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Family History
Bonnie sent me this 56 year old photo on the day when we remember the passing of our Dad. Beyond the strange feeling of being without a Dad for 41 years, you realize that the entire back row in this family shot are no longer here. The only ones left are the little girl, the…
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Naturalist stuff number 1
This is the time of year up here in the mountains when the sap is running in our pine trees. California has more varieties of pines than any other state. One method of identifying a species is to count the number of needles coming out of a branch. If it is a clump you count…
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More about Longmire
We traveled from Big Bear to Beverly Hills to listen to Craig Jonson talk about his new book and how he came up with Walt Longmire. In addition to Craig, most of the actors from the Longmire TV show were present to talk about what it meant to be a Longmire family member. We took…
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Summer Trip two of 2019: The Michigan In Me
You can travel to exotic places and live in far off lands, but there is still something magical about going ‘Up North’. We grabbed our beloved niece and headed up to Mackinac Island. We took the Star Line slow boat over to Mackinac. We stayed at two wonderful B & Bs as we lived in…
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Summer Trip one of 2019. Longmire Days
Craig Johnson will release the latest in his Longmire series on September 20th. Denise and I started with the Netflix TV series then graduated to the ‘source’ the best modern author we have ever read: Craig Johnson. We traveled to the home of Walt Longmire, Buffalo Wyoming. We met Craig and heard him do a…
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Fun with Flags
A cool website that you can add any image to see what it would look like on a flag. https://krikienoid.github.io/flagwaver/
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My neighbor wandered in
It took a few years but my neighbor finally wandered into my life 49 years ago today. That night the greatest kiss ever know to the human race occurred. And that neighbor is sitting next to me right now.
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Family Histories
You come across an ancient family photo and you begin thinking about how 7 of the folks are no longer here. Reckon that is part of the aging process.