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My grandson, Brady, turned 13 today.  (June 2, 2018)   We celebrated last week-end.  While we were together we talked about BIG birthdays.  I told him that I thought 10, 13, 16, 18, 21 were BIG ones. 10 because you have to write two digits when you write your age   You won’t add another …

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Coming to a City Near You – Two

Earlier this week  Elizabeth and Sutton set out on a grand adventure.  They are off on a three country – yes country – musical tour.   So much for a once a month, week-end hobby. Elizabeth has always been a traveler.   She likes to see places. Experience.  Explore.  She’s drawn to ideas and people …

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Coming To A City Near You

The first time that I heard the name Sutton Papanikolas my daughter, Elizabeth, was telling me about a new guy that she had met that wanted to take her fishing.  She was living in San Diego and I wasn’t sure if he planned to take her “deep-sea fishing” or “lake fishing”  like we do in …

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Dentists – Cars – Hemorrhoids

I faced my fears last Monday.   I went to the dentist AND I bought a new car!!! The dentist was routine.   I had my teeth cleaned and I had no problems.  After the cleaning the dentist checked my teeth, gave me the thumbs up, and I scheduled another cleaning for October.  We all …

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Read the Fine Print

I spent the last ten days in Michigan experiencing the cold weather that I bought a home in Florida to avoid.  I returned for my consultant work with Michigan Works! Southeast. My original plan was to fly to Michigan on March 19th and return on March 23rd.  I wanted to return to view a  large …

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Copy – Paste – And Wait

  I was originally going to write a story called  –  Rudy Rudy Rudy – in honor of my boyhood friend, Rudy, but I decided to go with Good Catholic Boys because it really is a story about more than just one boy. Spoiler alert!!!  Good Catholic Boys will be posted Wednesday. Rudy was practically …

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Two Random Bits of Recent Stuff

Super Seniors Golf Championship If you are an avid ESPN watcher you probably don’t know that I recently competed in – and won – the Super Senior Championship for the 8th flight in The Super Senior Championship held annually in The Villages, Florida.  ESPN didn’t cover it.   If you failed to see my name …

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Dress to Excess

Ruth and I have two walk-in closets.  One’s in Florida and one’s in Michigan.  The one in Florida is large enough to hold all of our clothes, a couple of dressers and set up a single bed for company.   It also stores our suitcases, a twenty-two-inch diameter exercise ball and assorted boxes and bags …

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