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Saturday, December 26, 2015

The Sounds of Silence

As the family gradually begins to disperse on the journeys to their various homes, I am able to return to my desk in "relative" silence. The love of my family is the only earthly thing I have that rises above my love of writing. I've been remiss in my work of late but intend to fix that shortly. For... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 24, 2015

My Grown Up Christmas List

This is a video I did back for Christmas 2001 for friends of mine who live in Brooklyn, NY. She was at a seminar being held in the World Trade Center that was hit first but left despite the announcements that "all was well." He worked for a firm that maintained the electrical of certain aspects of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

My Christmas Miracle

Just a quick note. This story happened just as you read it. There is no embellishment. Some will believe and some will not. I just wrote what happened. Merry Christmas! V For the third time in four years, our family had suffered the loss of a family member within ten days of Christmas. This... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

What A Turkey

Obviously yesterday was a bad day for me. We'll leave it at that and I'll return to my writings. It's in the low to mid 40's here with temps in the low 60's expected tomorrow. I was out for my morning walk this morning and saw a big batch of wild turkeys making their way across the back woods. If I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 21, 2015

December 19th, A Day That will Live On in Sorrow...

I didn't hear about this until late last night but a very dear friend of mine died of a heart attack at the tender age of 49. I had just spoke with Scott on Friday morning and we were planning to meet at a local restaurant this Wednesday morning. Instead of meeting for lunch, I'll be attending his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 20, 2015

The Holidays Are Here

With all of my family in the medical field in various forms, I knew our family Christmas celebrations would not be on the traditional Christmas Day. This isn't new for us as my wife was an OB nurse and I was a paramedic and later on an ER RN so our kids grew up knowing that Thanksgiving and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Minor Technicalities... OR... Dang It Jim, It's Only A Story!

I've added a new section in my story, "Just Dreaming." I like to keep things close to factual and had sent this section to my nephew Jim who is a most devoted fisherman. I explained to him that this was just a lead-in and I wasn't writing a tech article for 'Outdoor Life.' I don't think he read that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Cold N Squeaky

I had a couple social obligations that have tied me up the past couple days, Christmas get togethers and all you understand. The temp outside as I write this is 19 with a "Feels Like" of 9. I hate cold weather! While not really 'sick,' my voice is real squeaky, making it difficult to use my Dragon... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Cold Resolutions

I realize it is mid December already but holy crow, it got cold over night. We had a low of 20 about 4AM or so this morning and it is 29 right now. I heard the furnace kicking in and out all night long. Oddly enough, they tell us we will be back in the upper 40's to mid 50's by early next week. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

... and Here We Go!

I'm sorry about the "I'm here... opps... no I'm not!" stuff lately. Between my broken wrist and then an offer 'too good to refuse' to write a 3200 word article for publication that also paid $600, I've been tied up. The wrist has healed to the point I can use it for 30 minutes or so without too much... Sign in to see full entry.

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