Category Archives: The Arts

Branson Day 4

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Roger

All we’d planned for this day was on show, so we hung around the condo for a while. I got restless, of course, so mid-afternoon we went to a local bakery called Simply Baked for savory pies. We drove into … Continue reading →

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Branson Day 3

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Roger

We hadn’t made any advanced plans for Monday, but we made it up as we went along. After breakfast at McDonald’s (my first and last “Big Breakfast”), we rode the Branson Scenic Railway. The name is something of a misnomer. … Continue reading →

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Branson Days 1 and 2

Posted on October 18, 2025 by Roger

We somewhat-reluctantly decided to vacation in Branson, Missouri this year. We didn’t want to go far, and we’d pretty much covered the more interesting sights to the west, northeast, and east. We chose October, hoping there would be fall colors, … Continue reading →

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Highlights from Recent Reading

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Roger

The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there. from The Road to Charleston, by John Buchanan __________ Comedian Danny Thomas titillates his audience with the story of the Australian soldier who dashed up to the English soldier … Continue reading →

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Highlights from Recent Reading

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Roger

At suppertime he [Minstral, a poodle] would camp underneath the table in front of me and would down anything I slipped him — meat, fish, pasta, the occasional napkin, even vegetables, including Brussels sprouts. In those days there was a … Continue reading →

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