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Continue reading →: EPISODE 96. MAYBE THEY ARE RIGHT?Do you know what a plumb bob is? I didn’t. Until a few days ago. I had to learn to use a plumb bob to line up the end of the new beam that was being built for the new landing on the deck stairs. You may remember my story about the…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 95. LAWN MOWERS AND OTHER THINGSIt’s new. . Mom just got it the other day. . I was hoping that Mom or Dad would be using it, that doesn’t seem to be the case. . I am talking about the new lawnmower. . I know a teenager down the street from my grandparents who is 12 and he is…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 94. BOGIE’S GOT NOTHING ON ME.
. Have you heard of him? . Bogie. . Humphry Bogart. The suave and debonair star of the 1942 movie Casablanca, along with Ingrid Bergman. According to world wide web wearing hats like Humphery Borgart gives an impression of sophistication, mystery and classic cool. Is that me? . Or am I more like Indiana Jones? . Giving off an air…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 93. LETTUCE CELEBRATELETTUCE CELEBRATE . Joseph turned 3 months old this week. My parents thought we should celebrate. . Some people would have said, “We should celebrate.” . Some people would have said, “Let’s celebrate.” . Not my parents. . They said. “Let Us Celebrate.” . That is quite formal, it must be because of…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 92. NOW I KNOW WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE FELT LIKE.Now I know what he might have felt like. Of course I don’t really know for sure, and I am not strong enough to push down a couple of pillars. I have a friend, that is a girl, her name isn’t Delilah. It is Laura. That is just my way of telling you that I got my first haircut. I wasn’t going…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 91. BABY DEDICATION AND OTHER THINGSBABY DEDICATION AND OTHER THINGS. Sunday. It was a big day for Joseph. . It was baby dedication morning at our church. For Joseph, and 6 or 8 of his friends. . I am only 2 years old so I can’t count that well. . Pastor Earl had a nice service for the babies, although it…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 90. IT GOT WAY OUT OF HAND and I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW.Has it ever happened to you? . Were you trying to do one thing, and you ended up doing something else? . It happened to me this week. . I learned to do a somersault. . Don’t worry, I am okay. Now. I was trying to be a big boy and walk down…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 89. THE RESPONSIBLE ONE.Are you the one? , Are you the oldest sibling? . Are you the most responsible sibling? . Are you the oldest and most responsible? . Are you the one that gets into trouble, even if you didn’t do anything? Because “you should know better.’’ . I am that one. I am the oldest…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 88. I DIDN’T READ THE SIGN and OTHER THINGS.It feels like summer today. I know it isn’t officially summer, but it is getting closer. . What are some things that come to mind as summer gets closer and the weather gets warmer? . Is it wearing shorts, like my brother and I when we are getting ready to go and play outside? .…
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Continue reading →: EPISODE 87. MORE GREAT IDEAS.How do great ideas start? Do they start by accident? Do they start by trial and error? Or are ideas and inventions getting started by necessity? Do people just keep inventing and inventing, until they have a great idea, like James Dyson or Alexander Graham Bell? What about inventors like Antonio Meucci? I bet thet you haven’t heard of…
Hello,
I’m JJ Pickletoes
Hello, my name is JJ Pickletoes, that isn’t my real name but that is what some people call me. I am just a regular boy trying to get through this thing called life.
I am learning new things all the time and I have lots of questions. Maybe you have questions about life as well.
Be sure to follow along with me on the adventures of JJ Pickletoes.
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