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Conundrums Part III ~ Summer Doldrums Just what the heck is a conundrum?! Many people endure the vexation of conundrums. A current one is the fact that at one of the year’s best times, Californians are experiencing the hot, lazy days of summer, commonly referred to as the Summer Doldrums. How do I know? The geese are tired from back-talking fledglings and sending them off to play in our local streets. And, many a car which hasn’t been to the Quick Quack in months, is permanently dusted with the grime of life. Staff at the drive-up window a...
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Grandfather’s Pocket Watch Tick Tock. Tick Tock. BONG!!. It's about 7:45 Wednesday morning, May 20, 1987. I just spent a couple of minutes winding and cleaning my grandfather clock simply called ~ Grandfather. At 107-years-old, Grandfather is still fit as a fiddle. Because I can hear the clock's mechanism as each second slips over a cog on one of his gears, I don't need to see the pendulum's sway. In all its brassy beauty, from inside its mahogany and glass cabinet, the pendulum whooshes from side-to-side, as it always has, counting down ...
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