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Monday, September 1, 2008
Subject: HOLIDAY COMPANY!
Time: 2:13:31 PM CDT
Author: lowis6535
Mood: Cheerful
Music: The EAGLE- 105.7
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An important goal achieved: PICK APPLES! They took many bags of apples back home ... some to share with friends.
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Another important goal: MAKE APPLESAUCE ... they did ... about 20 pints! I helped them choose the kind of apples that make the beautiful, unbelievably PINK APPLESAUCE
here are many varieties of apples ... guessing that some are heritage types that will come up from seed. No worm problem... but, most of the apples are little & some ugly with scabbing, tho often abundant.
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Today ... back to just me'n Mimi ... she enjoyed having the two big dogs here. Since it's a holiday ... I'm just not getting too involved in tasks & chores ... maybe later on in the day. I was missing Maggie even before she left. With the gas prices ... I just about never get down to visit my kids & family in Wisconsin. BUMMER!
All my life, I've had TIME ... or ... I've had MONEY ...
but NEVER at the same time!
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 My reading is catchingup on e-mail this week.
A CUTE E-MAIL FORWARD ... SAGA OF THE MOTHER DUCK & BABIES IN THE CITY
'Something really amazing happened in Downtown Spokane this week and I had to share the story with you. [My colleague] Joel is a loan officer. He works downtown in a second story office building, overlooking busy Riverside Avenue. Several weeks ago he watched a mother duck choose the cement awning outside his window as the uncanny place to build a nest above the sidewalk.' Click here: Photo 'The mallard laid ten eggs in a nest in the corner of the planter that is perched over 10 feet in the air. She dutifully kept the eggs warm for weeks and Monday afternoon all of her ducklings hatched.' Click here: Photo'Joel worr ied all night how the momma duck was going to get those babies safely off their perch in a busy, downtown, urban environment to take to water, which typically happens in the first 48 hours of a duck hatching.' Click here: Photo 'Tuesday morning, Joel came to work and watched the mother duck encourage her babies to the edge of the perch with the intent to show them how to jump off!' Click here: Photo 'The mother flew down below and started quacking to her babies above. In his disbelief Joel watched as the first fuzzy newborn toddled to the edge and astonishingly leapt into thin air, crashing onto the cement below. He couldn't watch how this might play out. He dashed out of his office and ran down the stairs the sidewalk where the first obedient duckling was stumbling near its mother from the near fatal fall. Joel looked up. The second duckling was getting ready to jump!' Click here: Photo 'He quickly dodged under the awning while the mother duck quacked at him and the babies above. As the second one took the plunge, Joel jump ed forward and caught it with his bare hands before it hit the cement. Safe and sound, he set it by the momma and the other stunned sibling, still recovering from its painful leap.' 'One by one the babies continued to jump to join their anxious family below. Each time Joel hid under the awning just to reach out in the nick of time as the duckling made its free fall.' Click here: Photo 'The downtown sidewalk came to a standstill. Time after time, Joel was able to catch the remaining 8 and set them by their approving mother.' Click here: Photo 'At this point Joel realized the duck family had only made part of its dangerous journey. They had 2 full blocks to walk across traffic, crosswalks, curbs, and pedestrians to get to the closest open water, the Spokane River.' Click here: Photo 'The onlooking office secretaries then joined in, and hurriedly brought an empty copy paper box to collect the babies. They carefully corralled them, with the mother's approval, and loaded them up into the white cardboard container. Joel held the box low enough for the mom to see her brood. He then slowly navigated through the downtown streets toward the Spokane River , as the mother waddled behind and kept her babies in sight. As they reached the river, the mother took over and passed him, jumping into the river and quacking loudly. At the water's edge, the Sterling Bank office staff then tipped the box and helped shepherd the babies toward the water and to their mother after their adventurous ride.' Click here: Photo 'All ten darling ducklings safely made it into the water and paddled up snugly to momma duck. Joel said the mom swam in circles, looking back toward the beaming bank workers, and proudly quacking as if to say, 'See, we did it! Thanks for all the help!'' Click here: Photo
 See ... I REALLY am a BLOGGER! 
My candidate ... it took a lot of time to be really sure how much I really like McCain, and, now, his v.p. choice.
