Author Archives: Jim

Breakfast at the Caesars

{March 6, 44BCE at the home of Gaius Julius Caesar & his wife Calpurnia… it’s morning, in the breakfast room} CAESAR: What’s this? CALPURNIA: What does it it look like, Caesar? CAESAR:  French Toast!  Again it’s French Toast!  I can’t … Continue reading →

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Crime & Punishment

Earliest man had methods to punish behaviors that were outside the group norm.  Over thousands of year these methods have been refined and perfected. Match the punishment with the appropriate person & submit your answers to the Summer of Jim … Continue reading →

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Annie With the Pretty Smile

I turned the corner, and there she was… sitting in a leaf pile at the end of her drive on McKinley Ave. Mollie and I were out for some exercise… Mollie being our Keeshond.  Sandy had given strict instructions to … Continue reading →

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Not Quite Extinct

With the extinction of the dinosaurs the world moved into the Age of Mammals.  The diversification of animal life was stunning in the Miocene Epoch, readying the stage for the appearance of Homo habilis in the Pliocene and continuing thru to the … Continue reading →

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