Category Archives: The Street View

Utah to Arizona #17, Leave A Happy-Spririted House

“Why am I doing this for someone else’s benefit?” The charge could have come from demon, Irma Prattle, but I can tell the difference and this wasn’t an Irma screed. I was up on my backyard mountain to clip the … Continue reading

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Dear Abby: My Stepfather Died Recently

This Dear Abby letter and response ran in newspapers March 9 Dear Abby: My stepfather died recently. I found out when I saw his obituary in the newspaper. It described him as a “loving husband and father,” and while I know … Continue reading

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No Good Title for Connecticut

The happy house with the plastic Santa fetish is a few blocks from my house. It stands out in a one mile radius for number and variety of lights that some will attribute to joy, others to humor, and still … Continue reading

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Enough Of This Presidential Election

Have you ever been to a party that started out okay, maybe it was even fun, but somewhere before midnight there was an unexplained turn of mood to the odd and uncomfortable, so you tugged at your Ride Home’s sleeve … Continue reading

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