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 MY ENTRY THAT FELL OFF INTO THE ARCHIVES:
Red,White,& Blue 
"These Colors Don't Run"  L o i S 
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Subject: FAMILY NEWS: Wedding, Etc.
Time: 11:19:35 AM CDT
Author: lowis6535
Mood: Rushed
Music: WIKB: Telephone Time
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It was almost too exciting to watch ... watching Phelps in the Olympic swimming. What a swim team!
Seeing his Mom's pride & anxiety made it extra special. I thought that his fan club should be named:
PHELPS' PHANS
It's been a while since my last entry ... but, again ... I had a good reason:
MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S WEDDING!
Here's the favorite of all the pictures that I took.
click for a larger view
I think that I'll crop it a bit ... & print it out for them, & for my family.
For their wedding present, I decided to start a "family photo album" for her. I designated several pages of the album for each person in the family so she can add to it over the years... & include Shawn's Family. There are heritage photos of my Mom, of course, & a few of her immediate family ... my siblings & their families. There are pages for me; each of my four kids will have a section which will include photos of their kids (her cousins) ... with special attention to Kristi's Mom & her Dad .... plus her sister. Since it will be a family album for her new household .... there are spaces for her new husband & his family.
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In Crystal Falls, the Ben Franklin Store is the perfect place to find the special album for the project. They are well stocked with scrapbooking/album supplies (as well as many craft supplies, sewing department, souveniers, etc.)
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. I had a coupon for 25% off; I choose one of the nicest albums. It has a dark-brown leather, embossed with gold filigree. I'm going to get many extra re-fills ... there are even extensions for the posts that hold the pages in.
Maybe, I'll put some more wedding pictures on my next entry.
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THEN CAME THE HARD PART ... I HAD TO GO THRU BUSHELS OF PHOTOS ... & MEGA-BYTES OF PICTURES ON MY COMPUTER!
It was an outdoor wedding ... on the banks of a beautiful spot on the Red River near Gresham, WI ... at the "Novitiate". The spot has quite a history. I used to visit the people who lived across the road, & had learned some personal history of the original owners. The man had been hired to help care for "Jennie Peters" (Mrs. Frank Peters) ... the mother of the invalid daughter for whom the house had been intended.
Some history of the Novitiate
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"Gresham
The Novitiate - Originally built in 1939 by Jennie Peters, some believe that the mansion is haunted by her invalid daughter Jane, who the mansion was intended for, but Jane died before it was ever completed and was never in the house. In 1950 the Alexian Brothers acquired the Novitiate as a gift. In 1969 the Alexian Brothers decided to close the Novitiate, put the estate up for sale, and move to Chicago. A few of the Brothers remained at the Gresham site for the next few years. In 1972 the remaining Brothers left, and a caretaker was put in charge to oversee the grounds and building.
On January 1, 1975, the Menominee Warrior Society seized the vacated Gresham property, taking the caretaker and his family hostage, saying they would hold the facility until the Alexian Brothers turned it over to them. The Alexian Brothers refused to turn the property over to the Menominees and the National Guard was called in which resulted in a one month standoff. An agreement was signed by the Alexian Brothers and the Warriors, selling the deed to the Menominee Tribe for one dollar.
The Menominee Tribe held the land for five months, but due to lack of funds and support was forced to relinquish all ownership of the estate. On October 12, 1975, the mansion caught on fire and much of the insides were destroyed. Many feel that because of all this negative energy, this might be the reason why people feel that the Novitiate is haunted. While standing inside its now empty shell, Some feel extreme sadness, while others just get a unwanted feeling and need to leave right away." | My life is always exciting ... I'm a Calamity Jane! After working night & day on that album ... I actually had time that morning of the wedding (maybe four hours away) to get perfectly ready, and leave early for Green Bay ... so I could ride the rest of the way with my son & his family.
When I got there, I realized that the Album was still on the kitchen chair at home in Crystal Falls! It would have been at least a five hour round-trip to get it ....
Oh, well, I've gotten used to calamities ....
Debi's Buggy at the horse show: click on this to enlarge |
Ken & Debi would drive there in Debi's dune buggy ... Ken, Jr. & I followed in his car.
