Ruth and I hung out with Brady and Eva last week-end. Ruth arrived on Thursday evening and I arrived the next day. Before I rolled into town on Friday, Ruth drove Brady to a neighboring town for a gathering of seventh and eighth grade students. Brady is going to be a freshman in the fall …
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Tony Jerome
Biology was one of the areas of study during my junior high school science classes. One of our assignments was to select one of several topics supplied by the teacher and develop a comprehensive report based upon biology. I chose to study twins. We had several sets of twins on both sides of our family. …
Ma and Pa Tebo
My dad referred to his parents as Ma and Pa. I knew them as Grandma and Grandpa Tebo. George Gabriel Tebo was born in 1875 and Mary Christine Ritter eleven years later. They raised a family of six girls and one boy. The girls were Nettie, Katherine, Elizabeth (Dutch) Bernadette (Bern), Julia (Jewel) and Gertrude …
Ruth E.
Ruth gave birth to our third and final child, Michael, forty-one years ago today. We spent the 4th of July week-end with Michael and his wife, Kate, in Reno. I had never been to Reno or Lake Tahoe so this was a grand new experience. While we were there Michael received a phone call from …
Houston! Are you kiddin me?
Ruth and I arrived at the “this is where people go when all hell breaks loose desk” about ninety seconds behind Brady. There were three service agents at the counter tending to three customers. Brady was number two in the “wait line” and there were at least a dozen people behind him. There were several …
Houston! We have more problems.
Our two days in Houston last week-end went well. Brady is a souvenir collector when we visit baseball stadiums. He’s never been shut out. He gets a ball or two and, upon several occasions, autographs from players. He has to work to do it, but he loves it. The secret is to arrive as soon …
Houston! We have a problem.
Ruth and I took Brady to Houston to see the Astros play last week-end. That’s “our thing”. We visit different ball parks. Last year we went to California to see games at Dodger Stadium and Angel Stadium. The year before we visited Chicago’s Comiskey Park. This year we saw two games at Houston’s Minute Maid …
Dr. Jones
The hippy dog staying with us is named Dr. Indiana Jones. BZ and Sutton nicknamed him Jonesy. He has a tendency to respond better to Jonesy than his given name. I prefer to refer to him as Dr. Jones. Ruth and I first met the newest member of the BZ – Sutton clan on a …
“Have You Stayed Here Before?”
I walked up to the counter and the attractive young attendant countered my, “I have a reservation.” with “Have you stayed here before?” I had. Another time, another place, I might have thought that this was a pick up line, but I’m too old to be picked up. The last time I stayed at the …
The Hippies Are Back
My hippie daughter, her hippie husband, and their hippie dog are back with Ruth and me in Michigan. To be fair, they arrived before we did. They came back in early April. Ruth and I arrived on May 2nd. Prior to returning to Michigan I received the following information from the hippie clan. April 7th …