Pugh: Finding comfort in depressing times
In this complex, rapidly changing, and unpredictable world, do you find yourself in need of comfort? Are you having trouble finding it? You’re not alone.
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Doug Pugh
Doug Pugh is a retired judge from northern Michigan. He and his wife are wintering on Fripp Island and are pleased to be there. He can be reached at
pughda@gmail.com
The way playgrounds used to be
If, like me, you squandered some learning opportunities in your youth and now seek a road to rectification, consider returning to a playground. I’ve scouted out a few candidates, not by name or location but by type.
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The camp tractor’s contamination release valve
A few quick facts about the camp tractor. First, it looks like a tractor. The exhaust pipe extends up through the engine cowling, a pipe that can be covered by a #303 can (16-17 oz.), these days commonly replaced with a 15-oz. can, or a #2 can (20 oz.), both of which are available without charge at any recycling location.
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A lesson learned from an audit
It’s a good thing for accountants that I decided not to be one. Experiences that teach us what we shouldn’t do are as valuable as those that teach us what we should. I was an accountant for a time; enough to teach me I shouldn’t be one.
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I never knew a better suitor than Bill
I was working at the Firestone foundry in Trenton, Mich., making truck tire rims at piecework wages when I got the call.
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A current definition of obscenity
Somewhere in my travels, through the definitions of words and the characterizations of men’s actions, obscenity became defined in terms of a comparison: something decent, valued, and true, contrasted with something base, corrupt, and false.
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A dog’s death and Archway cookies
My grandson, Benjamin, has been selected to play the lead in his drama club’s production of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.” It was voted best new play in 2013.
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It was a close call
A group of students from the local elementary school appeared and thanked Dorothy for her lesson on duplicity. As a reward, they presented her with a pair of magic slippers made in class, slippers that, when their heels were clicked together in a joyful leap, could grant a wish.
So Dorothy leaped joyfully, clicked, wished, and she and Toto were back in Kansas.
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Breezes can blow stress away
By Doug Pugh Once, I was a farmer working in the great outdoors, able to move with the breeze into open spaces. I had time then to pause and listen
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Evolution of the pecking order
By Douglas Pugh Times are changing, pecking orders evolving, but the chickens aren’t pleased. After all, they take pride in being the inspiration for this universally applicable ranking measure. Ranked
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