Back when I was five or six years old, I started helping my mother in the kitchen each Christmas season as she set about making her "famous" cranberry bread. She made loaves and loaves - and almost everyone we knew…
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We are getting close to the end of the year and for the last three years, I have been gradually reducing the work that I do with the thought that retirement is creeping up on me. I really don't think…
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Today, December 12, 2019, our oldest grandson, Connor, turned eighteen. I can't say that I never thought that this day would come - it's something that we have been looking forward to since Connor was born. In fact, I remember…
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Have you ever played the What-If game? You know the game - you think about something and before you know it, you are down some deep rabbit hole considering all kinds of alternatives and things that could happen to you.…
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It's Thanksgiving Day, 2019. Andrew and I cooked one of our largest turkeys to date - 31# as it went into the oven this morning. This is the first Thanksgiving that all of our children have been present since Jill…
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We are in the middle of a series at church about how technology influences our lives - and how insidious it can be without us even being aware of how we are being impacted. Each week we have been challenged…
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In this year of unbridled disagreement, bordering on hatred for each other, the Democrats and Republicans are both hurting their respective parties and their images with the general public across the country. And even though we can go back in…
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Last week, Janet and her sister, Debbie, flew to Williamsburg, VA to meet their youngest sister, Nancy, for a sister's week-end together. After a great time together, Janet and Deb were dropped off at the Richmond, VA airport for a…
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Back in 1964, my brothers and I were hounding our parents to let us have a dog. Initially, Dad was against it, but finally he agreed to go and at least look at French poodles for our family. I was…
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It was Monday morning, November 3, 1969 - 50 years ago today. I had just taken the SAT test as a senior in high school on Saturday, November 1st, and was in gym class during first period that started at…
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