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Just so scary because my nephew has type 1 diabetes and has a compromised immune system already. And my sister has asthma. But she has been right on top of it and has spoken with the doctor twice to get some medicine to treat the respiratory symptoms. There just wasn't any vaccine available in time. This is the 4th day so hopefully won't get … read more

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Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" conveys the eerie power possessed by a flock of birds. But Hollywood's fantasy is nothing compared to the reality of Wisconsin birds long ago. Flocks of passenger pigeons containing literally millions of birds criss-crossed the Midwest when settlers arrived, sometimes darkening the whole sky when they flew. At on… read more

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Like most modern American families, ours has a fairly limited use for pumpkin compared with the many ways settlers used it 200 years ago. Pumpkins and squash were New World plants introduced to English colonists along with corn and many kinds of beans. Wives observed that when cooked, pumpkins and squash behaved like apples. Colonist Sarah Kembl… read more

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"Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf is a flower." Albert Camus It's so true, each leaf is beautiful, whether yellow or orange or red or green. Enjoy your second spring... read more

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There's one thing you can say about living in the country...There's always something being killed. Gunfire practically all the time now. I suppose it's the geese they're after now. I hope I don't see any fall from the sky. At least you don't have to see any flung over the back of a car, like what's ahead in deer season. I know people hate … read more