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For the second time in seven months, I am sitting at the surgery center. Our son, Andrew, has just been wheeled back to have a procedure done on his right thumb - for the second time. What started out as…

Last evening I returned from a short business trip in southern Indiana. As I was getting off the exit near home, traffic was tied up as a mother goose was crossing a busy street. Several steps behind her, a young…

Now that we are pretty much settled in to the new house, the time has come for me to break out my tackle and fishing rods. When I was a little guy, I started out with famous Zebco equipment, similar…

Yesterday, I received a Father's Day gift and/or card from each of our children and, of course, our grandchildren got in on the act as well. Each of our kids has a different sense of humor so I can kind…

This week-end, among other events, we celebrated Flag Day on the 14th. Most people don't realize that the day commemorates the adoption of our flag as the official symbol of the US back in 1777 by the second Continental Congress.…