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Author Archives: Marty Ryan
Take A Pill
One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you, don’t do anything at all White Rabbit by Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane. This week I have my yearly visit with my primary … Continue reading
A Taxing Dilemma
Saturday and Sunday, August 7th and 8th, is the tax-fee weekend in Iowa for purchases of clothing and footwear. What that means is that there is no addition of sales tax, state or local, on purchases of certain cloths or … Continue reading
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Tagged JC Penney, Minnesota, Sales Tax Holiday, The Tax Foundation
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What a MESS!
Our Army company was a unit called permanent party, which meant that the company’s headquarters were stationed permanently at Fort Lee. Most of the companies at Fort Lee, while I was there, were teaching units, and they taught quartermaster and … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Boone's Farm Apple Wine, Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill, Fort Lee VA, Ripple Wine
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Minority Impact Statements: History and Continuing Efforts
The Iowa quarter, printed in the latter part of 2004, is based upon a Grant Wood painting depicting a group of students and their teacher planting a tree outside of a county school. The statement on the coin says, “Foundation … Continue reading
Sweet, Sweet Summertime
We ate our first garden-raised tomato ten days ago. I’m not kidding. It came from Stephanie’s garden. We also ate our first strawberries of the year, also from Stephanie’s garden. Radishes are the only thing we’ve eaten so far from … Continue reading