Deep down, we all knew the difference in a movie and TV cowboy, but we liked the movie cowboy better. There were more romantic, ridin' down the canyon on horseback, strumin' a guitar, singing about tumbleweeds or cactus plants bloomin'.
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“Chapter Two” is one of my favorite plays, written by one of my favorite playwrights, Neil Simon. (It was adapted to film in 1979.) The play is semi-autobiographical, and centers around Simon’s struggle to move on with his life after his first wife died. In the storyline, Simon decides to try
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Perhaps all of us at one time or another has heard someone say, “Life is too short to ….” Yes, based on the Bible’s teachings, we see that our life on earth is very brief.
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Why do your favorite stores always change their placement?
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A recent newspaper article reported that “driving in America has stalled.” Total vehicle use (the collective miles driven) peaked in 2007. Even though our economy has shown signs of recovery, auto use has not.
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Sometimes I guess we all wonder what makes people "tick". Barney was one like that--Barney Barnheart. Years ago, I worked with Barney at a chemical plant in Texas. It was said Barney slept in a coffin--he lived by himself. Actually though, he slept in a wooden box coffins came in"bought it fr
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If you are having difficulty getting out of bed in the mornings, might I suggest the services of my granddaughter—for a small fee, of course. I, for one, have found it almost impossible to sleep with a dinosaur in my ear.
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Recently, I read that Linda Ronstadt has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and is unable to sing. Ronstadt was an outstanding singer, and her songs transport me to another time: the 1970s.
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Can you still make a rolled-up fist, leave a hole, blow into it, and imitate a dove call? Boys could. Recently I saw a twelve-year-old girl in Australia that could. But it was largely a boy thing growing up. Most girls thought it was silly.
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