by Paul Stokstad | Mar 21, 2018 | archives, improv, Personal
From about 2012
by Paul Stokstad | Mar 17, 2018 | essay, Literary, Personal
The 50 year reunion (Class of 1968) is coming up for my two high schools, Malcolm Price Laboratory School in Cedar Falls (I was there K-10) and Lincoln HS in Des Moines (11th and 12th grade). I’ll be attending both reunions, the CF one in June, and the DM one in...
by Paul Stokstad | Feb 17, 2018 | Future Humans, Literary, Personal, Poetry, Thoughts en Passant
It may seem surprising but when I got this house I didn’t know it was right next to the Grand Canyon I got here at night, after long travel in other states and other stories and this was to be my last stop It was only some years later that I learned that this...
by Paul Stokstad | Jan 1, 2018 | Cats, Comedy, Literary, Personal, Thoughts en Passant
Ted: I’m going out (goes out) Roxie: I could go out. I might go out. I went out just yesterday. I note that Teddy went out. Wait I have to lick my paw (licks). Roxie: Where was I? Oh, I’m sitting here right by the window, looking out. (sees human walking by) Roxie:...
by Paul Stokstad | Jan 1, 2018 | Cats, Personal
Our cats arrived pre-named, and so we had little to say about that. I didn’t feel bound to the previous monikers, but was outvoted early. To me names that would be more appropriate for Roxie and Ted would be something that implied explorer or lightning bolt on the Ted...
by Paul Stokstad | Jan 1, 2018 | Cats, Personal
For a somewhat PETA-flavored person, having a pet is a complicated topic. Its not hard to come up with flaws in the model. Pets of course eat meat as a habit. That has to come from somewhere. And if they are cats, they are born predators – of mortal danger to anything...
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