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The middle of September is filled with several dates that are remembrances of things that aren't the most wonderful memories I have. It was twenty five years ago today that our mother died.  From what Doug told me, my brother…

In addition to being the traditional end of summer, Labor Day holds a number of memories from when our family moved to Indianapolis. That's because the day after Labor Day is the day that I reported to my first day…

I'm sitting here looking out on our upper deck and the birch trees are already starting to drop their leaves. I have a habit of blowing the debris off the deck every several days but I am reminded that this…

Well, we are nearly at the end of summer. Technically, we are still several weeks away from the official start of fall, but Labor Day has traditionally marked the end of summer vacation, just as Memorial Day announces the arrival…

This first day of the next 50 years together was so much easier for Janet and me than the day after we got married 50 years ago this past August 24th. Back then we were caught up in the excitement…