Back in my boat racing days, one year the nationals were being held in Portsmouth Ohio. Actually, they were held there more than just one year. However, I remember this year in particular. I had finished testing and was back at the […]

When Martha passed, in addition to the funeral Julie, our eldest daughter insisted that we have a celebration of life. She was a great help in getting this done. We were able to get the Lombardy Club to host the event. We […]

When Martha and I were traveling around Scotland, one of the sites we took in was the William Wallace Memorial. It is a 220-foot-tall tower on the shoulder of Abbey Craig, a hilltop overlooking Stirling in Scotland. It overlooks the fields where […]

Martha and I had been in Arizona visiting one of our grandsons. Driving home, she had the thought of us finding Rosa’s Canteens that Mart Robbins wrote and sang about. So she did some research while we were driving to find where […]

Recordings of me singing don’t do much for me. I really can’t stand my own voice. It is my understanding that this isn’t unusual. Outsiders giving their opinions have a wide range of opinions. We won’t go into those. However, many years […]

One particular day when Martha was working in her position as director of the Beloit Visitor and Convention Bureau she had some work out in the county surrounding Beloit Wisconsin. Having finished what, she was out there doing, she was headed back […]

When we first got married, Martha was not a very good cook. It wasn’t her fault, as her mother did everything in the kitchen without any help wanted or required. Everything she put on the table I complimented. She would respond that […]

I didn’t know until Martha had passed on that she was doing a little charitable thing. Anne who does my dental cleaning brought it to my attention. She called on the phone and told me that Martha was collecting cards and donating […]

When I lost my best friend and wife, my daughters were concerned that I was just follow. So to keep their minds at ease, I would send a picture of something I cooked. Then they got the bright idea with their friend […]

I guess we are all suffering from the many telephone calls we get that are of so little value to us. Lately I have three types that are filling my days. The first are about improving my Medicare. The caller is recorded, […]