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I went to lunch with my neighbor last week and he insisted on picking up the check, because he could claim it as a business expense. He asked the waiter to split the check and include the drinks on a … Continue reading →

We’ve been to lots of places in the world and we have currencies from all or most of those places. We even have some “coin dolls” from Indonesia that are made from old Indonesian money. When I was in China, … Continue reading →

Got a text with picture from Suzanne and Mike (niece and nephew) — they apparently found a part of a pirate ship down around Lake Erie. I’ve always wished I had been a pirate and often blog about them. So … Continue reading →

I had a visitor a few days ago from out of state. We were sitting on the patio having a drink when the visitor exclaimed, “oh look, there’s a woodchuck.” Well, actually the animal was a groundhog. We have lots … Continue reading →

This has been a particularly dry summer around here, but mother nature attempted to make up for it the last couple of days. The remnants of Hurricane Debbie dumped bunches of (much needed) rain on us. I thought today would be … Continue reading →

Coming home yesterday, I was behind a car from New Hampshire. Their license plate had the slogan, “Live Free or Die” on it. I got to thinking about that and did a little extensive research. “Live Free or Die” is … Continue reading →

Maybe because of the Olympics, I thought of something someone I worked with years ago always said — “Pardon my French.” Of course he used it when he would swear and decided he needed to apologize. For no particular reason … Continue reading →

Douglas Eugene “Gene” Savoy was born in Bellingham, Washington on May 11, 1927. He had no formal training as an archaeologist, but nevertheless, he spent a lot of time deep in the jungles of Peru. He discovered more than 40 … Continue reading →

When we first moved to Shepherdstown, we had a little trouble adjusting to the pace. For a long time we were always early when we went anywhere. We just automatically figured in the traffic delays that we were use to … Continue reading →

You’ll have to trust me on this one. I can’t tell you where this happened for a number of reasons — I can’t tell you the reasons, either. But here’s the story….. It was shortly after the first of the … Continue reading →