trivia poem #7 here’s a trivia question when was pizza invented well I will have to tell you for you’ll never guess it was before 753 BC I was just rereading the aeneid (in translation)...

 wow the biggest event of the spring I’vejust been watching 2000 runners streampast my door all colors ages sexes plumpskinny a few kids with parents a fewparents pushing babes in wheelies sawa...

alps poem #1I was torn before at the news a hundred fifty lives lost in the alps especially those students and teachers returning from a happy exchange in spain I hoped no one  saw it coming till...

 veach poem #2my good friend becky put together afamily cookbook telling us which onesnot to eat (broccoli casserole) and otherchoice opinions she also made a bookcalled when grandma was a little...

make a serious stab at accounting forthese two books’ incredible longevityinfluence popularity (even though fewread them these days and knowing themis the mark of an educated person)not many childre...

 bovis poem #3 I know you have been on tenterhooks to hear the names of prize bulls well I won’t keep you waiting any longer Green Notch Segis Ginger was pretty good Highland Caesar Lochinvar d...

 Good friends, I wrote this poemtwo years ago, at the Veaches’ Golden Wedding celebration,  and Jerry’s death, but didn’t  print it. Now I do; I’ve been  with the Veach fam...

Farmer Letter to the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, 1955From my father R.A. DouganGentlemen: Enclosed is form MC 20gfilled out to the best of my ability. Inote that there is no provision ma...