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(Newsday photo by Kazuhiro Yokozeki)2021-08-18T21:53:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2013/04/22/civil-war-perspectives/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/20thmaine002.jpg20thMaine002My daughter and me years ago on Little Round Top, checking out the memorial to the 20th Maine. 2013-04-23T00:30:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/10/24/a-life-well-played/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bustup-001.jpgBustUp 001Gilbertson bust by Seattle sculptor Louise McDowell.2013-04-22T16:10:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2013/03/21/tough-skating/2014-11-15T22:21:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2013/03/14/reindeer-and-rana-roots/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/reindeer.jpgReindeerMy family raised reindeer in the old country.https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/grandpa-moller-olson.jpgGrandpa Moller OlsonGrandpa Olson in 1893, around the time of his immigration. 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statue by Seattle sculptor Louise McDowell.2012-12-01T01:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/11/21/a-short-life-line/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sdfarm2-e1353517420344.jpgsdfarm2The Olson homestead near Clark's Fork in Harding County, S.D. around 1916.2019-03-12T16:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/11/06/out-damned-spot/2012-11-17T18:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/11/15/paradise-blown/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/miltonlost.jpgMiltonLost2012-11-16T00:39:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/11/09/veteran-advice/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/medal-002.jpgMedal 002My dad's WWI campaign medal.2012-11-14T17:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/11/02/thats-rich/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dumpsters-010.jpgDumpsters 0102012-11-02T22:37:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/10/30/a-haunting-image/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/chickenleg-002.jpgChickenLeg 0022012-10-31T23:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/10/27/leaf-laughter/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/leafhorse-007.jpgLeafHorse 0072012-10-28T07:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/09/21/poop-patrol/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/yarddogs-002-001.jpgYarddogs 002-001Chatterbox and BBhttps://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/yin-n-yang-n-magnolias-007.jpgYin n Yang n Magnolias 007Yin and Yang2012-10-18T04:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/10/17/welcome-to-the-fun-house/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bb-mug-gpi.jpgBB mug GPIBB's mug shot from the GPI lineup. 2021-08-18T21:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/10/15/spellbound-a-witch-story/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/witch-pic.jpgWitch picLisbeth Movin portrayed the historical Norwegian witch Anne Pedersdotter in the 1943 film "Day of Wrath." Unrelated to my ancestor Karen Pedersdotter, Anne was burned at the stake in Bergen in 1590. https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/witch1.jpgwitch2012-10-15T15:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/10/09/inner-tube-baseball/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/muttsy004.jpgMuttsy004Muttsy was a pitcher's best friend in inner-tube baseball, unless his chain on the drag wire cracked you in the head. https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/muttsy002.jpgMuttsy002Muttsy was a pitcher's best friend in inner-tube baseball, unless his chain on the drag wire cracked you in the head. https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/muttsy003.jpgMuttsy003Muttsy was a pitcher's best friend in inner-tube baseball, unless his chain on the drag wire cracked you in the head. 2025-09-06T14:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/09/25/the-prodigal-shithead/2012-10-11T20:34:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/09/26/fishing-with-boo-radley/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/boo-radley.jpgboo-radleyRobert Duvall made his 1962 screen debut as Arthur "Boo" Radley in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird." 2012-10-10T16:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/10/08/gator-baiter/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gator3.jpggator32012-10-09T21:24:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/10/04/taking-five/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/shots-0031.jpgShots 0032012-10-08T03:59:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/09/19/ransom-roots/2012-10-05T21:04:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/09/18/group-therapy/2012-10-05T21:04:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/10/02/dolan-to-doubleday-to-chance/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/abner_doubleday.jpgAbner_DoubledayAbner Doubledayhttps://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dolans2-001.jpgDolans2-001John Dolan2012-10-02T22:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/09/30/squeamish-scouts/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/chicken-017-001.jpgChicken 017-001https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/chicken-019.jpgChicken 0192012-10-03T15:44:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/09/19/hand-me-downs/https://ransomman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/writer-prompt.jpgwriter promptThis image served as the prompt for Hand-Me-Downs in a Writers Kickstart exercise.2012-09-27T23:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/09/22/wad-was-that/2014-05-02T22:32:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/2012/09/15/ive-got-you-where-youre-vulnerable/2012-09-22T00:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ransomman.com/about/2014-01-09T18:00:20+00:00weekly0.6https://ransomman.comdaily1.02025-09-06T14:43:03+00:00