RUN: Frances Wolfe Haight of Kane sent this funny story from her past.

“Run, Run, Run”

By Frances Wolfe Haight

“Around 1950, I was dating my future husband. Whenever he came over, he usually brought a buddy who would date a friend of mine. One day he came and brought Herman and also his father’s dog, whose name was Joe. Joe loved going after people’s toes.

“Well, Herman held me and Nate took my shoes off. Joe started after me and I started running. I was wearing some hand-me-down slacks that were a faded out purple. Nate did not like them. Joe started running after me and we ran and ran. Around the house and back and forth through the yard, etc. Nate and Herman were laughing so hard and I was really doing my best to stay away from Joe.

“The neighbors across the road were on their porch and I ran up into their yard. Unknown to me, they had just cut the grass and as I ran up toward the porch, I slipped and fell and my slacks split up the back end!!!! They started laughing even harder.

“Then I tried running backward, holding one hand behind me to keep my slacks together! I can’t even imagine how ridiculous I looked! Everyone was nearly hysterical laughing! Finally I dropped onto the porch swing, huffing and puffing. Joe laid down beside the swing on the porch and was panting heavily. He did not bother my toes.

“Nate’s reaction? He said, “I’m glad those slacks are ruined! I hated them! They looked like somebody’s old pajamas!!”

PALINDROME: A coworker pointed out to us that this is palindrome week for 2017.

For anyone not familiar with palindromes, they are words or phrases that read the same forward as backward. For example, spell the name “Bob” backwards — it’s still the same.

Anyway, if you write any date this week in the format month/day/year, starting with Monday, you will have a palindrome. The numbers in Monday’s date, 7/10/17, are 7-1-0-1-7.

This will work for every day through July 19.