If you have been following my posts for any length of time, you know that Janet and I love the Greenbrier Resort and, more generally, the state of West Virginia. I first stopped in the state more than 40 years…
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This week-end we have been celebrating Father's Day. In church, we saw a video montage of father and their sons - from little guys with their twenty something fathers all the way up to elderly fathers and their middle aged…
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Dad died forty years ago yesterday, on June 2, 1978. It was a Friday and early that evening, Dad passed away. Janet and I weren't there yet. I had been to the office earlier in the afternoon and went home…
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I have been pretty much sequestered in our home for the past month or so. Yes, I have been to doctors and to physical therapy but, for the most part, that is it. I guess you could say that I…
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Spring has been a little strange this year. It was unseasonably cold and then we had something of a warm spell, fooling us into thinking that spring had arrived. But... the cold re-appeared and some of the trees and shrubs…
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The days are starting to run together. My right leg is still immobile and I am tired of watching television and reading. Until today, the only outings I have had are visits to doctors to get updates on my post…
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I don't think that there are any beings on earth who have had more influence on us than our mothers. For most of us, our mothers were the people who saw the best in us, were our encouragers and reinforced…
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I am the oldest of three brothers. While I live here in Indiana, both of my siblings live near the Illinois River in towns southwest of Chicago. From my earliest recollections, my maternal grandfather trained me to be able to…
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