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Remembering Dr. Leona Glidden Running
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My Hippopotamus for Christmas
ByhenrySeveral years ago our friend, Erin McClellan, found out that I like the song, “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.” Don’t push on the reasons. I just like it. Since Erin has a well-developed sense of humor, she gave me a plastic hippo that Christmas. I was delighted. Jody and I are generally light on…
Remembering
ByhenryEach time I hear a news item that I know will involve members of our armed services being sent into danger, I am jarred just a bit. This wasn’t so early in my life. I formed many political opinions without ever thinking of the individual human cost of those actions. The fact is that if…
The Importance of Little Things
ByhenryI’m working on a programming project for the IT side of my business today and I was reminded of the importance of little things. When I’m programming and something goes wrong, my tendency is to look for big things. For example, there was a problem in this program with handling time zone data. Time codes…
Doggy Oaths
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