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Life vs The Stuff, or, What I Have Learned From Cats and Bats

My eldest son and I were talking about travel the other day. I think I was bemoaning the fact that I didn’t take a gap year- or, as would have been more helpful personally- a gap decade after high school. My initial college performance wasn’t what you’d call successful. Mostly it was just needlessly expensive when I… Continue reading Life vs The Stuff, or, What I Have Learned From Cats and Bats

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Goodbye to the Village School

Three weeks back I received a message on facebook (remember that for later on) telling me that our local school board would most likely vote to close down our village school. A little history. Our town had its own school at one time. With the population dwindling over the years, we joined forces with the… Continue reading Goodbye to the Village School