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We had a wonderful time with family and friends in western PA. We exchanged gifts with my sister’s family as we won’t be back that way for Christmas. Jay and Chris once again housed us for days and it was time well spent as mourning was still playing a key role there and close friends … Continue reading »

Saturday was our last day at work in the Gnome Cafe. Plans were to work breakfast and lunch and the close by 2 pm. This would give us preparation time for the big Halloween dinner and party being held later that evening. By 9 am. the snow started in a drizzle and in an hour, … Continue reading »

Ann Bakker. She was both crystalline and mercurial. Her beauty, her shimmer, simply dropped out, leaving us all with only cold clarity. We met Ann a year and half ago. She is the wife of Jerome, my supervisor, who has become a friend. We grew close over this recent twenty months. We laughed, we cried, … Continue reading »

Two Tickets to see Penn State and Florida in the Outback Bowl  $150 Parking Near the Stadium in some guy’s yard  $20 Having my son with me at the game —-PRICELESS! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!

I spied this display on the model railroad setup and immediately felt that inner shock taking hold once again. Aging is a cruel hoax. You know what I mean. No matter your age, no matter your phsyical condition, be it middle aged, a boomer, or graying, you still feel like a youngster in your mind. … Continue reading »

We spent a little time across the Delaware River this week. Ryan and Carolyn would be out of town and we were the designated puppy sitters. Erin was house sitting there so there would now be six hands to try and handle the spoiled “Sadie”. Beagles never stop. Despite a myriad of intermittent walks and … Continue reading »

Living alone takes a bit of an adjustment. And it’s probably different than what you expect. Contrary to being lonely, it’s the abundance of freedom that is the adjustment. There is no one here to be concerned about, to take care of, but also no one to share with. The girls are on a twelve … Continue reading »

I’ve been hearing talk this week about driving to New Jersey to babysit a little one name Sadie. It must be a new addition that I was unaware of, but it doesn’t matter. I just love to lick little kids. They just smell so good. This time we packed up the truck and left the … Continue reading »

Leaving our friends’ home to settle in the local KOA proved to be a two fold reason. I wanted to get the motorhome back from the shop to test everything out prior to heading out again at the end of the month. The second reason was despite trying not  to leave a footprint, it can … Continue reading »

I didn’t want to bore you with redundant traveling. Like Charles Kuralt said of the interstate highway system:  ”you can travel from one end of the country to the other without seeing absolutely anything.” So we left Oklahoma, getting off the mother road (Rt.66) and back onto I-40, due east into Little Rock, then on … Continue reading »