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07/05/2024

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The Fifth of July By Chairman Joe July 05, 2024    Here we are in the midst of a lovely four day weekend; a sort of summer Thanksgiving. Many people will have taken Wednesday off to ease into the big day. The Fourth is the only holiday, along with Christmas and New Years of course, oh, and Veteran...

07/04/2024

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July 4th, 2024 120th Birthday of Palmville District 44 West By WannaskaWriter July 04, 2024    2024 is the 120th birthday of the one-room schoolhouse called Palmville District 44 West.   44 West sits east of the intersection of Roseau County Road 125 and Roseau County Road No. 8., in the SW quar...

07/04/2024

Have a safe fun day.

07/03/2024

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Word-Wednesday for July 3, 2024 By Joe - Wednesday's Child July 02, 2024 And here is the Wannaskan Almanac with Word-Wednesday for July 3, 2024, the twenty-seventh Wednesday of the year, the second Wednesday of summer, the first Wednesday of June, and the one-hundred-eighty-fifth day of the year, wi...

07/02/2024

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Wannaskan Almanac for Tuesday, July 2, 2024 The Luv Joke By Mr. Hot Coco July 02, 2024  Once upon a time in a cozy little town, there lived a cranky chihuahua named Luv. Despite his name, Luv was not very loving. He had a tiny body but a big attitude, and he was known throughout the neighborhood fo...

07/01/2024

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The Stretch of Shade By teapoetry July 01, 2024     We are in the middle of a heat wave here in Northern Virginia, unlike the temperate New England summers in the late 50s when I grew up. My mother had a name for hot days like these. It's going to be a scorcher, she would call out from the kitche...

06/30/2024

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Sunday Squibs By Chairman Joe June 30, 2024  If I'm given a choice in where I'm reborn, it will be in a world whose written script corresponds exactly to my scrawl.The concept of the shadow reveals that when we’re angry with someone, that’s an indication of something we hate about ourselves. Wh...

06/28/2024

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The Toaster By Chairman Joe June 28, 2024    There's a great video on the internet called "How I Built a Toaster From Scratch". A genial Englishman named Tom Thwaites is inspired by the novel, A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe, to attempt to make a toaster from scratch. He was a design student ...

06/27/2024

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27 Ògmhios, 2024 Fast Forward by Sven Guyson By WannaskaWriter June 27, 2024  The tree inline with the fire hydrant is the first tree I ever planted by hand; it's a maple. It is located on 1912 Des Moines Street, Des Moines, Iowa where I spent the first 20 years of my life. The house no longer exi...

06/27/2024

Having a great Happy Birthday day so far with my wonderful husband. We love you and are so grateful to have you in our lives.

06/26/2024

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Word-Wednesday for June 26, 2024 By Joe - Wednesday's Child June 26, 2024 And here is the Wannaskan Almanac with Word-Wednesday for June 26, 2024, the twenty-sixth Wednesday of the year, the first Wednesday of summer, the fourth Wednesday of June, and the one-hundred-seventy-eighth day of the year,....

06/25/2024

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Wannaskan Almanac for Tuesday, June 25, 2024 Livin' on a Prayer By Mr. Hot Coco June 25, 2024 You are officially half way to Christmas!  Here is a tip for you.  Start shopping now.  That way you will spend some each month and the holidays won't seem so expensive to you!  If you are shopping for ...

06/24/2024

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Song 2: Dis-membered continued By Jack Pine Savage June 24, 2024  Originally published February 18, 2019...If you read the first segment of this second Song posted on 11 February, you may have noticed the cliffhanger ending. In today’s continuation of the second song that “cliffhanger,” is ...

06/23/2024

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Sunday Squibs By Chairman Joe June 23, 2024  Before ditching your current religion, compare the Consumer Reports ratings for the other creeds.Are things getting worse? Social media of every era complain of a decline from the previous age. The hunter-gatherer finds game sparser every passing year ...

06/22/2024

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San Diego Chill By Kim Hruba June 22, 2024 Hello and welcome to a chill-y Saturday here at the Wannaskan Almanac. Today is June 22nd.My latest adventure took me to (hot) Phoenix then across the desert and a mountain range to pleasant, very chill San Diego. Every person I have ever met during my life...

