I remember the time in my boy scout career where I was selected to be a member of the order of the Arrow. This is an honorary group who selects their members from scouts who exemplify the scouting oath and life. It […]

My last post on the Instagram account I had 38,00 followers. Well, as of this morning i have 55,900 followers. However, I am still amazed as to the friendliness of the group. As pf today after more than a year of activity […]

When we were first married, Martha had little experience with cooking. She worked very hard to overcome this and become a good cook. I know we all appreciated it. One of the other things she had no experience at was raising growing […]

Yesterday I went with a couple of friends to Edwards Apple Orchard. It has been an annual event to go get my cider donut fix. However, it is a much more involved expedition. When you arrive, there is this very large building, […]

I just celebrated my 87th birthday. My daughter Julie set it all up to have here at the Willows. My sonDan had a prior commitment and so couldn’t come. My daughter Stacey and her husband Shane came in Saturday and stayed overnight. […]

In my early years of boat racing, I felt successful if I avoided the dead last feeling. My first boat which was a runabout I had purchased from Than Field I sold and purchased a new one which Than had built. It […]

Back in 1972 I was coaching a Mite hockey team. These were 6- to 8-year-olds. There were three Mite teams, A, B, and C There were tryouts, and the better players were on the A team, second best on the B team, […]

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 […]