Half-way there ... the dune buggy caught fire!
IMPRESSIVE FLAMES ROARED FROM THE ENGINE!
Ken, Jr. said, "I have a fire extinguisher in the back!" ... but ... he didn't have time to get his wheel chair set up
! I was trapped in a seat belt that I never did learn how to get out of (Volkswagons & I hate each other!).
With great presence of mind ... Ken & Debi leapt out of the dune buggy.
Debi took removed the can of gasoline from the luggage area. Together, they took out the cargo box out & each grabbed jugs of water to throw on the flames.
WOW!
THEY GOT THE FIRE OUT QUICKLY!
- NOW, here we are on the shoulder of a four-lane highway.
- NO TOW ROPE.
- NO TIME FOR ME TO CALL IN ON MY AAA.
- NOW, WHAT?
I suggested that we ask the farmer just ahead (up the hill) if we could park the car in his yard. How do we get it there? ... cannot push on the dune buggy; just engine & fancy pipes at the rear. So ... Ken sat on the back of the dune buggy, and put his feet on Ken, Jr.'s hood so they could push it that way. We had just enough time to hurry to the wedding to see the Father of The Bride walk her down the aisle
EXCITING DAY!
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REST OF THE STORY:
After the wedding & dinner,Ken went home (Maggie drove me) to get his tow bar.
The next morning, he began work on the buggy, & by noon had the car running & was replacing wires & hoses.
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Oh ... Oh ... I've been so busy with the album ... and ... now, thinking of the preparation for the next event; Maggie & a friend are visiting this next weekend, that the importance of it escaped me ... IT'S HER BIRTHDAY ON THE 31st!
They want me to find out where they can go fishing & the cost of a temporary out-of-state fishing license. Does anyone have a suggest of a fishing spot near Crystal Falls where they don't need a boat?
I have a sad saga of one of my apple trees ... ANOTHER ENTRY.
 CLICK FOR LARGER VIEW
My Aunt, Uncle, & several cousins in Florida are near Melbourne, where they got 20 inches of rain from Fay ... THEY ARE ALL ON HIGH GROUND; NO FLOODING; NO ELECTRICAL OUTAGES, NO WIND DAMAGE
The equivalent in SNOW would have been about 10 feet of snow!
P.S. Overnight temps here: in the 30's
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My reading project ... No new books; been doing cryptograms, tho.
See ... I REALLY am a BLOGGER!
On the news, they have been giving reports that in the hurricane-prone states, government & individuals just have not learned their lessons.
MOST HAVE NOT DONE ANY PREPARATION ... SUCH AS STORED FOOD, WATER, TOOLS, BATTERIES, PLANS! At the time of Katrina ... the game of Russian Roulette, played for 300 years ... FINALLY dealt a mortal blow. Most states & people just haven't learned from even that lesson!
Here's a good idea from Michigan:
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Telephone Time is Monday thru Saturday on FM 99.1 and AM 1230 mornings between 9 a.m. & noon. CST.
- The phone number is 906-265-9622
- If you are out of the phone area, you may use the 800-562-7166
- FAX is 906-265-3486
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MY ENTRY THAT FELL OFF INTO THE ARCHIVES:
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Subject: Summer musings
Time: 12:35:20 AM CDT
Author: lowis6535
Mood: Cheerful
Music: NBC Olympics coverage
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Shows what a bear will do to rob a bird-feeder.
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SUMMER IN MICHIGAN ... That's why the overnight temps in our particular area were in the high 30's the other night?
You Betcha!
But, there is so much area near Lake Superior & Lake Michigan ... most were thus protected from this extreme by the tempering effect of the water... they just said that the highest temp this summer was 86; it's supposed to get in the 80's again this week-end.
It's just a friendly warning to us that from mid-August on ... the mantra is: " Gotta start getting ready for winter!". That's why I felt justified in the Katrina days to criticize people in the huricane zones, wondering why so many people made no effort to get ready "Just In Case". In fact ... a survey this year showed that the majority of individuals & even municipalities have not paid much attention to preparing for the huricane season.
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Also ... most of our fun stuff is crammed into the time between Memorial Day & Labor Day ... partly because of "Summer People" ... either tourists or people who live up here only in the summer. Many museums, etc. close up on Labor Day or soon after.
