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Haiku – Friendship

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Originally posted on MY COLLEGE ODYSSEY:
Your friendship means more to my heart than foolishness that drove you away

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How to look like an ABJECT FOOL in front of others

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Here’s a picture of a European White Birch in my front yard: Click on it. It’s dead. I didn’t know it–or should I say I’ve been walking by it for months, and never managed to notice that it had died. … Continue reading →

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My grocer has read my protracted whining about the ridiculous razor blades:free-range liquor discrepancies.

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Call this a boilerplate response. I sent them the link from my blog post the other day. They’ve gotten back to me: Not sure what to make of it. Hopefully they’re passing around my article, realizing that allowing tanked-up crack … Continue reading →

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Gravity, entropy, and the fallen man’s attempt to politicize the Everest disaster

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

There’s a very simple reason why people make the trek to Katmandu, Nepal, and stage at Advance Base Camp for two weeks, thickening their red blood cells to climb the highest promontory on the planet. Because accomplishment requires resistance.  And … Continue reading →

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Now I’m considering changing how the blog LOOKS

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

This is probably because I am running out of Ritalin. But I am starting to think about changing the way the blog looks. WordPress has a bunch of templates, and I’ve noodled with a few of them before. And each … Continue reading →

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On Monday’s show

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

So I guess it’s time to start pontificating about the book, writing in general, and the crazy idea I have carried around for years. I might allude to the center of the mark, but I’m not giving away the store … Continue reading →

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Mount Shasta–view from McCloud Ca.

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

This was my view yesterday–before I headed out.  Mount Shasta sits right there.

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Even more useless chatter about the McCloud River

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

More shallow, non-pontificatory chatter:

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I was going to blog from this place

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

  But this place is closing soon. Instead, I’m sitting in front of the also-closed Heritage Junction museum in MCCloud, charging my phone on the only exposed outlet in town. If I’m not cited for vagrancy, I’m going to hopefully shoot … Continue reading →

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No filters (And blogging from the banks of the McCLoud)

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Sure. It isn’t a huge fish. But it sure does have color. Hat tip to Mike Mercer. It’s his fly (Mercer’s missing link. An absolute TERROR to tie, but I did it).

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