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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

LIVING IN OLD HANGTOWN

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A stuffed dummy of a hanged man, noose around his neck, dangles from an upstairs window. A nearby historical plaque notes that...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

RV REPAIRS

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It is an unfortunate part of RV life—nearly every long trip is interrupted by some mechanical problem that must be repaired. RVs are n...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

THIS RV BRAKES FOR LIBRARIES

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A library stop in Elko, Nevada Most people think of RVing as taking to the open road, sightseeing, perhaps hiking and fishing. The...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

"SUPERBUG" BACTERIA

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The epidemic raged through the hospital nursery, endangering or infecting newborn babies. It was 1960, when penicillin was still effec...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

MAKING YOGURT

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Last week I was browsing in the local thrift shop, and saw a Salton yogurt maker. It had been quite a while since I’d seen one—in fact...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Stress and Strain

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For many years I rose at five or six o’clock and began a long day of study, work, or caregiving. I was stressed out for long periods. My...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

ONLINE DATING: OUR STORY

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The GreenSingles.com ad was directed at “progressive singles” such as environmentalists, vegetarians, religious liberals, and other...
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

WHO ARE THE KARDASHIANS, ANYWAY?

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Waiting in the checkout lane at a supermarket, I glance at the magazines with their photos of glamorous celebrities. Or worse, photos ...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

THE ELDERLY RV TRAVELER

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For the truly old, RVing would be unpleasant, if not impossible. Climbing the steps, driving the rig, and being far from home would ruin a...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

SILICON VALLEY MEMORIES

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Strictly by chance, in the early 1980s I was a student in Silicon Valley, but computers were far from my mind. I was a returning grad stud...
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