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Up on the Keweenau Peninsula, where I try to go each fall for the color ... October 15th is the day they go into hibernation. |
So, often, on a summer weekend ... it's hard to decide which event to chose. Or, you could be like me, & talk yourself into just staying home.
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THIS WEEKEND ... I may go to an antique tractor show in Aurora on Saturday &, then, on Sunday my MUST-DO: the lumberjack contests at the Iron County Fair. |
MY PAST ENTRIES ON THE TRACTOR SHOW:
MY PAST ENTRIES ON THE LUMBERJACKS:
Here's my journal entry about the LOGGERS' EXPO 2006:
Here's my journal entry about the LOGGERS' EXPO 2007, plus several other area attractions:Click here: BUSY, BUSY
These are some scenes from my road ... click upon each little picture to see what we saw on our way to Crystal Falls & back.
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My reading is on hold ... HERE'S A SONG ABOUT A SUMMER IN MICHIGAN BY KID ROCK. There's videos, too
See ... I REALLY am a BLOGGER!
I voted in the primary recently. Crystal Falls Township Hall is a good old-fashioned Town Hall. The clerks are so nice ... they even remember to have an extra pair of reading glasses handy in case someone forgets theirs!.
Crystal Falls Township: All races in Crystal Falls Township were unopposed:
Supervisor, Thomas L. Lesandrini, D, 427; clerk, Joanne Seppala, D, 434; treasurer, Mary Dalpra, D, 434; trustees, Donald Takala, D, 370; Diane Kut, D, 269.
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Telephone Time is Monday thru Saturday on FM 99.1 and AM 1230 mornings between 9 a.m. & noon. CST.
- The phone number is 906-265-9622
- If you are out of the phone area, you may use the 800-562-7166
- FAX is 906-265-3486
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A FAVORITE NEWS PROGRAM:
 This is a really busy corner in Crystal Falls ...
it's the corner where U.S. 141 turns North,
off U.S. 2 ... MANY TRUCKS!
Many of the trucks are logging trucks ...
Sorry, Tree-Huggers!
Cutting trees is good forest management;
It is a good source of employment up here.
MY ENTRY THAT FELL OFF INTO THE ARCHIVES:
AT HOME:
MY "KISSING TREES" click for larger view
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
Subject: Horses, Home, & Humungus Fungus
Time: 8:49:52 AM CDT
Author: lowis6535
Mood: Cheerful
Music: The Eagle C/W
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Horses, Home, & Humungus Fungus
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  Last entry had many photos of Alan's horse show; now, I've uploaded some more photos in a AOL album.  These are available for ordering prints from AOL.
To view this album:
THE SHOW WAS PUT ON BY THE SADDLE CLUB:
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Two years ago, I took this picture of my great-grandson at the horse-show ... wearing his Gampa's hat.
That's my entry for that horse show.
He's grown since then ... is driving his own car. Lucky kid! He rides on the tractor with his Dad, too.
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Here's my daughter-in-law making her grand entrance in her own dune buggy. Looks
like some envious guys watching!
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Here's my brother & his wife
on the right ... my son, Ken, & his family on the left.
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Here's my son, Alan ... my daughter, Kathy click on this to enlarge click on this to enlarge
Alan & Jason in the background on the tractor.
 Here's my daughter, Maggieclick on this to enlarge
Here's my grandson & family.
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I don't have enough room here to go into detail on the horseshow itself. You can see in the AOL album above that they had events for the kids, too.
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I used to ride in horseshows, too. But, I always preferred to just enjoy my horse without "showing off" at a horse show. It felt more like "buying another ribbon" ... by the time you spent the gas money getting there, paying entry fees.
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THERE'S INFO ON SON, KEN'S FAMILY THERE, TOO.
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Click here: Folkman Ranch Inc.
THEIR NEW WEBSITE.
It includes both the horse ranch & the items he's designed & is marketing.
