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All Hallow’s Eve
133 kids, count ‘em, 133 kids. Damn! OK, so Linda has been really down this fall. Her stepdad’s death, the trip to North Dakota for that, worrying about her mom, allergies really bad. Just feeling run down and tired and stressed, work, home, play. Halloween is her favorite holiday, but not this year. Dutiful Chuck went down and dug out a few of the props, sound activated ghosts and witches, and a big spider, and the candy bowl with the hand that grabs you. I hoped that it would cheer her up. We gave out Tootsie Rolls and “stuff”. The stuff began as those tablets that you write on with a stylus, and lifting the paper erases what you wrote. 6 dozen later we switched to six inch tall plastic skeletons. Two dozen … Read entire article »
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Tartuffe
The lovely wife and I went to see Nazareth College’s production of “Tartuffe” by Moliere on Friday past. I laughed, I cried, I plotzed myself… well, I laughed. It was opening night for the cast, so a rough spot or two but barely noticeable. As I pointed out to lovely wife, it is hardly likely that the translation from French resulted in metered and rhymed English lines. Several of the cast could barely be heard in our seats, about 1/3 of the way from the front. Their voices grew stronger, however, as the play progressed. A pretty little blonde played the daughter around whose fate much of the play revolves. Her character’s mother, and her maid, Doreen, carried the show. Also, a couple of backs to the audiance while delivering lines. That’ll get … Read entire article »
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Native Americans
October 22nd, 2002 | Comments Off
At the time that Columbus arrived, the Indians who lived in the area that would become the United States lived essentially a subsistance lifestyle. Some were more hunter/gatherer type tribes than others, who raised crops. When you live a subsistance life, you really live on the edge of death. A change in the weather, a disease in your tribe, or in your crops or in the animals you hunt, or your poor choices in how you live can kill you or force you to moves. Subsistance tribes moved around, with even the most settled not being able to remain in one place more than a hundred years or so. The land was worn out by farming. The anmals were depleted by hunting. The normal waste products of human life built up … Read entire article »
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