Dowbrigade

Seven Germans have broken the world shower record
after standing under running water for more than four days.
The five men and two women, aged between 17 and 25, from Hoevelhof, showered
for over 101 hours to [...]

Feline Friday - As previously announced, we are writing today from the Dowbrigade South, our mountain redoubt high in the Andes mountains, 8,858 feet above sea level, in a lush valley between a glacier and a volcano.
We are typing this from the Villa Maria eco-hostal (whatever that means) our son Joseph has [...]

Sometimes situations occur in our lives which are
so fiendishly complicated that it is difficult if not impossible to see
our way to a clear path of moral superiority. As a case in point, take
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The Dowbrigade sits in an empty apartment. Norma
Yvone has gone to NYC to visit with family in Flushing and hobnob with
Ecuadorian hoi polloi in town for the US Open. The cats are out chasing
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