Author: daylerogers
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Not In Kansas Anymore!
I’m particularly fond of old movies. When producers try to update them, I’m often disappointed with the addition of computer graphics and other up-to-date gizmos to make a movie more exciting for our current screen-obsessed culture. One of my all-time favorite movies is “The Wizard of Oz”, starring Judy Garland as the small-town girl from…
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Away From That Screen!
She has watched her older sister and her cousins as they lose themselves in the blue tint of the tiny screen. And then, during a time when her mom was in a meeting with Thea on her lap, she introduced Ms. Rachel to her. For those of you unfamiliar with this new screen icon, Ms.…
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This Little Light Of Mine
The cacophony lasted well into the night, a typical celebration of New Year’s Eve marked by the loud booms of fireworks in the neighborhoods surrounding ours. I’m grateful I use a sound machine to block out life outside our bedroom windows. Celebration is something that humans love to do. With life in general carrying so…
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Bridge To The New Year
Two college graduates and an engineering student who has a brilliant mind for putting things together collaborated to build a bridge. Not some simple bridge, but one that took three incredible minds to put together. This was the after-Christmas-dinner activity for wired minds. It’s way past the Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs kind of building.…
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Too Big For His Britches
I dared to buy a 31 1/2 pound turkey right before Thanksgiving, and when Christmas came, I hauled him out to cook, knowing we’d most likely have leftovers. What I hadn’t thought through thoroughly was whether Mr. Bird would fit in my roaster. He didn’t. His wings hung out so he looked like a perched…
Tip of My Iceberg 