I’ve been invited to sign my book at All Booked Up. It’s a bookstore in The Villages. They invite four local authors to sell their books in the store over a two-month period. Mine will be on sale during September and October. I’ve also been asked to sign my book on September 17th. I’m excited …
Category: Current Events
Hoosiers and Their Olives
In 1833, an Ohio newspaper wrote, “Hoosier has been used in many of the Western States, for several years, to designate an inhabitant of our sister state of Indiana.” That indicates the term “Hoosier” may have originated outside of Indiana. How? There are numerous theories, but none have been proven. One of the most popular …
Minstrels Will Sing
A minstrel was an entertainer in medieval Europe. Having just returned from fifteen days in the British Isles, and after exploring several castles, the term was sitting in my brain, when I played in a couple of golf competitions this past week. It originally described any type of entertainer such as a musician, juggler, singer …
Update
When I was approached to sell my book at The Villages Barnes and Noble last spring, I jumped at the chance. Twelve local authors had their books sold for a three-month period. Mine was available April, May and June. We each introduced our works in a public presentation. Six people spoke in April and six …
Dear Old Ireland
I’m in Dublin today. We arrived an hour late due to intense fog but we’ll proceed on as planned.. I visited the Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland yesterday. I didn’t kiss the Blarney stone like many people have. It didn’t seem sanitary to me. I guess I was channeling my inner Sheldon Cooper from The …
On This Father’s Day
I’m heading to Europe today, Father’s Day. It’s a Father’s Day like none other I’ve had. I’m traveling with one of my David friends and his wife, Anne. Ruth and I had agreed to make the same trip with them two summers ago. We agreed on a Saturday and the following Tuesday Ruth had a …
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 …
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 …