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National Parking

Some people travel vicariously by reading Blue Highways by William Least-Heat Moon, or Travels with Charley in Search of America by that guy John Steinbeck. I like to read camping guides. It was 10 years ago that The Complete Walker IV by Fletcher and … Continue reading

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Froggy Met a Princess

Somewhere around 2004 Disney shut down their animation studio and disbanded it. The future was computer animation, not hand-drawn stuff. Their competitors found themselves awash with well-trained talent. In 2009, Disney released a new hand-drawn cartoon, The Princess and the … Continue reading

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Scooby Who?

I used to be a Scooby-Doo expert. That is, there was a time when I could say that I’d seen every Scooby-Doo show multiple times, and was knowledgeable about every single story. But somewhere along they way, they lost me. … Continue reading

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Stampeding Pony

When I was little I lived on a ranch. My dad raised race horses. And some cows. Once every couple of years or so, a bunch of folks would ride their horses on a long trip that passed through our … Continue reading

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Childhood Dream III

In a jungle, luscious foliage all around. Slimey things moving among the green. We’re at some mezo-American ruin, with Tiki decorations! Flat rocks placed as a stone floor. Broken pillars that used to hold up walls and roofs. Suddenly from … Continue reading

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My One Question of Mark Lenard

Mark Lenard was a character actor on TV. He played Spock’s father on Star Trek. In fact, he was the first person to play all 3 main Star Trek aliens: Vulcan, Romulan, Klingon. He never got a chance to play … Continue reading

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Childhood Dream II

An imitation of cheap animation. A group of others and I are walking along to the left. We’re centered in the frame. Behind us, moving slowly from left to right is the silhouette of passing hills. Then the frightening part … Continue reading

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Childhood Dream I

There were still bars around my bed. I was that young. This isn’t really a dream, but a waking nightmare. In the summertime night, my bedroom window was open. I kept hearing the sound of footsteps outside, muffled. Kah-thump, kah-thump, … Continue reading

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