Category Archives: Personal

Boston Marathon 2013

A friend from Georgia called me this afternoon to ask if I was OK?  “Fine”, I said. “Why?” That’s how I found out about the Boston Marathon bombing.  Oddly enough, about 3pm I was looking out the bathroom window and … Continue reading

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Words have power.

The Heinlein Maneuver Wonderful story about Robert Heinlein, his generosity, wit and creativity. But one single line in the long article instantly brought tears to my eyes and I felt my late wife’s presence. A little cat ghost, padding patiently … Continue reading

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Personal

I, and I hope everyone else, was hoping I would resume putting up posts on kayaking including the photos I take on my voyages. Unfortunately my mothers recent diagnosis of second stage Alzheimer disease will change quite a few things … Continue reading

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The voices we leave.

I hear voices, well a voice really. During my day as I encounter people and as life goes on around me, from time to time I hear my wife’s voice. Today is the second anniversary of my wife’s unexpected death. … Continue reading

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Snowbound

When I retired for the night on Thursday the maximum predication in my town for snow was 3″ to 6″. I woke up to 24 inches of wet heavy snow. This was three days after I watched my snowthrower depart … Continue reading

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Iron Man 3

Yes, I must declare…I am a Fan Boy. May 3d, be there.

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Hail and farewell, Furry Beast.

I lost an old friend this month. Terry McCutchen, AKA “The Furry Beast”. I’ll willing to bet that the average intelligence of the country dropped a point when he passed away. While I was putting together the Tank post (proceeding) … Continue reading

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I’d like to invite Nemo to a fish fry. Updated with photos.

Three hundred plus foot driveway, sixty foot turnaround in back, plus my neighbors walk and parking spaces: done with a balky (POS) snowthrower from GD Lowes. Three hours. No photos or further posts until I soak a bit… Doug says: … Continue reading

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Wind, Blow me!

Winds knock out power to thousands on South Shore Hurricane-force winds blew down trees, limbs and power lines across the South Shore in the predawn hours today, closing numerous streets and cutting power to thousands of local customers. The Blue … Continue reading

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Smokie the Bare…

And now a few words about home (mandated) smoke detectors. The suspect As I’m sure everyone is aware there is an unwritten law that all smoke detector batteries will fail in the middle of the night, never in the afternoon … Continue reading

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