Flo toasting her own 93rd birthday, with, appropriately enough, an Old Fashioned. Two of the birthday participants – Debbie and Matthew. Susan arrived Monday after a three-day drive from Minnesota, and we immediately fullfilled her first wish – a house margarita from La Cantina . The first Christmas card arrived yesterday and it wasn’t from […]
Sent by my brother, Brian. ” This one burned for eight hours (14 firetrucks) and killed a 78 year-old woman on the first floor. The water was six inches deep in the street and it was still burning when they knocked it down. “ View larger image
Rakkity 11/27/05 Chicago to Tokyo takes 12 hours by the polar route. Somehow, by the mysteries of longitude, you can leave Chicago at noon and arrive at 4 pm in Tokyo on the next day without ever seeing the sun set. I was lucky enough to have a window seat on my flight, and could […]
Adam Kibbe The following is admittedly long by blog standards, but short for the experience. And of the linked gallery of 75 pictures, you should know that I started with almost 250. I hope someone makes it through the text and/or the pictures and enjoys … Frequent Flyer airplane tickets stretch the definition of free […]
Checklist : o Filed down my outlet adapters to match Japan’s outlets (check) o Stashed map of Tokyo-Nagano regions (check) o Packed spare 512 MD sd memory card for camera (check) o Packed USB to PC card reader to upload pix to Mike’s blog (check) o Packed the supinator dynasplint to terrify the baggage checkers […]
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This card’s from the company that picks up my construction debris.
The Friday before last, Patrick, Katie & I had arranged to play cut-throat (3-way racquetball) at 5 pm. P. and I arrived at the court at about the same time, but Katie wasn’t there yet, so after warming up, we started a game. P scored first with a blazing serve that I only waved my […]
Some people really know how to treat their local carpenter. View image
A rapt roomful listening to Rick Scalise. Flo never misses his concerts. View image I recorded Rick’s last piece, a Hungarian something or another which he claimed was ultra popular. Sounds tinny coming from my camera. Flo poses with “the other two dummies.”
September 14, 1955 – November 8, 2005 Photos displayed at yesterday’s Memorial Reception .
Peter, Patti and Peter’s brother, Jim. (1987) View larger image