KETCHUP–Bob (Slobberjaws) Dossett

Good morning” Ahh the mornings. Quiet, Bright, Fresh, Numb! I hate getting up but, happy that I made it. So much of the time the old noggen just don’t want to kick in. Turned the TV on this morning and couldn’t hear it. Then I realized I hadn’t put my hearing aids in, Presto! sound. Getting old ain’t easy but, …

Ketchup–Bob (Slobberjaws) Dossett

Hello out there, wazup? Well here we are, and there’d they go? Oh the days dwindle down to a precious few. It’s December here and today 72′ is predicted, maybe snow in 2 days! Now I know a lot of you are from Northern climes where winter is winter but here ya just never know. Crops are all in the …

Ketchup–Bob (Slobberjaws) Dossett

Hollo ow tare Setting here in my chair I ponder how to start this letter. No easy way I guess. So much water has passed under the bridge  no matter how hard I try I can’t find a way to say goodby. So I guess it must be, “continued in the next chapter”. What a wonderful 22 years I’ve had …

Ketchup–Bob (Slobberjaws)

HI:    Vixen reminded me that it’s been awhile since I’ve sent A Ketchup out to my friends. So here goes nothin’.    Seems everyone is wondering about our situation. Well—- I’m doing good’ For an old codger. I’m still up on two pins and can still get out of bed by myself. The last time I ran a mile …

2015 light parade

Desert Traditions

  It is a great that some traditions here on the desert seem to be able to continue even when the person(s) who led them has not returned for one reason or another. Thank You for the Lights One of those traditions is the Peanuts & Nutcracker Light Parade. It has gone through a few different organizers and has found …

Jaws’ Ketchup

Hello out there:    Thought I’d tap out a note to all you folks out there in paradise. I’m just sittin’ here watching the water freeze on the lake. That gives me plenty of time to think, (You know that hurts.)    Hows things going? I worry about stuff. Is Skunk Lake going to be a threat this season? Are …

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A Brief History of Swap Shop

Bob/Slobberjaws & Mary/Vixen January 1, 2016 To the best of Slobberjaws recollection: Slobberjaws “thinks” the swap shop started about 1995, Kra-Z-Ate probably was the originator of this idea. In the beginning, people would call in swap shop stuff on their CB radios. Then the mailbox was purchased for people to drop off their swap shop items in around 2001. Every …

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Wednesday Jaunts

By: Bob(Slobberjaws) November 1, 2015 Ya’ know I sure miss that old red Jeep. I even drive it in my sleep! (To Steal a line,— Over Hill, Over Dale, We Will Hit the DUSTY Trail.) I’m settin’ at the old stop sign, Wednesday morning and we’re feelin’ fine! We get in and slam the door, Then set the radio to …

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It comes on slowly

By: Slobberjaws February 1, 2015  It comes on slowly this longing for home, the thing is so real it rests in your bones.  It just doesn’t quit, this feeling of heart, But it happens when friends are apart.  So I’m taking this matter straight to the top, The Lord’s helping us to make that big hop.  The keys in the …

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Camels in the Desert

Rumors abound on Senator Wash…..a camel footprint in the desert……a pile of camel dung sighted in the desert……could it be true?? Legends abound about the camels used in the 1880’s at Fort Yuma. There is the “Red Camel with a Dead Rider” legend, a reluctant soldier was tied to the camel, the soldier died, & the camel still wanders the …