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I placed the gun down on the table, went to the stove and poured myself a cup of coffee, returned to the table and sat down. My eyes remained fixed on the gun because there was something I had to remember about it. I’m not a gun fancier; I’ve had too much experience with them.… Read more
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On May 24th, 1962, former Washington Senator and Cleveland infielder George “Rabbit” Nill died in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I have mentioned here often before that as I “research” baseball history I am naturally drawn to players with the kind of nicknames that you do not see anymore in baseball, or society at large. “Rabbit” is… Read more
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Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana. ~ James Welch Read more
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Throwback Thursdays” at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on May 24, 2016 Though I have tried mightily over the years, a lifetime of reading, writing, studying, and thinking about God, Art, and the world have, alas, taken their inevitable toll on me. I have to confess that I… Read more
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On May 21st, 1987, 24-year-old Gene Larkin played in his first Major League game. I have mentioned here before that I was lucky enough to be at Game 7 of the 1991 World Series where Jack Morris pitched 10 scoreless innings for the Minnesota Twins vs. the Atlanta Braves. The game and the series was… Read more
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“Like a touch of bourbon—or some coffee?” “Coffee, please.” So we had what I had asked for, and chewed things around a while. Since he knew something about Fay’s background, I didn’t object when he started in—but some of it hurt. Her father had been a shack-town drunk and bootlegger and a few other things.… Read more
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Yesterday I mentioned an upcoming July trip to Chicago to see the Cubs and the White Sox play. In a couple of weeks, Sue and I will be heading to Wichita to catch the Twins AA Farm Team, the Wichita Wind Surge (and maybe the Kansas City Royals on the way back). I have been… Read more
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On May 17th, 1979, with the wind really blowing out at Wrigley, the Phillies defeat the Cubs in a wild ten-inning slugfest 23-22. Dave Kingman had three home runs and six RBI for the Cubs while teammate Bill Buckner had a grand slam and seven RBI. Mike Schmidt’s two home runs included the game-winner in the tenth inning. The eleven home… Read more
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The review also had an immense though less calculable effect upon the sensibility of the author. Upon Keats the effect is notorious; also upon the sensitive Tennyson. Not only did he alter his poems at the reviewer’s bidding, but actually contemplated emigration; and was thrown, according to one biographer, into such despair by the hostility… Read more
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Throwback Thursdays” at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on May 25, 2016 Summer has returned to the North Country with days of green and growing trees and grass. Mornings are filled with the songs of birds. At night, we go to sleep to a… Read more
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