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I began to build my second canoe on 10 Sept. 2012.  I enjoy building these things.  Don’t know what I am going to do with it, maybe put it on the water? The first canoe I built I call “The … Continue reading →

One of the first things I did when I bought my place here in Whitehouse, OH, in 1991, was to plant a red raspberry patch.  Over the years I added two more patches!  I just like red raspberries, and ya … Continue reading →

Bill Bowman came to mind tonight… Bill was a kid I met my junior year of high school; at Verdun, France.  We actually lived at Chambley AFB, France, and commuted to Verdun – 29 miles away.  Bill was a senior … Continue reading →

(This is one of the stories I heard while flying at Northwest Airlines.) Apparently a Northwest jet showed up at Frankfurt Airport one day, a “bit low” on fuel – for whatever reason.  It happens.  Upon initial contact with Frankfurt … Continue reading →

‘Hiding’ has been a survival tool of mine for what seems, forever.  I don’t know if I have ever lived a day without hiding from someone, or something…. It’s a ‘character defect’ of mine.  It’s a character defect that until … Continue reading →

In flying ‘good enough’ was never good enough for me.  For some it was; not for me.  I always reached for the “Outstanding,” and upon occasion, was able to catch it… Today, in retirement, I don’t fly.  Just doesn’t hold … Continue reading →

Say Goodnight… I don’t know if I can ever fully appreciate how Johannes Holliger must have felt that early spring day in April 1833, as he readied himself to leave his home in Rein, Switzerland.  Johannes was 30 years old, … Continue reading →

I am watching all the media “hype” associated with the death of Whitney Houston somewhat with “amazement,” I suppose.  I am to the point now, when something about it comes on TV, I walk out of the room… this whole … Continue reading →

Whether they be local, state or federal, common sense and/or good judgement are poor substitutes for government regulations…