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By Tom Garrett
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January 2, 2009
- If you can remember your childhood even slightly, I’ll bet I can tell you something you said almost every day, sometime between five and seven in the evening.
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By Tom Garrett
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December 26, 2008
- A few weeks ago I talked about my years in the Air Force. I mentioned the fact that military people have a strong sense of duty. Most of the time that’s a great thing, but sometimes …
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By Tom Garrett
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December 19, 2008
- There’s something I’ve been thinking about for more than 40 years.
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By Tom Garrett
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December 12, 2008
- What happened?
I graduated from high school, went into the Air Force, came back out and went to college, taught for 22 years, and at long last, retired up here in the Rim Country.
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By Tom Garrett
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December 5, 2008
- I once heard a story about a farmer who paid good money for a Missouri mule that he couldn’t get to do a lick of work.
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By Tom Garrett
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November 28, 2008
- What’s the most surprised you’ve ever been?
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By Tom Garrett
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November 21, 2008
- The day I am writing this is a Thursday. The second from the last Thursday of October 2008.
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By Tom Garrett
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November 7, 2008
- There’s an old story about a convict who looked back at his life and realized he had wasted more than 15 years in and out of prison and the only thing he had to show for it was another eight-year sentence, with no prospects at its end.
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By Tom Garrett
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October 31, 2008
- I met a woman the other day who said something to me that got me thinking in a way I hadn’t thought for more than a decade. Just in passing, she happened to mention the way she looks at the small mountain community where we both live — Pine.
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By Tom Garrett
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October 24, 2008
- I once went through an Air Force tech school that was a whole three weeks long. In that school, in our big-time, 11-man class, I met the toughest nut I have ever had to crack
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