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Movie Review: Only the Brave

In the summer of 1966, I was 18 years old, a recent high school graduate, and had just been hired by the U.S Forest Service to work as a fire fighter for the summer. I knew next to nothing about

dcidaho@comcast.net October 29, 2017October 29, 2017 Life Stories, Movie Reviews, Nostalgia 1 Comment Read more

Why I Am the Way I Am—-Part I

I got to thinking the other day about how where I have lived in my lifetime has determined—well determined why I am the way I am. Recalling the places I have called home (even for just a short time) brought

dcidaho@comcast.net April 10, 2017 Dave's Philosophy, Life Stories, Nostalgia No Comments Read more

Hello, Hello, Damn It, Hello?

I guess that there is no bigger sign that you are a true GEEZER than when someone in the now (use your own definition of “now”) generation sees you pull out your flip phone and make a call. A few

dcidaho@comcast.net March 18, 2017 Dave's Philosophy, Humor, Life Stories, Money 4 Comments Read more

Stumbled Across My 50-year Old High School Yearbook

The other day when looking through an assortment of cardboard boxes in my garage (I was looking for some family information to trace my heritage [more on that in a later blog]), I found my high school yearbook from my

dcidaho@comcast.net July 27, 2016 Humor, Life Stories, Nostalgia No Comments Read more

THE BUFFALO WAS A GOOD CHOICE

Hail Our New National Mammal Just recently, President Obama signed a law making the bison our country’s first national mammal. The buffalo (I never called them “bison”) isn’t in competition with the bald eagle because the eagle already has national

dcidaho@comcast.net May 21, 2016 Life Stories, Nostalgia No Comments Read more

A Letter from my Dad

It took me a lifetime to understand my dad (at least as much as I could). Now all these years after he died, I have come to see where the man he became was pretty much determined early in his

dcidaho@comcast.net February 9, 2016February 29, 2016 Family, Life Stories No Comments Read more

Nostalgia: Glacier National Park Wildfire

Hearing that a major wildfire, the Reynolds Creek Fire, started burning along the Going-to-the-Sun Highway in Glacier National Park on July 21, brought back a rush of memories of my early days as a fire-fighter. At over 3,000 acres, the

dcidaho@comcast.net July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 Life Stories, Nostalgia 3 Comments Read more

The Dogs Who Have Owned Me—Part I

  A few months, well, make that nearly a year ago, we got our most recent dog Sam. Now Sam is the dog who came down with parvo a week after we took him from the animal shelter and then

dcidaho@comcast.net July 25, 2015 Family, Life Stories No Comments Read more

I Lost a Friend Today

A friend of mine died today. No, my best friend died today and part of me died with him. I could write this and that about him; he was a fine person, he loved life, he was kind to dogs.

dcidaho@comcast.net July 3, 2015 Life Stories 4 Comments Read more

Dave’s Philosophy: No Way, Not Today

The other day, I was trying to take a nap, but when I saw a spider crawling on the ceiling directly above me and it got me to thinking.   What if the spider lost its grip, tumbled through the air,

dcidaho@comcast.net April 24, 2015April 29, 2015 Dave's Philosophy, Life Stories 1 Comment Read more

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