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A number of years ago, our daughter, Kelly, gave Claire a recipe for a cake. It turned out to be very popular with just about everyone, and Claire made it often when we had guests for dinner, or sometimes just … Continue reading →

I was invited out to dinner with 3 couples last week and during the conversation, someone mentioned the term “wedded bliss.” I hadn’t heard that for a long time. Well, of course, that got me to thinking — what the … Continue reading →

I guess it shouldn’t come as any surprise to you that living in the Far East for a number of years, we ate a lot of rice. If we had a meal with potatoes, it was a real treat, and … Continue reading →

Some friends that were members of our church moved to Ireland about a year ago. A few of us were talking about them a few days ago and someone said that they probably moved to Ireland because the wife was … Continue reading →

You may know that I have a bit of history with ships and for a number of reasons, I’m not writing about most of them here. But today I thought I’d talk about a ship that I’ve been familiar with … Continue reading →

I was watching the History Channel on TV the other night and there was a program about various “mysteries” that hadn’t been solved over the years. One story that got its fair share of the one hour program was about … Continue reading →

Years ago there was a TV show that we used to watch called “Six Feet Under.” And there’s always the line in some cheesy movie that goes like: “One more move, and I’ll put you six feet under.” No matter … Continue reading →

Still cleaning out some of the stuff that’s accumulated around here over the years. Yesterday I ran across a program from “The King and I.” We saw the performance at the Kennedy Center a number of years ago. I remember … Continue reading →

We were talking the other day and someone said that most people never use mathematics beyond the regular adding and subtracting and occasionally multiplying and dividing. The discussion drug on and a couple of the guys said that only basic … Continue reading →

I was watching Dateline or one of those shows that talk about real crimes that have been committed, and a couple of the criminals received multiple life sentences for their crimes. I was thinking that seems kind of silly. given … Continue reading →