Until the home that we are in, Janet and I have never lived on a lake. To be perfectly blunt about it, one could argue that the body of water we live on now is a large pond – about…
As you may already know, Jill, who is our middle child, and her family are moving back to Indiana after more than 17 years in Oklahoma. While we have missed her terribly, we gave up long ago trying to convince…
This week has been awash with facts about the Apollo 11 astronauts and their highly successful trip to the moon – as well as their safe return to the earth. Undoubtedly, however, many of you are tired of the newscasts…
She died back in 1987. I didn’t remember the date, but I looked it up and she passed away on December 11th. And I couldn’t remember her birthday, either. So, I also looked that up and it was on February…
A very dear friend of mine is celebrating his birthday today down in Florida where he lives with his wife and daughter. Mark is a terrific person. We have known each other for thirty years or so and met in…
Several years ago, I finished a large consulting job that had lasted almost four years. It ended three months ahead of schedule and at the time, while I was grateful for the work, I felt that things ended rather abruptly….
The last several posts I have written about speak to Janet’s improved sight and her childlike wonder at how things have improved for her. Not that we don’t deal with infirmities, but in general, life is pretty good. For the…
It’s been really fun around here the last two weeks. Janet, after her first cataract surgery, couldn’t believe how quickly her vision improved. And then, after her other eye was done last Friday, the world changed even more for her…
For the past several years, Janet has been told by our eye doctor that she will eventually need cataract surgery. There was no rush, but doc just wanted her to know that as people get older, it is not uncommon…
Today is a rather famous day in history. Babe Ruth retired on this date in 1935, Queen Elizabeth was crowned Queen of England in 1953, the Civil War ended in 1865, President Grover Cleveland married the daughter of his former…