I moved down to Indianapolis on Labor Day, 1982. Janet and the kids were still in northwest suburban Chicago and I checked into my Indy hotel room (Room #1231) to begin work the following morning. It was a bittersweet time….
I had been, for all intents and purposes, out of work. Janet and I were living hand to mouth with three kids to feed and I had been waiting to hear about securing a position in Indianapolis. The purpose of…
More than ten years ago, airport security took a major step forward. Lines of passengers passing through the metal detectors to get to their respective gates were exceedingly long. There were some early programs like CLEAR that provided memberships for…
Lately, my ideas for posts have come from all over the place, but one of the main things that I have noticed is that they seem to have a common theme – reflection on the past and looking toward the…
Yesterday, Janet and I celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary. We have known each other for more years than that, more than 63 years total, but we were engaged on Christmas Eve, 1972 and married on August 24, 1973. Janet and…
We recently found our cable bill moving to about $300 per month with the promise that it was going higher this summer. That included internet but still, as it was moving to $340 and then $370 this fall, I was…
Last Tuesday, August 16th, my youngest brother, Ken, would have been 62 years old if he was still living… Unfortunately, that isn’t the case. Ken died on February 29th, 2020 in a hospital in Peoria, Il. It was the week…
Last Tuesday, August 16th, my youngest brother, Ken, would have been 62 years old if he was still living… Unfortunately, that isn’t the case. Ken died on February 29th, 2020 in a hospital in Peoria, Il. It was the week…
Back when I was almost 10 years old, an animated TV program ran for a 24 week season from September 1962 – March 1963. It was called the Jetsons and highlighted the family antics of George Jetson, his wife Jane,…
One of my hobbies as I move more toward retirement is to spend time grilling, cooking and smoking in the backyard. Although I have more than 50 years grilling experience, I entered the world of backyard smoking approximately five years…