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A day's wages

The boys were back in town over the weekend, looking for work. As in, “Grandpa do you have any jobs we can do to earn money?”

Generally I do. I’m always glad to reinforce their belief in the effort-equals-reward equation.

This being firewood-splitting seasons at our house, I had the perfect job for a couple of young go-getters: stacking. I ran the splitter, they fit the splits pieces into a two-cord rack.

After an hour’s labor I asked them if they had had enough. They said no, they wanted to keep working until the rack was filled. It was, after all, their rack.

In modern parlance, the had taken ownership of the job

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Snowballs in Hell

I can't vouch for what's going on in Hell at the moment, but I can verify the fact that the Detroit Lions did, indeed, win a playoff game last Sunday because I watched every play.

I can also say that all of my relatives in Detroit - as well as those of us who were born and reared there - are tickled pink over it.

It's been a long drought. Before Sunday's 24-23 win over the Rams of Los Angeles, the Lions hadn't won a playoff game since Jan. 5, 1992. And who could forget the 2008 season, when they lost all 16 of their games ...?

This Sunday the Lions will face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit's Ford Field on their way to Feb. 11 Super Bowl.

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Unidentified floating object

We call all agree that the orange orb floating on the horizon toward the right side of the frame is the rising sun.

But what about that smaller yellow dot on the left ... ? It’s neither a lighthouse, nor the moon, nor a ship (not an earthly one, anyway).

It must be a trick of the camera - a reflection of some sort. Or maybe it’s July, disappearing into Lake Huron.

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A mighty wind

It was an early birthday celebration in Indy Friday and Colin decided that Grandma needed a little coaching on how to blow out a candle.

Together, they accomplished the mission.