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What’s the best day of the week? Before the pandemic, Monday would have gotten the most votes for worst day of the week. Saturday night would have won for best night. Churchgoers might have claimed Sunday for best day, although … Continue reading →

Now that the members of the defunct Montana Logging and Ballet Company are old, we figure we are supposed to turn into conservative Republicans, but it’s hard. Don’t say we didn’t try.

Ever since the Montana Logging and Ballet Company officially passed away, kicked the bucket, and lost our poetic license, we zombie members sometimes zoom through the ether to enjoy a weird laugh “together.” Since we are no longer corporately corporeal, … Continue reading →

Who says we’re so partisan that we never say something good about the Republicans? We’ve got great ideas for a convention their followers will love.

My siblings and I possess several letters written by our mother Dorothy Harper, which only serve to make us more in awe of her. She raised 5 children, with a husband who was away from home much of the time … Continue reading →

In a parallel universe, the following might have happened. Warning to conspiracy theorists: this did not really happen. It is what is called “fiction” or even “a feeble attempt at humor.” The time is 1940. The US has survived the … Continue reading →

So how bad can it get? The phrase “you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet” comes to mind. When the whole world is in social distancing, what then? I’ll tell you how bad it’s getting. At our house, Pat put a handwritten … Continue reading →

It’s almost the end of December, the traditional time for elderly people to ask, “Where did the year go?”, forgetting all about Einstein’s Theory of Relativity of Time which states that “Time speeds up exponentially as you age, except when … Continue reading →

In our now defunct band, The Montana Logging and Ballet Company, Steve Garnaas-Holmes wrote almost all the songs, and they were spectacular ones. Tim Holmes wrote a few good ones as well, while Bob FitzGerald and I wrote only a … Continue reading →

Like most people, I try to tell the truth all the time, but there are times when it needs to be fudged a little. For instance, no matter who is asking it, the question “Does this make me look fat?” … Continue reading →