Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/files.php?file= http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/ http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3437-do-you-want-the-bad-news-or-the-good-news.html Observations Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:45:54 +0000 Mitch Traphagen Photo Sammy the dog has been pretty happy since puppyhood. He doesn’t spend a lot of time reading news websites but is http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3436-observations-better-than-ever.html Observations Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:48:01 +0000 By Mitch Traphagen   These guys didn’t risk their lives and wealth on a nation of whiners. Americans are still a strong and proud people and http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3435-observations-cheers-to-our-new-souls.html Observations Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:55:15 +0000 By Mitch Traphagenmitch@observernews.net December 31, 2001, was a turning point for making the New Year’s holiday one of my favorites. It was all due to http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3434-observations-the-christmas-butterfly-effect.html Observations Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:26:18 +0000 By Mitch Traphagen mitch@observernews.net The concept of the butterfly effect is that small changes - even the flapping of a butterfly’s wings - may produce big differences http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3433-humor-in-remembrance-surely-you-cant-be-serious.html Observations Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:41:24 +0000   By MITCH TRAPHAGEN Funerals are often described as “celebrations of life” but they rarely live up to that billing. Death is sad and there is just http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3432-reality-as-not-seen-on-tv.html Observations Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:00:04 +0000   By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I am seriously behind schedule on a slow journey home to Florida. My goal was to be well into the Intracoastal Waterway in http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3431-liberty-gets-a-pat-down.html Observations Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:32:53 +0000   By MITCH TRAPHAGEN In 1975, Dad took me on a trip from our small, rural hometown to the big city of Minneapolis. We went to a http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3430-low-tide-in-florida.html Observations Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:23:20 +0000   MITCH TRAPHAGEN PHOTO It may well be low tide in Florida but, as it always does, the tide is rushing back in. Florida remains a http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3429-living-by-example.html Observations Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:16:03 +0000 By MITCH TRAPHAGEN   Esther was born a child of the Great Depression in the most rural of rural South Dakota.  She went to school in a http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/observations/3428-cheering-on-a-triumph.html Observations Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:01:33 +0000   By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The entire world cheered last week when the 33 Chilean miners emerged one-by-one to the surface. Religion or political preference or financial condition Observer News