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Living With Hippies

  I’ve been living with hippies for several days now.  More correctly, hippies have been living with me.  When they arrived I thought that they were gypsies, however, that’s not the case.  They may be hippy gypsies, but I’m very sure that they’re hippies. Don’t get me wrong.   I love them and enjoy their …

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Gentlemen (Ladies too) Mark Your Calendars!

  The summer that you’ve all been waiting for is finally upon us.   If you haven’t marked your calendars, and gathered several $5.00 bills, let’s do to it today.   There’s no more time for procrastination.  The Sutton James Papanikolas inaugural “live tour” is approaching Michigan for an extended border to border stay.   …

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Shop Around

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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There’s A Lot of Ways to Get to Cleveland

Several years ago I was playing golf with two of my friends.   The opening hole was a par four with water left and woods on the right.   Jan struck a perfect drive right down the center of the fairway.   Mike knocked his into the woods and I dunked mine in the water. …

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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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