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Bloopers

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Caryn

One of the funniest parts of a movie or television program is the bloopers…the many takes that were completely Continue reading →

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Go Ahead…Try To Kill Me

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Caryn

Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle I (1874–1948) was an eccentric millionaire whose fortune allowed him to pursue theatricals, self-published writing, athletics, and Christianity on a full-time basis. He was the man upon whom the book “My Philadelphia Father” and the play … Continue reading →

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Obscenitizing Our World

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Caryn

Obscene language has not always been the norm where language is concerned, and in fact I don’t think most people talked that way even in the not so distant past of the Old West…certainly not in the way Hollywood would … Continue reading →

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Lumberjacks

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Caryn

For a time, my grandfather, Allen Luther Spencer, worked in the lumber business. It started when he and my grandmother’s brother, Albert Schumacher, decided to go trapping in northern Minnesota. That venture didn’t go very well, and they just about … Continue reading →

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His Beloved Min

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Caryn

My great aunt, Mina Schumacher Spare really was a remarkable person. I wish I could say that I knew that first hand, but while she was still alive when I was born, I don’t recall if I ever met her. … Continue reading →

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Ahead Of Their Time

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Caryn

I’m sure that most people who are from Wyoming have heard it said that Wyoming is about 20 years behind the times. I suppose that in some ways we are, and I don’t think that is always a bad thing. … Continue reading →

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Largest Tank Battle In History

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Caryn

When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in early July of 1943, they concentrated their forces near the city of Kursk in Western Russia. This was the site of a 150 mile wide Soviet resistance pocket that jutted 100 miles … Continue reading →

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Defining Moment

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Caryn

I think that every nation has opportunities to do what can be labeled as defining moments…situations when the nation dealt with an enemy or situation so well, that it can only be considered amazing. That was how the United States … Continue reading →

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Worker Bees

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Caryn

This morning, as my family worked to rake up all the leaves at my mother’s house, I found myself taken back to my childhood years. I remember the many times when my dad would tell all of us girls to … Continue reading →

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A Hand Like A Foot

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Caryn

Monday nights during the school year, basically September to late April or early May, Bob and I bowl on a league at Sunrise Lanes in Casper. There are a few fun things we do there, like bowling poker, pushing nickels, … Continue reading →

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