Grampa Jim tells about what's going on in town this week. It's small-town drama with a bit of humor here and there. Sometimes re-telling the stories of when he was a boy in Washington state during World War 2. Check out Books on AMAZON: THE TRADING POST and KIDNAPPED, by James R. von Feldt.
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Send us a Text Message. The truth is like sugar in a cookie. The other ingredients fill you up.
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Send us a Text Message. The 4th of July is a special time in our town. Grampa Jim's letter to Brett in Afghanistan brings back memories from generations ago to describe our lives lived in peace because of the selfless dedication of those who serve in the services. God Bless our soldiers.
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Send us a text Cats brutally killed. People screaming. National news and TV go wild. Others scratching their heads -- what's the big deal? The GREAT CAT TRIAL.
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Send us a Text Message. Big Joe isn't Emmie's only problem. Blood is about to flow.
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Send us a Text Message. Outrage of outrages: McCallisters picked a fine time to get even with Frenchie but they may have underestimated Emmie-Loy.
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Send us a Text Message. The big news is about the election in GoSprings. It doesn't look good for Garfield so in desperation he heads into Harry Nation looking for votes. He finds a lot more than he bargained for.
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Send us a Text Message. Decisions, decisions, decisions; life is full of them - some good, some bad. When someone from our town makes a big one you can count on comments.
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Send us a text Harry Nation. What is that? People around here know. Bloomfield is getting ready to celebrate Harry Nation Days next month. There's a personal story that goes along with knowing about Harry Nation. You will find that sad tale in Part 2.
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Send us a text A Winter Visit To TEXAS in February; what a great idea. So, what could possibly go wrong?
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Send us a Text Message. One of the many essays and poems written by Bob Neumann a member of the Half Moon Bay Author's Group. His book is titled PEACE WARRIORS.
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Send us a Text Message. Study in frustration we all have experienced. This story was written by Tom Kilpatrick a member of the Half Moon Bay Author's Group.
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Send us a Text Message. What on heavens earth would cause grown-ups in our town to fight? Well, the 55 Dispute can chill many a conversation. In this episode, Grampa Jim tells the story as he found it.
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Send us a Text Message. Not much going on this week till the Department of Transportation showed up to do a project on Main street. We were on TV waving and shouting encouragement. We're OK. The firemen have left.
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Send us a Text Message. Maggie the cat; what can I say. Cats are a special thing in our town, especially Maggie who was never domesticated but decided to become part of our family anyway. Her adventure -- going to the vets, is one of the stories of our town narrated in NO JUNK MAIL.
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Send us a Text Message. A little background from the author
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TRADING POST CHAPTER 24, Day 18 continued
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TRADING POST CHAPTER 23, Day 18 continued
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TRADING POST CHAPTER 19, Day 17 continued
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Send us a Text Message. Help for the boys but where are Eneu and Philip and where will the Indians take us?
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Send us a Text Message. Where's Eneu? We have to find Enu.
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Send us a Text Message. We have to get to the Trading Post but which way to go? Is it East or West, and how will we get there? Boys injured need medical help now!
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Send us a Text Message. The injured boys go back to camp but there is urgent work to be done; the injured cougar has to be killed.
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Send us a text On the beach at lake Merwin.
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Send us a Text Message. A plan to get home.
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Send us a Text Message. Day 3. Meeting Enew
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Send us a text Monday, day three....
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Send us a Text Message. Saturday was exciting and exhausting. Daryl's injury kept him from sleeping soundly, but as the boys start their second day in the woods, their energy is high. It hasn't occurred to them that they are lost.
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THE TRADING POST An Audiobook, INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER 1
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Send us a Text Message. See through the eyes of the young and innocent: faced with challenges they had not imagined, hardship and adventure in which they triumphed and failed, pain they suffered and evil they were to confront. An American tale of young boys during World War II living in Vancouver, Washington.…
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Send us a Text Message. The war was raging, and everyone was busy attending to their jobs. We were left on our own a lot - all the kids were. It was exciting and sometimes scary. We were growing up quick.
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Send us a Text Message. Homeless for a while in Portland. Wartime activities everywhere. Hustle here, hustle there, ships, airplanes, adrenaline all around. Trips around the area to see what it's all about stretched imagination to the limits. A whole town built in 110 days. Three shipyards turning out ships as if they were cars on an assembly line.…
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Send us a Text Message. World War II was raging. Workers were streaming west to take jobs in the shipyards along the Columbia River. The whole world had gone mad, and yet a child's world was just forming. It leads to a fictional story that isn't all that fictional.
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