I’ve been playing with an audio recorder. I recorded a story I had written a few years ago and originally posted on October 14, 2018. I shared it with my kids, two sisters and my nieces. Most gave it a thumbs up. Jackie shared it with the members her “pretty ladies club”. I think that’s …
Author: Robert
Michigan or Florida?
The golf course reunion was followed by a poker game back near Lake LeAnn. I’m the last original player from a group that started in 1978. We had seven guys back then. They lived on Lake LeAnn or Lake Somerset. At thirty-one, I was one of the youngest players. Maybe the youngest. Over the years …
Angels Crossing
A couple of weeks before Ruth’s accident we were talking about our two homes, and I offered this question. “We’re lucky. Our kids and grandkids are all in a good place. Everyone’s got a good job. And you and I have two beautiful homes. We don’t have to, but if we did, which home would …
Stage Four
About fourteen months ago I wrote about my friend, Obadiah Swift’s, Facebook Post. It featured two pictures of different approaches to overcoming life’s obstacles. Two men find themselves in a hole. One man sits in his hole and ponders his fate, while the second digs his way out. One step at a time. I posted …
Good To See Ya
My Florida barber always says, “Good to see ya!” each time I get my hair cut. My reply is always the same, “It’s good to be seen.” I played in a golf tournament last weekend and rekindled friendships with a couple dozen men and women. One man, Dan, said, “It’s good to see ya.” I …
And the Winners …
David and I headed to Addison last Thursday to award our fourth and fifth Tebo Family Scholarships. We made three awards last year and two this year. This year’s awards went to Keisha and Nate. Keisha is studying psychology and Nathaniel plans to take us to Mars. We had seven applicants, did a zoom interview …
Three
Several months ago, I went to a dinner with over forty members of the Single Baby Boomers Club. We were scheduled to take part in a team putting contest on the Arnold Palmer Golf Course in The Villages. It was raining so the contest was canceled but we had dinner anyway. As I’ve written before, …
Mother’s Day 1968
I started dating a new girl in March of 1968. We met at the White Rose for my fraternity. Our chapter was being installed as Lambda Chi Alpha’s Lambda Tau. I had pledged the prior fall, and after almost getting black balled, I was assigned to help guys who didn’t have dates get dates for …
Simple Math
When I was in school, I hated math on the days we had to tackle story problems. Things like: If four guys go golfing at a course thirty minutes from their home, have an 8:00 a.m. tee time and they each get a hole in one during the round, what time will they get home? …
The Ghost’s Perfume
Last fall I wrote a blog about my son-in-law, Sutton’s, appearance at a high-end venue in San Diego, California. He opened for the group Air Supply, and Elizabeth appeared on stage with him, just as she did during an eighteen-month cross-country musical performance tour that began in the summer of 2018. They were Sutton and …