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King & I: Big Bear offers kids a rare experience with snow
King and I just returned from four nights with our daughter, her sons and another friend in Big Bear City, Calif. It was a good trip, but I haven’t decided…
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Pumpkin pie overnight breakfast oats make kids healthy choice
by Kathy Hamman Miller Just the name suggests to the littles that they will really enjoy this healthy choice. Makes around 10 cups. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups vanilla greek yogurt…
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Army Bob: So what really is a fascist?
by Robert M. Traxler “I believe our current administration is fascist,” — an editorial comment in the Town Broadcast. The moniker of "fascist" is tossed about liberally in our society.…
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Chocolate coconut bars for Valentines
by Kathy Hamman Miller One of the fam’s favorite bars with a little added touch for Valentine’s Day. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Ingredients: 1 cup just melted salted butter…
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King & I: Life is short, so do what you want
It’s Thursday evening and King and I are back in the trailer early this evening. Our grandsons had baseball practice and we opted to head home rather than sit in…
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Army Bob: Too many airports crowd D.C.
The recent aircraft tragedy in Washington D.C. makes one ponder the real need for Reagan National Airport. Both aircraft went down in the Potomac River. That was not by luck,…
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Nostalgia reigns at Auction House Cafe
"A little nostalgia for the old folks." — Frank Zappa, 1968, "Lumpy Gravy." If there’s such a thing as a city’s capital site for nostalgia, it has to be ye…
Make a Valentines Day cake just for fun
by Kathy Hamman Miller Just for fun! Get the kids together and tell them you’re going to make a surprise cake and need their help. Wait until they see what…
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King & I: The President only passes the buck
by Phyllis McCrossin King had a good laugh at my expense today. Seems I have a huge aversion to finger pointing, the blame game and gaslighting. So when President Donald…
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Army Bob: We need warriors, not pronouns
by Robert M. Traxler Retired LTC. Peter Brian Hegseth President Donald Trump’s administration’s pick for Secretary of Defense made the point at his Senate hearings that in World War II…