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Wrong Hands

Apparently humans will still be good for something.

October 14, 2026

Shoe

When we were living in France I smelled gas in our kitchen, so I went down and told the resident manager. He came up, agreed there was a leak but was unperturbed. He walked over to the joint where the stove was hooked up to the line coming in, and he lit a match. Sure enough, he found the problem — you could see the ring of flame where the leak was. He tightened the joint and the problem was fixed.

Needless to say, I was not as relaxed as he was. As he lit the match, I was over in the doorway, wondering if it would do any good to run. I still don’t know if he knew what he was doing or if we were both incredibly lucky. That was 60 years ago, and the memory is still vivid.

October 13, 2026

Shoe

October 12, 2026

there are too many Rats in power nowadays.

Pearls Before Swine

October 11, 2026

Pearls Before Swine

October 10, 026

Pearls Before Swine

October 9, 2026

Moderately Confused

I think this is a great cartoon, even if it doesn’t apply to Andy and me right now. What do you think?

October 8, 20206

Pearls Before Swine

And how did it get to be a week into October already? What happened?

October 7, 2026

I think so.

Drabble

So far our store waits until after Halloween to put up Christmas things, but apparently that isn’t true everywhere. What is it like where you are?

October 6, 2026

Saturday, when Andy was leaving, he came back in to tell me to come see. Sure enough from the porch we saw a buck munching on this tree.

I, of course, ran to get my iPhone to take a picture, but I wasn’t nearly quick enough. When I got back outside, the buck was gone — a fellow had seen it and chased it away.

That was no doubt good for the poor tree, but it was bad for me getting a picture.

October 5, 2026