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Rusty Harper is outrageously happy because he is retired and living with the love of his life, Pat Callbeck Harper in Helena, Montana. So why does he inflict these ramblings on the rest of us, you ask? Because you deserve it. If you aren't smart enough not to read this stuff, then you have to suffer through it. Maybe that builds character, though I doubt it. Think of all the positive things you could do with the time you are wasting on things that occur to me in the night and then sound strange even to me when I write them down in the morning. Bake a cake. Complain to your Senator. Run for Congress. Do something.

Getting Philosophical

What is truth? That used to be an actual question, long before our current culture of “If I get enough people to believe my lies, then that is the truth.” Formerly, some people would think about and try to understand … Continue reading

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IQ Test for Free

The good news today is that you can take an IQ test for free. Yes, I am aware of the cultural and language biases of all IQ tests. For example, when a test says, “A saucer is to a cup … Continue reading

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Foulweather Friends

“We got all the friends that money can buy, so we never have to be alone.And we keep gettin’ richer, but we can’t get our picture on the cover of the Rollin’ Stone.” Lyric by Shel Silverstein for Dr. Hook … Continue reading

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Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters

When I was young, there was a proverb that went “Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.” That was a line from the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes (11:1) in the Revised Standard Version. … Continue reading

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Tell Me a Groaner

In this time when the news is almost entirely depressing with, well, you can fill in the blanks with Montana, US, and world events; you may want to go back to a simpler time when there was only one major … Continue reading

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They’ll Trash the Constitution

The Donald recently said that parts of the US Constitution are no longer valid. Since he hasn’t read it, he doesn’t know which parts. He just knows he has the right to be president for life if he has enough … Continue reading

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Dorothy Harper’s Eulogy

Our mother, Dorothy Watson Harper, passed away at age 99 in December. She was one of the greats. You can see a video of the celebration of her life which includes the eulogy, a slide show, and some of her … Continue reading

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A Sporting Chance

Friends had many fine corrections for my tirade last week about the legislature. Liz Moore gently reminded me that the category of “mental illness” already carries a stigma that makes it hard for people to ask for help. While some … Continue reading

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Legislative Fixes

The legislature is gone and there is a song in our hearts. It’s one of those good old country songs “Ain’t no trash in my trailer since the night I threw you out.” This legislature seemed to operate on the … Continue reading

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Lost or Just Misplaced

Now when I am aging fast (and glad of it because I got both my Covid shots), I often lose or at least misplace things. This morning I realized I have lost my sense of humor. After looking all over … Continue reading

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