About a dozen ago, our entire family met in Montana. We stayed at the bed and breakfast. Ruth and I slept in the main house while the kids and their crews stayed in a couple of cabins on the property. We had a great time. We all went on a two hour horseback trail ride. …
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 …
Dateline London
If you’re reading this on the day that it’s posted, I’m in London. I’m five hours ahead of my Michigan family and eight in front of my California kids. I assume my phone knows where I am as I’m using it to post the next several blogs. I’ve recorded previously written stories to share while …
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 …
Hilde
I’ve been a part of a couple match making sites for the past several months. I’m stepping away because I think I’ll have greater success on my own. I’ve met with about ten ladies since the first of October. We’ve shared coffee, or a drink, and a couple of lunches. I paid for some, sometimes …
Polliwogs and Lightning Bugs
I was driving down a country road the other day and as I passed over a bridge, I saw two shirtless ten-year-olds fishing. They were standing on the bank watching their lines and laughing. I smiled to myself and thought back to a simpler time from my youth 500 North Edgeworth has a park on …
Testing One Two Testing
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 …
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 …