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The Tissue Box
When I was teaching, I had several Hmong students who had immigrated with their parents from Laos and lived in Chico, California where I taught Math at Bidwell Jr. High. One of these students was a girl named Phing (pronounced “Ping”). I remember her as working very hard at her schoolwork and though English was […]
Remembering Mike
Yesterday I received an email from Chris Lindell of the Colorado-based duo The Lindells. It was a “just touching base” email and a general hello. Chris and Kim were friends of my brother, Mike Strassman who died on July 1, 2007 of a meth addiction. Chris’s email reminded me of a video that Mike had […]
Cell Phones (again)
Yesterday, I was waiting to make a left hand turn from a major road with lots of retail businesses onto a side street. The road has a center divider so the only way to turn left is at certain places with a break in the divider. The intersection is unmarked; no lights at all and […]
Turkey Talk
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. GREETINGS 2. UPCOMING SHOWS AT-A-GLANCE THROUGH DECEMBER 2011 3. TOUR DATES TO FILL 4. PRE-ORDER DEBRA’S NEW LIVE RECORDING 5. DEBRA ON NEW COMPILATION CD “CDV” 6. DEB’S FAVES -Steve Hawkins -Tom Lewis 7. NEW WEBSITE AND NEW MAIL LIST PROGRAM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GREETINGS! This is going to be a bit of […]
Autumnising In September
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. GREETINGS AND A HURRICANE 2. UPCOMING SHOWS AT-A-GLANCE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2011 3. TOUR DATES TO FILL 4. NEWS -Nova Scotia and Lunenburg Folk Harbour -Finally, A New Website -Facebook 5. TRIVIA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GREETINGS AND A HURRICANE The greatly diminished Hurricane Irene gave us a lot of “O the Wind and […]
Ya Don’t Mess Around on Da Border
Was given a head’s up to this article on our Local 1000 Facebook page. I have crossed into Canada and back into the US at Calais and had no trouble. Of course, I had the required paperwork to work in Canada legally. What is really bizarre isn’t the fact that they tried to enter the […]