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An attempt at a Christmas letter.

Again this year, Susie asked me to send Holiday greetings to our friends with E-mail accounts. As with last year, I still hesitate to do this, figuring our friends are at least worth the price of a Christmas Card and … Continue reading

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Pictures worth a thousand words.

A few weeks back, I posted a story about evil men and coffee cups. At the time I wrote it, the cup featured in the story was packed away in preparation for our trip home so I couldn’t include a … Continue reading

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Timesaver – Chapter 2

Some years back, I discovered that an ‘everything’ toasted bagel smothered in cream cheese and smoked salmon was a breakfast fit for a king. The were a couple of problems with this; the first being we did not have a … Continue reading

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road trip part three – smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette.

This post really has nothing to do with cigarettes but it does have too do with smoke – Forest fire smoke. I only mentioned cigarettes because I had that old song in my head after I typed ‘smoke, smoke’. Our … Continue reading

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Sacramento’s Squeeze Inn.

One of Sacramento’s legendary burger joints is the squeeze inn. I had heard about the place from my late brother some years ago but we never had the chance to visit. Julie, Ron’s wife, told me that he loved taking … Continue reading

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Signs of impending old age – #34

My last column in June turned out to be a struggle for me to write. Most of the time, the nonsense seems to just flow from my psyche but for some reason, this one did not. It seemed jerky and … Continue reading

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An ode to shoes – part one.

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a little ditty about Crocs, the sandal loved by every Metrosexual and hippie (young or old) in the country. When I was finished telling my story, I had enough content to get a … Continue reading

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Where’s Heloise when you need her??

Yesterday afternoon, my wife, Susie, made a pot of coffee using a package of some stuff we got for Christmas. The package contained Raspberry Chocolate coffee. I am not a big fan of flavored coffee, having been raised in a … Continue reading

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The evolution of Geetwo, traveling man.

In our early years of retirement, when we left wherever we had spent the winter months, we usually drove hell-bent for leather towards Indiana. This was mostly my doing, Susie is more than willing to dilly dally along the highways … Continue reading

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Streets performers in Quebec City.

We watched these three guys on the plaza in front of the Chatenau du Frontenac in Quebec City. They were just street performers like we have seen in Key West only they were much better than anything I had seen … Continue reading

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