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Our Town – May 23, 2019
The Soupster chats with an heir to Jane Goodall.
Read MoreOur Town – February 9, 2017
The Soupster faces off with old wisdom.
Read MoreOur Town – March 10, 2016
The Soupster recalls three invasions from his childhood.
Read MoreOur Town – February 14, 2013
The Soupster tries to peddle a fishy additive for coffee
Read MoreOur Town – November 17, 2011
“Ugh,” said Jeanne, a schoolteacher friend, as she plopped into the passenger seat of the Soupster’s car. “You hear the weather report?” she asked, as the Soupster pulled out and made for the airport. “I’ve got plenty of time,” Jeanne continued. “Oh, ugh, my keys and my tickets,” she said, rifling through her purse. “No,…
Read MoreOur Town – July 14, 2011
It wasn’t easy to make the Soupster feel like the stuffy serious one, but Cousin Robb had always had just that effect on him.
“The great ferry Malaspina,” Robb pronounced, as soon as the first-time visitor to Our Town stepped off the ramp to meet up with “Cousin” Soupster. “The name derives from the Russian word for `bad spine’ right?”
Read MoreOur Town – February 10, 2011
Whenever the Soupster felt like an old timer, he’d run into someone like Gregor “GG” Gregorovich, whose mother descended from a long-time Our Town family. If there had been a Permanent Fund for the whole of GG’s life instead of just the last half of it, GG would have gotten his check every single year. He was born in his family’s house off Sawmill…
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