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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

Garfield en Español

Garfield

Garfield en Español

Garfield

Garfield en Español

Garfield

Garfield en Español
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Garfield
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Garfield en Español

Garfield

Peanuts en Español

Peanuts

Peanuts en Español
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Peanuts
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October 4, 2026

Betty

Betty

We will have to see!

October 3, 2026

It’s nice to see the sun, but I liked the rainy days we just had. The Forest Service sign up in the mountains now says the fire danger is only moderate rather than high, and the drought map looks better.

This is what the map looked like two weeks ago:

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And this is what it looks now:

I should point out that the rain wasn’t all positive. In some places it came down faster than the soil could absorb it, so there was dangerous flash flooding.

At any rate, for better or worse, it looks as if it’s over for a while.

October 2, 2026