Category: Personal
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A year without Mom
Memories of Mom, one year after she passed away.
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At last, another luna moth
A sighting of a rare moth that lives for a week after getting its wings.
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My membership in the Society of Three Speeds has been revoked
I finally bought a brand new bike. My first since about 1993!
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I could easily have stayed single but then I would never have seen Kylemore Abbey
Caring for my wife through travel.
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Word reached me last week that my uncle Dennis, my mom’s youngest brother, passed away July 31. He was the last of my mother’s generation. When I was a small child, Dennis used to stop by the house from time to time. He was good with my brother and I — he really knew how…
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56
Reflections on my 56th birthday, which is tomorrow.
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If you’re not connected to your heritage, you are whoever you decide to be
Who am I, really? My heritage leaves me no clues.
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At the top of the generations to come
There was a short-notice memorial service for my Uncle Jack just a few days after he died. Margaret and I rearranged our calendars and made the drive to Michigan to be there. Jack attended a little country church near his home. The place was full of friends and people from the congregation. I was gratified…
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My German language skills were not nearly as dormant as I feared
I was astonished and thrilled that my dormant German skills came roaring back in Germany.
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George Edward (Jack) Frederick, III, 1938-2023
Remembering my favorite uncle, who died today.
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Kurt Ingham
Remembering a longtime commenter and friend of the blog.
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Car dreams
Do you dream about owning particular cars?