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A Day on the Bay
Prompted By Boats
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It promised to be a busy weekend. Sally had invited her dad to Oakland for Fleet Week and the dance card was full with things a veteran from the greatest-generation might like: a visit to Alameda Naval Station, the Blue Angels flyovers, a Bay cruise.
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The “Duke of Edinburgh”
Prompted By Boats
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I just KNEW that the idea would have pleased her no end
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Ethel and the Turkey Leg
Prompted By An Unforgettable Person
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Ethel and the Turkey Leg Since my friend Ethel died recently at the age of 85, I’ve been thinking about what made her such a special soul. Ethel and I met in the 1980s at Jane Addams, the South Bronx vocational high school where she taught cosmetology and I ran the school library. Like…
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Island Life
Prompted By Boats
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I know how lucky we are to own the home that we do on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, seven miles off the coast of Cape Cod. (Holmes Coffin House.) It is well-situated in the Historic District of Edgartown. We walk to almost everything. But getting to the island can be challenging, particularly this season,…
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The Last Drop
Prompted By Coffee or Tea?
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My mother was out on some errand, and Susan asked if she could have a cup of coffee. That seemed important to her (we didn't understand the caffeine imperative yet), so my older sister and I, who had never actually made coffee, tried to rise to the occasion.
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“Pleasant Valley”
Prompted By Travels
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A sobering episode in the Age of Aquarius, on my first trip out west
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Travel Bag
Prompted By Travels
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It is remarkable how you really could carry everything you needed.
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Some Of My Travels
Prompted By Travels
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Retrospect: Some Of My Travels By Kevin J. W. Driscoll (c) 2024 I‘ve been around the block more times than a city bus, mostly due to my stint as a computer trainer, a job that seemed to require me to be everywhere but home. The US, of course, was my stomping ground, a vast…
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