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- “As a long-ago Catholic,
I have no problem with the
"One,
Holy, Catholic
and…”
February 07, 2012 11:38AM - “Back in the long-ago
1940's, there was a young
woman here in
Wisconsin Rapids
nam…”
April 17, 2011 01:28PM - “Hey! Being a young 74, I
dated some of those late '50's
gals
during and after
so…”
July 07, 2010 02:16PM - “Bravo, Ms. Reid! What
WON'T these people do to "get
right"
with the
sc…”
June 16, 2010 06:51PM - “This recovered Roman
Catholic isn't out to convert
anyone but
in fact there are
a…”
March 12, 2010 09:53AM
Dave Patrykus's Links
DECEMBER 29, 2008 1:59PM
Christmas, 1943
It was to be our first Christmas in sunny California. In the previous spring our family had left Wisconsin for greener pastures after some hardscrabble years of the Great Depression. Mom and Dad, three brothers, three sisters, our little dog Cindy and I in our 1937… Read full post »

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