2018 is coming to a close. “Father Time” is a theme for many political cartoonists next week. In 1966, my mother’s mother, Grandma Laura, gave me three old pocket watches. One had belonged to her father, Fredrick Anderson. It is a Waltham watch, silver with a gold stag inlayed on the back. The note that […]
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Comments Off on December 28, 2018 Four days until Christmas. I have all of my shopping done and now I simply have to pace myself on the cookies and candy. Children love Christmas, as well they should. As with most families, some years, Christmas gifts were easy to come by and some years the budget would not allow for much. The […]
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Comments Off on December 21, 2018 Seventy seven years ago, on this date, Japanese bombers attacked Pearl Harbor. That Sunday morning some soldiers at Pearl Harbor detected a large number of planes heading their way. The word came down that they must be American B-17s on their way to base, so no alarm went out. At 7:48 am, Japanese planes began […]
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