If a Martian came to earth and you told ‘em there was an animal as big as a bread truck that had two long teeth sticking out of its head, and it ate by picking up grass with the end of its nose and putting it into his mouth, that Martian wouldn’t believe you for a moment. P. T. Barnum would be embarrassed to tell a whopper like that.
Paul’s father and grandfather Kelly had some art skills, and Paul aspired to that as well. While his work wasn’t first rate, it wasn’t bad either. Here is one from his grandfather: While he had email through the JPay system he would send me digital …
Greint Report for May 21. Paul Kelly I began writing to Paul Kelly about 7 years ago. He had occasional columns in Circus Report, a trade magazine of the industry. He wrote of his and his family’s experiences, and always ended with a request for …
One of the big issues in the events at Bunkerville Nevada was the water rights of the Bundy family. Here is how you can do your own research on who has a permit to use surface or groundwater in the state, and some details on …
I visited my mother in San Antonio during Holy Week, and she mentioned that I should take the opportunity to see the “Via Cruces” (Way of the Cross, essentially a theatrical performance similar to the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau, Germany) downtown. It has been …
Rahkell-“She who is a friend to sheep.” Habib- “Happy.” Amahl- A boy’s name in the Holyland, and a tip of the hat to Menotti’s Christmas opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” Francis, who loved the animalsMade the first manger scene,With ox and donkey, cow and …
In 1988, Mary and I purchased a little nativity scene at a market in Mexico City. The figurines are all about an inch tall, and the set has become something we absolutely need to put out every year. It contains the usual shepherds, sheep, cow …
Portland certainly needs a new system of governance, but adoption of the Charter Commission’s proposals would make a bad system worse. One problem is the complicated and untried combination of ranked-choice voting with multi-member districts to choose the members of the City Council. Should the …
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An acquaintance of mine surprised me a few weeks ago with an invitation to be a worker on a fireworks crew that would be firing off the official Indepence Day fireworks shows for the cities of Ilwaco and Long Beach, Washington. These cities are in …
When my local public library to an online catalog from a company called Bibliocommons, it now requires library users who want to place a book on hold to register with that company, which then keeps track of everything they have checked out. This is a …
