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To Grammie Glen, With Love

I have put off writing this as long as possible, because any thing I could write would never be enough to honor my grandmother, Agnes Glenevie Sullivan Heath Krupa. I cannot describe my Grammie Glen because everything falls short. She's complicated and...

Fifth Anniversary of Nov. 11, 2001

Steve and I were talking last night about the events of that dreadful day. It's hard to believe its been five years already.That morning, I had been scheduled to receive a blood transfusion (because the chemotherapy had lowered my blood count). I had been already on...

Old Man Davis

I mentioned a while back that one time when we were kids we were shot at. Though I said I'd tell you about it later, I thought I should share it while it was fresh in my mind. Chances are getting increasingly strong that I'd forget it.Anyway, Old Man Davis had the...

What are Friends For?

My girlfriend Carol and I were very close. We were getting home late from school and we were so worried that we would get in trouble for being late that we decided to take a short cut through a junk yard. I'll tell you right off the bat that this wasn't my idea. Carol...

Publish or Perish

I always liked those Dell Logic Puzzles. You know the kind I’m talking about— John wore a red shirt and liked green lollypops. Fred wore a shirt of another primary color and played basketball. Suzy’s dress did not match Fred’s or John’s but she liked both lollypops...

What’s with kids these days?

Not long ago, after browsing a bunch of old family photographs, my son asked his grandparents what life was like when everything was black and white. Angry about the onslaught of laughter, he didn't wait around for the explanation that the film was black and white,...

The Most Powerful Thing

by Lucas Heath Pastis
Remember how powerful a photograph can be.More powerful than any bombsAs powerful as LOVE(Kim Phuc)



They say that love is so powerful, it can make you do crazy things. I have been lucky enough to live a crazy life. There have been loves won...

I Lost It!

A tisket, a tasket,A green and yellow basketI wrote a letter to my mother, And on the way I lost itDue to computer problems, everything that was sent to me by email since March has been lost. If you have sent in any corrections or updates, please resend them to me. I...

The Perfect Fishin’ Hole

by April Heath PastisMaybe there's something to the Scottish stereotype of being thrifty, because my mother has always appreciated a good deal. And this was a great deal. When I was about 10 years old, my mother had saved enough Blue Chip stamp books to buy my...

Note to self

Self,You keep complaining that you can't find the notes you made about such and such. So, I started this blog to send yourself notes. I've installed the Safari Extension and the Firefox Addon for Scribefire. Now, when you're surfin' and run across a cool feature or...

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Netiquette

Recently, my mother included the Heycuz newsgroup in the address list in an email. An easy mistake given my email address is similar, april@heycuz.net. The problem was that the email contained a political message, favoring Democrats. The fallout from our right-leaning...

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, CUZ!

This Christmas, I thought I'd get you something you'd really love! I tried to get all of your corrections and additions done and uploaded before Christmas. Alas, another lot of corrections came in and I was not able to finish it up. In the past couple of months, I've...

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A Truly Golden Thanksgiving

Tomorrow will be a really special day! Yes, because it's Thanksgiving but also because it will commemorate 50 years of marriage for my parents, Jim and Donna Heath.Looking through my photo album I'm amazed at how young and innocent my parents looked. I can't help but...

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To Grammie Glen, With Love

I have put off writing this as long as possible, because any thing I could write would never be enough to honor my grandmother, Agnes Glenevie Sullivan Heath Krupa. I cannot describe my Grammie Glen because everything falls short. She's complicated and...

read more

Fifth Anniversary of Nov. 11, 2001

Steve and I were talking last night about the events of that dreadful day. It's hard to believe its been five years already.That morning, I had been scheduled to receive a blood transfusion (because the chemotherapy had lowered my blood count). I had been already on...

read more

Old Man Davis

I mentioned a while back that one time when we were kids we were shot at. Though I said I'd tell you about it later, I thought I should share it while it was fresh in my mind. Chances are getting increasingly strong that I'd forget it.Anyway, Old Man Davis had the...

read more

What are Friends For?

My girlfriend Carol and I were very close. We were getting home late from school and we were so worried that we would get in trouble for being late that we decided to take a short cut through a junk yard. I'll tell you right off the bat that this wasn't my idea. Carol...

read more