Here are a the 2006 "Fluff" articles you might find encouraging.  Just click on the one you wish to read.  For those articles written and archived from 2005 click HERE, and 2007 articles click HERE.  For 2008 "Fluff" articles click on the "Fluff" button above. (You will need Acrobat Reader 5.0 or above to access the articles.)

•      1/10/06           "How 'Bout Them 'Eeers?"
•     1/17/06        "My First Cruise"
•     1/24/06        "My First Cruise - Part Two"
•     1/31/06        "Howdy"
•     2/07/06        "Non-Verbal Communication"
•     2/14/06        "Happy Valentine's Day"
•     2/21/06        "Pockets, Pockets, Pockets"
•     2/28/06        "Shakespeare and things"
•     3/07/06        "The Grand Old Game"
•     3/14/06        "The Village Voices"
•     3/21/06        "Eating Good"
•     3/28/06        "Family Visit"   
•     4/04/06        "Golf and Helpful Hints"
•     4/11/06        "The All American Sandwich"
•     4/18/06        "This and That"
•     4/25/06        "Blessings"
•     5/02/06        "What's Happening?"
•     5/09/06        "Shalom"
•     5/16/06        "On the Road Again"
•     5/23/06        "Ladies' Fashion"  
•     5/30/06        "Tidbits From a Troubled Mind"
•     6/06/06        "High School Reunions"
•     6/13/06        "Going Home Again"
•     6/20/06        "It's A Small World"
•     6/27/06        "The Squatters"
•     7/04/06        "Happy 4th of July"
•     7/11/06        "One Man's Frap..."
•     7/18/06        "The Whole Nine Yards"
•     7/25/06        "Those Lazy Hazy Days..."
•     8/01/06        "A Kindly Word Does Wonders"
•     8/08/06        "Who Was Speeding"
•     8/15/06        "A Columnist's Life"
•     8/22/06        "Another Day In Paradise"
•     9/04/06        "Myrtle Beach and Back"
•     9/11/06        "Eenie-Meenie-Minie-Vote"
•     9/18/06        "The Fourth Estate"
•     9/25/06        "Popeye Would Die"
•     10/03/06      "It's A Gas"
•     10/10/06      "Gatekeeper of Democracy"
•     10/17/06      "It's A Bug's Life"
•     10/24/06      "Performing Arts"
•     10/31/06      "Whimsical Words"
•     11/07/06      "A Vacant Mind"
•     11/14/06      "A Communist Plot"
•     11/21/06      "Post Election Results"
•     11/28/06      "So Little Time Left"
•     12/05/06      "Barbershop Christmas"
•     12/12/06      "Heading North"
•       12/19/06      "The Christmas Spirit"
•     12/26/06      "The Mountain State"

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