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The Bright Knight

November 2023 Bob Kane and Bill Finger introduced Batman in the May 1939 issue of Detective Comics. Kane had the initial idea of The Bat-Man, but his version wore a red jumpsuit, domino mask, and had two wings attached to … Continue reading

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A Port in a Storm

October 4, 2023 During my Sunday morning walk, I was listening to Richard Osman’s second Thursday Murder Club book, The Man Who Died Twice. A character remarked: …it really is very pretty here in the dark. There are a few … Continue reading

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Clang, clang, clang went the trolley

Clang, clang, clang went the trolleyDing, ding, ding went the bellZing, zing, zing went my heart stringsFrom the moment I saw him I fell. So sang Judy Garland in 1944’s Meet Me In St. Louis. Although my father rode an … Continue reading

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Hidden Treasures

When I was a kid, I loved stories with hidden treasures and secret tunnels. They often appeared in the stories I read in the Hardy Boys and Three Investigators series, as well as the Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew books … Continue reading

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Catching up on cars

Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. -Ferris Bueller An article in the Tulsa World caught my attention this Thanksgiving Day morning. The Putting physics to work headline … Continue reading

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