06/21/2024

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Travel Hacks By Chairman Joe June 21, 2024    My brother Bill and his wife Wendy stopped by last month in their Winnebago Minnie. It's a cozy RV containing everything a person would need during an extended period away from home. It even has a shower. It would be tempting to buy a camper and hit th...

06/20/2024

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20 Ògmhios, 2024 the Order of The Buffalo Hunt By WannaskaWriter June 20, 2024 The Order of the Buffalo Hunt was the highest honor Manitoba could bestow on a person... I receive a weekly on-line newsletter from CBC Radio. [email protected] Its programs educate me about Canada, and in particu...

06/19/2024

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Word-Wednesday for June 19, 2024 By Joe - Wednesday's Child June 19, 2024 And here is the Wannaskan Almanac with Word-Wednesday for June 19, 2024, the twenty-fifth Wednesday of the year, the fourteenth Wednesday of spring, the third Wednesday of June, and the one-hundred-seventy-first day of the yea...

06/18/2024

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Wannaskan Almanac for Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Rock on Folks! By Mr. Hot Coco June 18, 2024 What is folk rock?   Folk rock is a genre that emerged in the mid-1960s, blending elements of folk music with rock music.  So what is folk music music?    Folk music is a type of traditional and generall...

06/17/2024

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A Tensile Strength By teapoetry June 17, 2024  Family Zoom visits became a popular way to offset the isolation of the Pandemic of 2020. Since then, the seven Graham siblings, of whom Jim is the oldest, have continued to gather online. Every other Sunday morning, Terri, who lives in Omaha, sends out...

06/16/2024

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Sunday Squibs By Chairman Joe June 16, 2024  No one has a Mom tattoo removed. By the age for tattoos, people are sure how they feel about their mothers.Why is the one-trick pony disparaged?It's doing one more trick than the great majority ponies. Sports least affected by corpulence:1 Sumo wrestlin...

06/15/2024

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Word-Wednesday for June 12, 2024 By Joe - Wednesday's Child June 12, 2024 And here is the Wannaskan Almanac with Word-Wednesday for June 12, 2024, the twenty-fourth Wednesday of the year, the thirteenth Wednesday of spring, the second Wednesday of June, and the one-hundred-sixty-fourth day of the ye...

06/15/2024

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13 Ògmhios, 2024 Take The Time To Look By WannaskaWriter June 13, 2024 My wife Jackie and I live a quiet rural lifestyle in far northwestern Minnesota surrounded by fen and woodland, unimpeded sky overhead, and dark sandy loam soil  below. Creek water that flooded a low spot after an heavy rain is...

06/15/2024

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06/14/2024

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The Index By Chairman Joe June 14, 2024     The library at Boston College is in a vaulted gothic building. My studying was done in the carrels in the low-ceilinged basement where most of the books are kept. There was a caged area where the forbidden books were sequestered. As I peered through t...

06/11/2024

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Wannaskan Almanac for Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Cowculating the Distance to the Far Side By Mr. Hot Coco June 11, 2024 Back by popular demand...more zany rewrites...parodies as it were...from the Far Side!  Enjoy!As you can see, we have really increased the size of our images.  That is because our av...

06/10/2024

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The One -First Movement / Song 2 By Jack Pine Savage June 10, 2024  Originally published February 11, 2019...As we move beyond Song 1, Dark Waters, and continue to the second Song, I encourage readers of this epic poem to revisit the very first post of this work. That was 7 January 2019. There, I...

06/09/2024

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Sunday Squibs By Chairman Joe June 09, 2024  As the body grows rigidLet the mind become looserThe heart not so frigidI no long care for the things of youth. No more rolling down grass hills; no Dick and no Jane. I'm still up for all the rest though. The food they used to give the slaves has been...

06/08/2024

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Antonin Describes His Mom's Birthday By Kim Hruba June 08, 2024 Hello and welcome to a post-birthday Saturday here at the Wannaskan Almanac. Today is June 8th.So, as you all know, my mom does a great introduction to the blog post, but today, is a different day. Today is a birthday blog! And we're go...

06/07/2024

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The Gallery By Chairman Joe June 06, 2024    We drove to Teresa's sister Cindy's gallery in Annapolis to help out in whatever way we could. I've been retired nine years, but Cindy who is my age, is still running the show. She must like it. I know from personal experience that as the years pile up,...