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All I Want For Christmas Is An Explanation

Ghost of Christmas Present (The following interview took place at 10:41 am, on December 15, 2024, in an undisclosed location. It was conducted for the sole purpose of satisfying our curiosities, in light of recent events.) The Pear Tree Project: Thank You for taking time to hover with us today. Let’s get right to it […]

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Giving Thanks to the Pigskin, Poultry and Peanuts

Grantland Rice Said ~ “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army football

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Coming Home Songs, Strong Shoulders and Midnight Whoppers

“Buying the whole bar a drink and breaking up a fight He’s one disco-dancing fool I’m talking about cool-Doug at night” November 9, 2024, 2:11 pm (EST): Grilled cheese sizzling on the stovetop; extra gooey and slightly charred. I’ve been preparing this for her since she was five. Perfect pregame snack – just dip in

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Do Not Allow Situational Attitudes to make you Obsolete

*(Quick note – please click the Podcast link in the email below if you want to listen to our latest program with Kristin Aurelia. Thank You & now back to our regularly scheduled blog) … She Said ~ At times, the words come unrestrained, unbothered by the confines of subject matter. The slippery slope on

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Frankenstein, The Raven, and Happy Halloween Everyone

She Said ~ The electricity, excitement and tension in the air is palpable. The colorful crisp Fall leaves disintegrate beneath our determined steps. Giggles, laughter and merriment is carried in the breeze from house to house and neighborhood to neighborhood. Surprises of the bewildering, funny, scary and unexpected variety greet us at every turn. Thriller,

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Random Thoughts as the Solstice Steps Aside for Pumpkin Spice

He Said ~ Another punch to the heart. Melodramatic perhaps, or conceivably, just honest. Another move-in day, decorating the college dorm, stocking up on sufficient supplies, discussing the semester ahead, and beyond. So begins Junior year; this is a momentous one. Spring semester will be a trip abroad, to the pulchritudinous region of Tuscany. Italy

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Random Thoughts As Summer Nears an End

She Said: There are ties that do not restrain or cut off the circulation to a beating heart. Rather, they grow stronger, stretch and bend to accommodate growth. These ties unfurl across continents, circumstances, and time to defy the logic of the mind, not the yearning of the heart. At times, the groans of protestation decry

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Inept operas and staffs, but American Pharoah still reigns

The Haskell; the opera; the local pub – what do these things have in common? Experiences that were anticipated with vim and vigor. Well, the first two in particular, but all were overwhelmingly lacking in three areas – preparation, provisions, and peers. Let’s begin with the actual events, (I will number them with a brief

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