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Pickled!
Pickled! For years I worked on my tennis game but I seemed to have plateaued somewhere between advanced beginner and [...]
Sealed With A Kiss
If you say something embarrassing, you may be able to deny it plausibly. That's not the case if you embarrass yourself IN WRITING!
Comfort From My Cousins
My father was the youngest of eight children, my mother, the youngest of four and I am their youngest. That makes me the [...]
The Art of Living
My parents had very different attitudes towards gratitude; at least that was my perception as I grew up, after we moved from [...]
War and Remembrance
Even though I received a formal invitation to participate in the Viet Nam war, I declined.
Newspapers, the fourth estate, and galoots…
I come from a long line of galoots. They began American life in 1849 as farmers in Pennsylvania. They fought on the Union [...]
Well, a Snow Morning, At Any Rate…
As luck would have it, big snowfalls have not had much of an impact upon my life. There was one snowy day that sticks in my [...]
Savoy Truffle
Best of all is dark chocolate, the darker the better. When I am in need of comfort, that's where I go.
All aboard! Next stop, Bellefontaine!
“Where’s the bowl, Daddy?”
“You don’t need a bowl. Watch this.”
Dancing with the Stars, 1960s Version
It is so true that, as Andy Warhol famously said, “In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.” [...]
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