The Verbal Commute by Paul Andrew Doyle, Founder, Publisher & CEO TM


LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!


growing vegetable, fruits, fl owers and non edible plants easier than ever. It’s not ever re-


down as not to disturb his new prey. T e tail fl ickers and he spins incessantly to no avail! All I could do is laugh my


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Santa Rosa, CA. ~ T ere is something about Spring that seems to bring out the best in people. Finally the sun has come out and the rain becomes less & less. Well, almost, here in Sonoma County anyway. But, planting a seed is what I en- joy most. Watching something grow and nurturing it along the way. Keeping the bugs off (naturally of course!) Each year I learn more & more


from many people throughout the county about how to make


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ally easy, but the amount of work that is put into the gar- den seems to help life run smoother, easier and certainly much more peaceful and is very reward- ing. As I sit down on a cement tile, one of many in the garden, I grab a new tomato start from one of our great local nurseries and here comes my cat (one of three and the most playful) , Boo. Boo loves cat nip. On this day in late March, Boo ap-


pears to have raided the one of four catnip plants, and prompt- ly fl ops down on my brand new tomato plant snapping it at it’s base. “T anks little buddy, your a born gardener, but your tech- nique is a bit loose”, I say to him. He keeps rolling around a bit more than spots his own tail. Oh no, I’m thinking...I thought he got over this when he was a kitten! But no, at nearly nine years of age he’s determined. He sits upright and slowly looks


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head off . I wasn’t sure why it was so funny, maybe because I needed a good laugh. Aſt er many years I had fi nally paid off a few important bills, and my entire heating and cooling system decided to promptly break down two days later. We had to replace all of it! T ank goodness for the speedy repair company, One Hour Healing & Cooling here in Santa Rosa! For nearly 4 days our house got down to 54 degrees! We are back in service, and it’s running like a champ! (We’ll be doing a story about them in the future for sure!) My daughter took this picture


of me (actually over 20)at the state capital in Olympia, Wash- ington. (In all the other photos I was being a goof all! T at’s why I’m laughing here!) I stayed in Boston Harbor on the Puget Sound relaxing for a week this February, 2017 during a huge snow storm with heavy rains. It was a blast, literally(winds to nearly 70 mph.) When I returned, work was


still there and quite a large amount of emails from people and businesses hoping to get into our next issues were await-


Sports Trivia


On March 2, 1962, Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in one game against New York. That is the most one player has ever scored in one game.


Current Atlanta Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens has won more basketball games than any other coach.


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May this issue fi nd you well!


First Humor


ing my reply. Sharing how they just had learned about my fun and easy going paper and ask- ing me if I could publicise one of their many great happen- ings! We are stronger than ever thanks to all of you!


“So tell me, Mrs. Smith,” asked the interviewer, “have you any other skills you think might be worth mentioning?” “Actually, yes,” said the applicant modestly. “Last year I had two short stories published in national magazines, and I fi nished my novel.” “Very impressive,” he commented, “but I was thinking of skills you could apply during


offi ce hours.” Mrs. Smith explained brightly, “Oh, that was during offi ce hours!”


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