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He's the one who
- raises double-registered BUCKSKINS/QUARTER HORSES
- has horse-shows at his ranch near Green Bay, WI
- is a farrier
- is a certified welder
- makes the horseshoe decor I bring to craft/gun shows
- has a new business/office doing industrial designing
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| He, being simultaneously a farrier, and welder/fabricater, engineered this tool. |
 Bulb-N-Shoe GRABit |
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NEW TOOLS OF THE TRADE ... Alan crafted these to help him with his farrier (horseshoer) business. My son's BULB-N-Shoe GRABit ... You just have to go to the entry that explains it.
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Other items he's developed are the hoof-stands (now in a n additional size for smaller animals) ... tool carriers, etc.
Also ... because he touts "Precision Hoof Care" ... he & his wife (formerly a nurse) have devised an evaluation & record system to keep on file for each horse.
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HERE'S HIS WEBSITE:
www.folkmanranch.com
There's info on his many projects.
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NEWEST ITEM; MOUNTING BLOCKS.
These are especially useful for public trail-riding areas. Even I could easily mount my horse with one of these mounting blocks available.
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A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT: I had planned upon making three entries in the cooking contest at the HUMUNGUS FUNGUS FEST.
I had some teeth extracted that morning, & had to call in to cancel my entries. Our dental clinic here in town that will accept Medicaid payments (only a few do) has been getting temporary dentists as available for a few days at a time. There was a dentist in this week ... I thought I'd better make my dental work a priority.
I dreamed up three original recipes & had such visions of the display each should be. I'll have to post them here later. Two of my three entries last year won prizes.
Ah ... I'm getting behind on the lawn mowing, gardening, house-cleaning, etc... etc. Maybe I'll feel more ambitious without those infected teeth? I have to get busy on making the wedding present for my granddaughter's wedding later this month. Maggie will be up to visit in a few weeks. Some early apples are going to need picking .... makes me tired just thinking of all I SHOULD be doing! Did I mention that I had hoped to get the house painting done this year?
The days are getting noticeably shorter; it's really chilly some nights. I hopewe don't have early frosts.
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See ... I REALLY am a BLOGGER!
Channel 6 T.V. has information on the terrible incident on the Wisconsin/Michigan border where three teen-agers were killed by a sniper (used to be in the service).
Some friends of mine were only a few miles away; they spent a nervous night barricaded in their home; the guy wasn't caught until the next morning.
So ... I printed up three copies of a poem I'd written some years ago when some teens in Maggie's high-school class were killed in a car accident. I had made it into a web-page.
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Marvelous Young Person
by Lois Haglund
How marvelous to be young forever!
How marvelous to forever to have unlimited promise and possibilities .... never to grow old, tired, perhaps with pain and suffering in body or soul.
How marvelous not to be associated with broken promises, dreams, and hearts!
These young persons we mourn now
are suspended forever in our hearts and minds
...as of this moment...
so beautiful in soul and in appearance... so full of hope and promise...
so inspiring in their vibrancy.
Among veterans of combat, depression was caused by the feeling..."Oh, God, why not me instead!" , when a friend was killed.
But, in this way, Godgives you a reason to be worthy of still possessing life.... any less than your best will not do!
These marvelous young persons will always be a shining symbol of hope and inspiration.
Whenever someone says, "But, they had so much to live for,"
that will remind us, and that will challenge us.
We still have our life...
how will we now be worthy of being the ones left to carry out
the hope, life, and possibilities that they now will never have?
It is up to us to honor their memories by being worthy to carry on!
We will honor them by showing the world that the
life,
hope,
and inspirations we still have must never be taken for granted and wasted.
Each moment of our life is a gift of God... and another moment to be able to say,
"This one's for you, dear marvelous young person !"
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MY PROSE & POETRY INDEX ... more of my original writings.
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Telephone Time is Monday thru Saturday on FM 99.1 and AM 1230 mornings between 9 a.m. & noon. CST.
- The phone number is 906-265-9622
- If you are out of the phone area, you may use the 800-562-7166
- FAX is 906-265-3486
Click here: Telephone Time - WIKB 99.1 The Breeze! SEE JAY BARRY
MY ENTRIES THAT FELL OFF INTO THE ARCHIVES:
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Subject: Preview of Horse Show
Time: 3:18:37 AM CDT
Author: lowis6535
Mood: Cheerful
Music: The Eagle 105.7
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