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2014
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North Dakota, It's An Honest Cold. I'm not trying to offend anyone or call anyone a wuss but after coming home from Southern Texas to North Dakota I just want to say I welcome ND Cold, it's an honest cold. I realize it's all relative but my goodness it's hard not to say some of the people I saw ...
12/31/2014
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JAMMING WITH THE OLDIES While visiting with my step-father we had the privilage of attending a "Jam Session" at The Grove, the retirement park he lives in. It was really a treat. There were about two dozen musicians and each one took a turn at the mike. It was mostly old Bob Wills type of music ...
12/29/2014
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WHERE DID ALL THE BOOK STORES GO? While visiting down in the San Juan (Pharr) TX area I was struck by how far we had to travel to find a book store. Our host had taken us on several sight seeing trips over the Christmas celebration and in those many trips we never saw one. We had been keeping ...
12/27/2014
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BETTER THAN A POKE IN THE EYE WITH A SHARP STICK. Some times when you get less than what you expect you just have to say: Well, It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!". This is my backhanded thank you to Sun Country Airlines for their "gift" to me and my family. First a very se...
12/23/2014
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The News Used One Of My AR Pictures While watching the evening news last night my Bride and I were surprised to see a picture I had taken several years ago splash across the screen anouncing a news story. It's the picture I used just last week here on AR to plea for prayers for my friend Claudia...
12/21/2014
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Jack Frost Imitating Barbed Wire This is the scene we had this morning after an overnight fog that froze. Having lived up North all my life I've seen lots of Jack Frost's work but never the barbed wire look pictured above. What a creative God we have! My kids have been blessed with great artisti...
12/20/2014
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Sometimes It's Not The Car... The Dealership May Be The Lemon! Early in 2013 I purchased a Brand New 2012 Toyota Yaris. Aside from getting far less mileage than Toyota advertises I've been pretty happy with my little death trap on wheels. (I say this because of all the heavy oil truck traffic an...
12/19/2014
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Just Saying... Shortly after becoming a Real Estate professional I saw the wisdom of becoming a Notary Public so I could close mobile home sales right in the office. That was quite a few years ago and I still have not used my Notary authority to do just that. I have done hundreds, if not thousa...
12/18/2014
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MY HHR... GOT ANY POINTERS? Time for a Timm family new (used) car. My Bride needed newer, more reliable wheels so we went used car shopping. As much as I would like to have found one at a local dealership we had bad luck with that plan. Instead we did have good luck with our local on line want...
12/18/2014
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CLOWN DOWN! Cloudy the Clown (R) and Timmothy N. Timm (L) This picture, taken about 6 years ago, is one of my favorite pictures. It was taken at a church function and two of the entertainers who volunteered were Cloudy & her husband Dizzy. Dizzy, Cloudy, and their daughter Sparkly have won many ...
12/16/2014
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