Last week, our family once again went through the loss of one of our own - Andrew's dog, Trinity. In my opinion, Trinity could have possibly been the best dog that our family has ever had. She was a border…
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By the time that many of you read this, the events for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth will be well underway and later today, the official ten days of mourning will be complete. American flags that have been at half-staff…
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This week, we have seen endless news coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the how the British Empire is mourning her loss. For many of us, including Janet and I, we have never known any Queen other…
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It's been an unusually busy week - the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament, the death of the Queen, the ascension of Charles to the throne and many other noteworthy events. However, as an American, I would be remiss if I didn't…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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