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A Wonderful Woman and Awesomely Great Friend
It is a rate thing, indeed, for two people to be united in friendship for 80 plus years. But that has been the case for me and Martha...

Andy Pate
Jun 302 min read
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New Beginnings
The Puttbeat for all people of all nations - plus all the sports worth reporting This issue marks a new beginning for The...

Andy Pate
Jun 41 min read
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Two Steps Ahead
I am behind. I have two major projects needing to be finished. It is not New Year's, I realize. But I have a resolution for beginning...

Andy Pate
May 121 min read
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May 2, 2025
\\ Violent storms are expected to continue today through the central states and possibly into Missouri. Damaging hailstorms may occur in...

Andy Pate
May 21 min read
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Putt Prattle - May 1 '25
Mike Waltz is no longer head of our national security. Instead, he will soon be our ambassador to the United Nations. Waltz's problems...

Andy Pate
May 12 min read
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April 30, 2025
He still has time to recoup and return to the forefront of presidential respectability, But Donald Trump is sinking in the polls, rapidly...

Andy Pate
Apr 302 min read
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April 29, 2025
Putin has called for a three-day truce, May 8-10, in his country's seemingly endless war with Ukraine. We wonder--yes, we do--why he did...

Andy Pate
Apr 292 min read
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Unusual Places/People/Animals I've Lived in or Near in My 90 Years
Livingston UM Whooping Crane Tree, Goose Island As Astrodome1999 Our Lady of Refuge Rice, Shamrock, St....

Andy Pate
Apr 241 min read
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Refugio's Master Artist
By Putt. On these pages we have said a great deal about the fine athletes who've come out of Refugio but barely mentioned the guy who...

Andy Pate
Apr 151 min read
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Andy Pate
Apr 130 min read
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When a President Enjoys Losing More than He Does Winning
Only recently, amid "Our World Tariff Crisis," have we discovered who Donald J. Trump really is, a guy who enjoys losing more than he...

Andy Pate
Apr 82 min read
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It's Long Past Time for them to Speak Up!
They've been silent for way too long. For decades now, they've had their mouths shut when those mouths should have been wide open and...

Andy Pate
Apr 72 min read
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When Last Words Are the Most Important
In delivering a speech perhaps the first step you must take to be successful is to get the attention of your audience. Its members could...

Andy Pate
Apr 52 min read
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The Crippling Separation That Escapes the Wonder of Oneness
I saw a photo a couple of days ago that disturbed me greatly, and still does when I look at it (see below). I don't recall ever seeing...

Andy Pate
Apr 32 min read
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Apr 30 min read
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Queen Eleanor and Her Want-a-be King
Eleanor Sparks was a very attractive young woman. She was short in stature but had a lovely profile, a nice figure, and extraordinarily...

Andy Pate
Apr 11 min read
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For Me and My Carol, the Bell is Ringing
I don't know whether I can rightly say that I fell in love with her on first sight (I was 9; she was 7). But I can say I think such...

Andy Pate
Mar 292 min read
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Polls and Our Pitiful Politics
A good friend, Rube Cage (deceased) had an avid interest in anything political but when the polls would come out during candidating, he...

Andy Pate
Mar 281 min read
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