"Mower won't start, charge battery, install, mower starts, PTO (power take off) won't engage, belt off. Put belt on, mow some tall grass, mower dies. Won't start. Push to car, jump battery, PTO won't engage, belt off. Put belt back on, start mower, mow some, disengage PTO, engage again, belt falls off. Turn off mower, put belt back on, mower won't start. Push to car, jump start, mow some more, belt brakes"/Trish Gannon, via Facebook, re: struggle w/a under-performing mower.

• My mother is a tremendous blessing/A Butterfly Moment
• Heroes among us/Kerri Thoreson, More Main Street
• The vine inspiration/Ralph Bartholdt, Skookum Photography
• Hallelujah, spring has sprung/Slight Detour
• Private eye/Tumblewords
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Question: When is it time to take a faulty lawnmower to the dump?

• Lena Horne passes away/Community Comment
• Hand turn signals, frustrations/From A Simple Mind
• Another early May garden tour/Gathering Around the Table
• 3BT: Worship improv, push back w/the mower, thunder/Kellogg Bloggin'
• Happy Mother's Day to all my beauties/Prime Beauty
• 5 for Friday: Music that should be played full blast/Rants, Raves, & Random Thoughts

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