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Historical milestones to remember
      One of my grandmothers was born in 1899 ... the other in 1910. I was thinking about Chic and Mamaw this week and the changes they witnessed during their combined 160 years on earth. As children they had no electricity, flushable toilets or even motorized means of transportation.
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SCENE in Passing
      I nspiration can come in quiet moments. Like last week, this thought occurred to me: "Too young to die, too old to work all day." You should be holding back a big chuckle by now. Laughter makes whatever we're doing and feeling, better. So have a laugh at my expense. Maybe another will come along.
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HIGH POINTS from El Camino Real
      O ur little stretch of El Camino Real has been busy over the past few weekends with great fall weather. The time change still has me all out of kilter, and I can't get all the things done that I want to get accomplished before it gets dark. The only good I can see in this time change is being able to tell my wife I was going to do it, but it got dark on me.
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