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Happy Independence Day. I hope folks will celebrate safely with family and friends now that most of the pandemic restrictions have been lifted.

About three weeks ago, I had the opportunity to have a get-together with family and friends to celebrate my 75th birthday and even enjoy a visit from my son and daughter-in-law from California. We ate a lot of food, took family pictures and played some lawn games, including molkky — a gift from the Lance Seboe family. Molkky, aka finska, is a popular Finnish game played with sticks (skittles). The outdoor lawn game was invented by a Finnish compan...