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Long Distance Calling

November 8, 2013

Last week while I was working at my desk my cell phone rang and when I picked it up i …

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Remembering Dot and Toots

August 7, 2013

This is an article I posted two years ago on the first anniversary of my grandmother’s death. Although taken 14 …

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The Grandest Of Them All

May 5, 2013

Those that have known me for a long time know of my passion for automobiles and in my life I’ve …

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Christmas Past, Christmas Present

December 24, 2012

In countries everywhere, in cities large and small, on rural farms and in crowded apartments, people of all ages wait in …

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Living Large

August 19, 2012

Another summer has flown by and as I write this, my son is anticipating (note that I said anticipating but …

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Life’s a Beach

August 13, 2012

This past weekend, as my family and I got ready to take our first real vacation of the year, a …

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To My Son, On Your Birthday

May 5, 2012

Dear Son, Another year has passed, even faster than last year and much faster than the one before it and …

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Wouldn’t you really rather have a Buick?

September 23, 2011

My love of the automobile began when I was three years old, the day I fell out of my parent’s 1968 Buick …

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If We Could Only Go Back to Shakeys Pizza

August 28, 2011

Some of the articles I read on-line about the things parents do or the things they get in trouble for …

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Remembering Loved Ones

August 7, 2011

To my Grandmother, Doris: It has been a year ago today since you left us and I find it hard …

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