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1. 1 day ago on Peanuts Begins

   This is actually based in true history. The Twin Cities airport was originally established way out in a farm field. But by the 1950s, developer Orrin Thompson (he invented suburbs by building masses of tiny homes on cheap land for all the returning GIs) had built neighborhoods right up to the fence.

   Plus the runways were aligned such that long stretches of low approach still go right over large swaths of south Minneapolis, and the house Schulz was living in at this time. There was even an early crash once that did take out several houses in the city.

   As kids, if you were anywhere near one of these approaches, you couldn’t fly a kite any higher than the trees. I lived just north of the worst of it, and we could fly our kites higher.

   But I remember getting scolded once by the park police when with the wind just right and I got my kite up so high it looked like a speck, maybe a few hundred feet. He told me to bring it down, as it was in “air-space.”

   That term and the idea totally freaked me out, as adult scoldings will that you don’t fully understand. I worried for months that some kid’s kite would take down an airplane and it would crash on our house.

2. 2 days ago on Swan Eaters

   Owie owie owie! Ewwwwww……

3. 4 days ago on Swan Eaters

   Yikes!

4. 4 days ago on Swan Eaters

   I’m amazed it didn’t hurt! Our hands have sooooo many nerves! I wonder if you actually fortunately also cut the nerves that would have said, “OWIE!!”

5. 4 days ago on Swan Eaters

   Here are some fun stats… I just checked and SE has more subscribers now than BCN did when it was starting out, and before she got the newspapers.

   While it has taken a long time for the story to unfold, given the breaks, it is only about two? years old in “comic time” and it already has over 1,000 followers. This is well more than some of the other, non-syndicated strips. So we do have some heft here!

   Also, this stat should probably be over on BCN, but we have so many BCN readers here, they might appreciate it. BCN now has more subscribers than Phoebe! Phoebe was already syndicated when Georgia got called up to the big show, and Georgia always speaks fondly of the help and advice Simpson gave her when she started out on this adventure. For years BCN was always running just behind Phoebe with subscribers. It’s certainly been an amazing journey.

6. 4 days ago on Swan Eaters

   Oh, no, wouldn’t hurt at all, and a good idea.

7. 4 days ago on Swan Eaters

   I know the joy! Careful: slightly graphic bit ahead: ………………………………………………………………………………………….

   I did something similar with a brand new bread knife celebrating on a crusty loaf of sourdough. Without even feeling it, I just grazed the side of my first finger next to the nail. Yes, a small piece of my finger came off. I hate/am terrified of stitches so I called the nurse-line to find out if there was anything I could do at home. She told me to put the bit back on in place, and keep pressure on it while holding my hand above my head. If it didn’t stop bleeding in 10 minutes I had to come to the ER. I was panicking as the minutes ticked by. Nine minutes and 50 seconds later, I was safe. And yes, amazingly it stuck and knitted back together just fine. It was numb for years, but I even have feeling there now. Our bodies are incredible.

8. 4 days ago on Swan Eaters

   Lol, okay we have tie for board winner today!

9. 4 days ago on Swan Eaters

   Nod, do it. I had to too. It didn’t take as long as I thought it would, and i found so much I had forgotten. Plus you can really see the foreshadowings and how the whole story is coming full circle…

10. 4 days ago on Swan Eaters

    Okay, you win the board for today!