= one ankle. He wondered why the elephants didn’t break free from the = rope, as the elephants were certainly strong enough to do so.   He…

[Here are a dozen snowman jokes. Ration them out – one in= a school lunch, one at the dinner table, one with a bed-time kiss, and wat= ch the kiddo’s smile] 1. What is a snowman’s favorite sn= ack? Ice Krispies treats.   2. Where do snowmen pu= t their…

My personal &#82= 20;Put an egg in your shoe and beat it” post last week (giving the no= d for when it’s “time to mosey down the trail”) brought t= he following suggestions to the blog.  Use them at your own risk.Eric S and Terry L – “Time to act…

My boss was honest with me today. He pulled up to work with his= sweet new car this morning and I complimented him on it.   He replied, "Well= , if you work hard, set goals, stay determined and put in long hours, I can= get an even better one…

[We often remember what famous people have said. But if you&#82= 17;re like me, I often forget the zip code (the “who said it”) = while remembering bits/bytes of the quotation. Here are ten simple statemen= ts many know but might have forgotten who said them. WARNING: A couple of…

[Some= day, we’ll look back on 2023, laugh nervously, and change the subject.&nbsp= ; But now I am thinking about 2024 and considering minor changes that need = to be made.]   >I will adopt a positive= attitude about my destructive habits. >The next time = a computer beats me…

[The first weekend of each month is a time to encourage and ins= pire our blog readers to greater achievement and aspiration.] &#8220= ;Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.&#= 8221; ~ Albert Camus   “Sometimes it takes a = good fall to really know where you…

[Heard that Dr. Frankenstein’s New Year’s resolution was to mak= e new friends. Mine were not that clever, and they will go in one year and = out the other.]   = My first resolution was to read more. I immediately said “yes” to subtitles on my TV.   I…

A friend asked m= e what I used to say (or still say now) when I announced “it’s = time to go” after a visit.  I always tried to be funny (you all = expected that, right) like . . . “Time to put an egg in my shoe an=…

This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_1FC1_01DA3E24.AAD91870 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=”—-=_NextPart_001_1FC2_01DA3E24.AAD91870″ ——=_NextPart_001_1FC2_01DA3E24.AAD91870 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Last week we talked about the cheerful banter as we parted from family and friends, using the rhyming format “See you later, Alligator” or “After while, Crocodile”. Here are YOUR suggested “Last…

Teresa G. related, “I went for a job interview, and they = said if hired, I would have to do the work of six men. Of course, I turned = them down. I was looking for a full-time job.”   Scott M. bemoaned, “La= st night I had a terrible…