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December 2022

Missive #13 Published 30 December 2022

Read Will Rogers column 88 years ago: December 30, 1934

Erik had a good day at his last Wednesday group training class. He did almost everything that the trainer required that he was to do. He still needs more training with the Down command but he is better with that also. At the end of the class one of the other dog owners came up to me and said that she was impressed with how well Erik had done. I wish Erik could have heard her and understood the compliment.

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Missive #12 Published 28 December 2022

I struggled to finish reading this book and the customer review expresses my thoughts. I disagree only about the character development. He develops character after character until it is like a clown car at the circus; they just keep coming and keep coming.

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Missive #10 Published 23 December 2022

This is a great collection of stories about a soldier that anyone who has ever served in the military will readily recognize. A fun read — Recommended.

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Missive #9 Published 20 December 2022

This was a good read but is not the adventure book that Severin's earlier books were. It is as much a book about Wallace as it was about Severin's voyage.

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Missive #8 Published 18 December 2022

Yesterday morning was COLD. The forecast was for it to be 26° but we got another 21.7. This happened after we had completed half our usual walk but the longer I was out there the more painful my hands became. It was probably only 22-23 while we were doing the walk.

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Missive #7 Published 16 December 2022

Read Will Rogers column 88 years ago: December 16, 1934

Yesterday morning was COLD; the low was 21.7° with a feels like temperature of 14. That happened around 7:00; I had called a halt to our morning walk after doing half our usual distance. My hands and feet were very painful with the cold; was still below freezing at 10:00. It was much warmer this morning at 31.8° but the forecast for tomorrow is that it will be COLD again.

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Missive #6 Published 14 December 2022

This is a good read with a lot of Ukraine place names that are now in the News. Ostrosky was a Ukrainian but fought with the Red Army against the Poles and against Symon Petlyura (Symon Petliura), president of Ukrainian People's Republic during its failed war of independence.

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Missive #5 Published 11 December 2022

Is there a gasoline shortage? I don't find any News stories about there being any. However, when I went to the Love's Truck Stop here in Benson to get Desperado a fill up I found that they were out of regular and mid grade. That was bad News. The good News was that they were selling premium for the price of regular. That is the first time I have ever put premium in Desperado. I notice no difference it how it is running.

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Missive #4 Published 9 December 2022

Hudson has a one trick pony and he rides it hard in every chapter of this book. If you have read any of his earlier books you need not read this one.

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