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Flying: Always An Adventure
Why is it that every time I fly I come away with enough material for a column? I bet if I saved a year’s worth of notes I’d have enough for another book. Last week Priscilla and I flew to Virginia Beach to celebrate the fact that my daughter-in-law is now a Chief in the…
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I Found Out This Week: I’m Old
In case you don’t remember, I’m staying with my son Doug here in Virginia Beach while I play Grampnanny for my grandson Liam. More on that in a bit, but that’s how I found out I was old. No it’s not doing the “nanny” thing though that does make you tired. He’s a busy boy.…
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I've Said It Before…..
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I don’t know how they do it. My daughter-in-law, Marla, had to report to the U.S.S Eisenhower Thursday night. The crew had to report Thursday by midnight and then they shipped out Friday morning. I saw Marla Thursday evening before she had to report. She came…
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Holiday Road Trip
A couple of years ago I wrote a column for the Standard Times about how, sometimes, you have to go with Plan B in life. Well here we go again! As I write this, I’m in Virginia Beach house-sitting and dog-sitting for my son Doug and my daughter-in-law Marla. They went on a cruise. Yeah…
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Welcome To The World Little Man!
I was watching my baby with her baby the other night. What a powerful moment. For those of you who don’t know, our daughter Sarah and son-in-law Steven had their first baby last Sunday. Sarah was our first-born. That was 1989. I had hair. It was really different last week. We were at the Portsmouth…
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