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One of Gary’s Pictures
One of the hobbies I have played with for a few years now is Photography. I take hundreds of shots hoping to find the magic one. I have about 30,000 picture files on an external hard drive. I never throw-away a picture. Most of my pics are now sporting events here in Big Bear. Haley, Ryan…
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This is how I remember it
Entry 7 And now for a short musical interlude: When Patton’s army did all they could, they started sending GI’s home. My Dad hitched a ride on the QE ll along with hundreds of other returning vets. While somewhere between Europe and the US, he received a telegram. Decades later when he began messing around…
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This is how I remember it
Entry 6 Carl Rossbach did not have a problem finding a job in a city close to Detroit. He didn’t want to be too close to the big city with all of it’s people and hustle/bustle. He finds a job at Hoover Ball and Bearing close to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He…
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Another picture from my favorite photographer
Denise took this at Moonrise State Beach in Encinitas California. Another one with her HTC M19 phone camera Good composition. Good colors. Interesting subject.
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Our condolences to our brothers and sisters in Oregon
Are we numb to another mass shooting? Here are the words Denise and Gary use at the news that is a regular occurrence in our country: This is why we support the organization “Every town Gun Safety”
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This is how I remember it
Entry 5 And now for a short musical interlude There is no doubt that the music of Flanders Music was my Mom: Betty Jane (Rossbach) Flanders. A few years after my Dad was born in Chasely North Dakota just to the south in the other Dakota, my Mom was born in Alcester. She was the…
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What is Bernie all About?
Here is what Bernie is campaigning for and it is why Denise and I are Bernie people: Income and wealth inequality: In the United States today we have the most unequal wealth and income distribution of any major country on earth — worse than at any time since the 1920s. In terms of income, more…
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Our 45th Anniversary
On Saturday September 26, 2015 it is our 45th wedding anniversary. I looked up what is the correct present to give your spouse for that year. The right present is a 1930 Ford Coupe. I think Denise will love it. (Don’t tell her, it is a surprise.)
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This is how I remember it
Entry 4 In considering the history of any event, there are a myriad of side stories. How something came to be is not a straight line. Life is not linear, it is circuitous. Dad’s dirt basement TV repair shop was part of a life of ‘jerry rigging’ events and circumstances to make life work. The one…