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Just a quick update for all of you that were as concerned as I was… the Porta Potty has arrived!! Of course it’s not the same as in years past — looking out the front door on the 4th of … Continue reading →

I usually update this blog on the 4th of July every year — I often mention the Porta Potty that arrives across the street annually somewhere around the first of July and sticks around for a week and a half … Continue reading →

Well, here we are rapidly approaching a major American holiday — Independence Day. And honestly, I’m becoming a little concerned — as both you faithful readers know, by this time every year we have that great American Symbol of Independence … Continue reading →

Claire got a message from Mike and Sue who were apparently driving through or by a corn field. I guess that inspired them to wonder how high the corn should be since it’s getting close to the 4th of July. … Continue reading →

Evolution is strange… thinking back about how things we use today have “evolved” over the years is both interesting and sometimes confusing. Sometimes you wonder why some things stay and some things go. Aluminum siding kind of evolved into vinyl … Continue reading →

Yesterday, June 25th, was a special day. I pretty much always update this blog on June 25 for some very special reasons. But I just didn’t get around to it yesterday — I had a couple of jobs to finish … Continue reading →

We were talking the other day and I’d remarked that something Claire had made was really good. She said that all recipes that have booze in them are good. “Booze” is a funny word — how’d we come to refer … Continue reading →

A lot (most) nights we have wine with dinner. Without getting into whether drinking wine is healthy or not, or how much wine is good for you and how much would be bad or any of those other discussions that … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I talked about a phone incident when I was in Peking, China. The time was 1972 and the city was called Peking. Today, it is known as Beijing. Now cities and countries change their names all the time — … Continue reading →

We were watching a program on the History Channel the other evening about all the technological advances made in the 60s before computers became possible. Sometimes we become so dependent on technology and especially our iPhones that we can’t remember … Continue reading →