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I saw a sign recently that said, “Feel Free to Pick My Weeds.” It occurred to me that I’ve never used the term, “pick weeds.” I alway say, “pull weeds.” I use the term “pick” with flowers — I pick … Continue reading →

Harpers Ferry has come up in conversation a few times lately, and before the subject gets out of my mind, I thought I’d discuss a couple of my favorite Harper Ferry stories. All the little towns around here survived the … Continue reading →

Some of you long-time readers may remember that nine years ago I mentioned the arrival of the what was then the newest member of our family. If you don’t remember, you can go back and read the article from 2010. … Continue reading →

Last night was a very special night at our house. As some of you know, we observe OTBN every month. Last night we celebrated OTBN CL (for those of you who are not Romans or Super Bowl fans, that’s 150 … Continue reading →

Well, here it is September already…. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland — thus the beginning of World War II. During the years of that war, the world learned a lot. Most everyone agreed that the world should take … Continue reading →

When Kelly was in high school, she played on the Paul VI softball team. Let me preface this story by saying they had a very good team. I attended all the games I could and one afternoon the game was … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, during one of our far-ranging discussions, it somehow came up that one of my high school classmates’s son was the lone American on the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared on a flight from Kuala Lumpur … Continue reading →

A day or so ago, I mentioned buying a Corvette with my American Express card. While I’m on the subject of Corvettes, it turns out that a Corvette isn’t only the car of the Williamsons, it’s also the car of … Continue reading →

I just got an Apple Card — just what I need — another credit card. The first credit card I ever had was American Express. I got my first American Express card sometime around 1960… there wasn’t very many places … Continue reading →

We live in Shepherdstown, West Virginia… A lot of people have never heard of Shepherdstown and when we tell them it’s just down the road from Harpers Ferry, they almost always say, “Oh, yea.” Most people know of Harpers Ferry … Continue reading →