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The Optimist and the Pessimist

by Carole Duff | May 12, 2014 | Family, Nature, Writing and Reading | 2 comments

When we were growing up, my father told us the story of the Optimist and the Pessimist – the Maine farm boy version. I can see my father’s tall-drink-of-water frame sitting in the captain’s chair at the head of the dining room table, his large hands taking his...

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