Karen De Costner and before that Joseph Stromberg inspire me to add my 50 things more interesting than the “war”: 101. Gumption Island by Felix Morley (his only fiction). 102. Cleaning your muzzle-loader. 103. Reenacting any battle from the War for Southern Independence. 104. Washing your dog. 105. Hanging out the laundry in the solar dryer. 106. Rushing to take in the laundry when the solar dryer turns to a summer storm. 107. An infomercial on getting rich in real estate. 108. Comparing the dinner entrees vs. combination dinners at a local Chinese restaurant. 109. Giving the “Gettysburg Address” in … Continue reading The Fifties, cont.