Last year on this day Janet and I were on a cruise in Hawaii. We had gone out several days in advance of boarding the ship in an effort to get accustomed to the time zone differences in anticipation of…
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It was 41 years ago today, a Friday night at 7:00 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church, on the south side of Chicago, August 24, 1973, that Janet and I exchanged our vows uniting us as husband and wife. We…
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It was 94 years ago today, on August 18, 1920, that Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th amendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote. Thus ended more than 70 years of planning and campaigning…
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As I think you already know, I used to love to fish, but frankly, I was never very good at it and so more than two decades ago, I kind of gave it up other than on very rare occasions.…
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Eighty years ago today, the island prison known as Alcatraz was opened and the first delivery of 137 prisoners arrived in San Fransisco from the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth. Alcatraz, because of its unique location in the middle of…
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To anyone who was at least school age 40 years ago, it goes without saying that the above statement was made by President Richard Nixon as he was under scrutiny for a number of things that included income tax evasion…
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I was going over my schedule for next week and I noticed that I have to be out of town on the first day of the two day Leadership Summit put on by Willow Creek Association every August. Bummer....... Because,…
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There is a church down the street from our home and I always look to see what message is on the board. You know, things like "Sign broken, get message inside." Pretty clever, huh? Well, Sunday I noticed that message…
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Each time I enter the side of the garage in our new home, I can't help but notice the small heart carved into the concrete corner near the door - bearing the words "Carl & Sandy - 2002." You see,…
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