The last several months have been challenging for me. I am not Mr. Technology and, quite frankly, I have no desire to learn how to deal with technology driven issues. I like to say that I have other gifts, but…
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We are almost two weeks into the New Year and that means that we have had ample time to make our resolutions - and break them! When I was younger, I made resolutions every year and it still amazes me…
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Well, I'll cut right to the chase. We have a new member of the family - Hank, the Doberman. That's right - we rescued another dog. And, as in most cases with us, there is a back story. By the…
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Each New Year's Eve, Janet and I replay that night 40 years ago this evening when Janet went into labor, leading to the birth of our second daughter, Jill, early in the morning on January 1, 1978. To be sure,…
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Yesterday I was watching a clip from a Christmas show of the Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason and the rest of the cast. His character, Ralph Kramden, was pontificating on the mood of Christmas with his wife, Alice, and at the…
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Earlier this week, our oldest grandson, Connor, turned sixteen years old. First of all, this seems incredible to me - that Janet and I are old enough to have a child in her forties and, moreover, that she has a…
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My friend, James, and I went fishing while Janet and I were staying at the Greenbrier earlier this week. I always enjoy my time with James and during this trip, we fished on a private stream about 40 minutes away…
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Yesterday wasn't one of my better days. Oh, I felt fine physically but I seemed to go from one problem to another without so much as some time to recover from the last fiasco. Admittedly, while none of these individual…
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Cooper, one of our grandsons, is a typical twelve year old kid who, like almost all boys in Indiana, loves to play basketball. In fact, I think it is a prerequisite to live in this state. There are hoops on…
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