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My son is looking at new cars so I'm sending him this. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis inflation calculator tells us that 2,000 in 1960 is $21,793.54 in today's money. Do you think that this will help DS make a choice? I had a Ford Fairlane of about this year but bought it used and...

"A Wild Hare," animated comedy short film and part of the Merrie Melodies series, was released on July 27, 1940. Bugs Bunny made his first official appearance to motion picture audiences :). Peeled and sliced 2 apricots to go with Wheat Chex. Bing cherries on the side. Oolong tea with the...

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The recliner has been a sleeping location recently. Four and five hours in bed isn't as planned. Several things involved but the temperature of the house is likely involved and my senior sensitivity to it. The house is fairly well insulated but outdoor temperature has varied a good deal this...

Among other things, the cat's metaphysical role in witchcraft .. . is .. . to protect the witch from WATER! beyond the capacity of monkeys and other primates ...

All that buoyant hair!

Bored ? I suppose that I could be bored with the housework that we were assigned. Bored with hoeing weeds in the garden. Bored with being stuck indoors during bad weather. Bringing in the yearly 3 cuttings of hay could be exhausting. But, stacked in the barn, it was fun to play on. Chores...

Tomato plants seem to be a favored location for voles, @heirloomgal . In my distant gardens, I was sometimes only made aware of their presence when a coyote would show up and dig them out. My personal solution came to be a trickle of water down the burrow. It didn't seem to require a large...

Sprayed the dahlias with Spinosad. This is about as bad a year for earwigs as ever. I can hardly move a rock or wood chip in the garden beds without having an earwig or 2 crawl out. Probably, I should have sprayed the Tiara cabbage a week or so ago. It may not have mattered much; they grow and...

DS asked me about a flowering tree for his yard in Portland. I suggested a Cherokee Dogwood. @Shades-of-Oregon , those would be okay in your neck of the woods, right? Since a species of dogwood grows wild in Oregon, well ... I'm just wondering if an eastern US species has any problems there...

Have you ever found worms inside your sweet peppers, FlowerBug? It hasn't been often .... maybe nearly as seldom as finding tomato worms on the tomato plants. That probably hasn't occurred more than about once every 8-10 years. I feel very fortunate about this 🍀 . Steve

Having lunch sitting in front of the PC –– teevee tray to one side. Lunch includes purple amaranth "greens." The green amaranth greens will be along shortly; the purple are volunteers and while there aren't many, they have provided for several lunches, sometimes with baby beets accompanying...