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Posted on April 23, 2020 Posted in Automotive History, Car Shows, Uncategorized
In My Merry Oldsmobile
1901 Oldsmobile

Ransom E. Olds built his first car, a steam-driven one, in 1887. He was twenty-three years old. In 1893, one of his steamers became the first American car exported. Unfortunately, the ship carrying the car sank, and the vehicle ended …

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Posted on April 21, 2020 Posted in TRAVEL, Uncategorized, Washington
Seattle and King County
Downtown Seattle

Washington’s largest City, Seattle, is the queen city of the Northwest. I drove through the city in 1975 without stopping, but returned a couple of years later to stay with a friend who had left Montana for the big city. …

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Posted on April 19, 2020 Posted in Life Lessons, Personal History, Uncategorized
My El Cerrito Gaucho Years
What did you do your junior year in high school?

Last week, I took you through my school years at Portola Junior High in El Cerrito, California. Today, we’re still in El Cerrito, but this week looks at my high school years. My first job, marching band, taking courses at …

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Posted on April 18, 2020 Posted in Life Lessons, Personal History, Uncategorized
Having Three Dogs at Home
Digger, Taz and Simon at Play

The past few Saturdays, I’ve talked about the dogs who have shared my life. With the deaths of Major and Rocky, Digger had the house and yard to himself. Kevin had repeatedly said “No more dogs!” So imagine my surprise …

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Posted on April 17, 2020 Posted in General Information, Literature, Poetry, Reading, Uncategorized
Today–Read a Poem and Laugh
They're So Cute When They're Small

It’s still April, which means it’s still National Poetry Month. Last week, I shared my two favorite poems in French, and Richard Blanco’s very powerful work. I thought that this week we’d go a bit lighter. Whether you call it …

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Posted on April 16, 2020 Posted in Life Lessons, Personal History, TRAVEL
Crossing the Pacific by Freighter
The San Francisco Bay Bridge

In 1965, Heifer Project offered Poppa the opportunity to play goatherd for a herd of 50 goats destined for Korea. Poppa said yes, but his health disagreed. Forced into the hospital for minor surgery, his hospitalization coincided with the departure …

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Posted on April 15, 2020 Posted in Automotive History, Car Shows, Uncategorized
Everybody Knows the Name Plymouth
The Hood Ornament of a 1937 Plymouth

Charles Nash had brought Walter Chrysler to General Motors in 1911. Chrysler left GM and started his own company when he bought Maxwell Motors in 1925. Maxwell began operations in 1904, but by the 1920s, the company was in trouble. …

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Posted on April 13, 2020 Posted in General Information, Personal History, TRAVEL, Washington
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
Mount Rainier Under Clouds

I’ve been to or through Tacoma and Pierce County, many times, but on October 3rd, 2016, Mike and I drove through on a photo excursion. If you want to read my Pierce County post from the Evergreen book, just click …

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Posted on April 12, 2020 Posted in California, Life Lessons, Personal History, TRAVEL, Uncategorized
El Cerrito California
The El Cerrito Methodist Church

In June, 1962, Bishop Donald Harvey Tippett appointed Poppa to serve the El Cerrito California Community Methodist Church. We left Colusa and moved to the Bay Area. As I mentioned in last Sunday’s blog, the temperature inside our Colusa house …

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Posted on April 11, 2020 Posted in Life Lessons, Personal History, Uncategorized
Four More MinPins
The boys

Last Saturday, I wrote about the first four MinPins who lived with me in Missoula. Today, I want to talk about four more MinPins. Counting Dinah from my childhood and Jr., a MinPin cross, ten MinPins have made a major …

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