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Theodore B. Starr Grandfather Clock 6/13/25
We inherited this grandfather clock from my wife’s aunt’s boss, who was a clock collector and had a passion for repairing clocks. The clock features a moon-faced dial surrounded by a beautiful brass and filigree plate. At the top of the plate is a dial that tracks the seconds, and at the bottom is a… Continue reading
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Childhood Memory 6/12/25
Childhood – I remember it like it was yesterday. We had already gone up for the night and were asleep a few days before Christmas. The year was 1959, I was three years old, my brother Larry had just turned 5, and my kid sister Nancy was 2 years old. My father had a debilitating… Continue reading
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I Was Blessed to Wake… 6/11/25
Usually, I wake with a thoughtful, silent prayer of thanks to God for allowing me to look upon this day He has created. As I type today’s prompt just after briefly watching the News globally and locally, especially the chaos happening in our cities, it gives a moment of repose on the “why”? I choose… Continue reading
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Leaving a Legacy for Our Children’s, Children’s, Children
My passion is driven by the memories, stories of shared experiences, infused with the love of family. My desire is to use my God given talent to leave a mark that will hopefully last beyond our years. Having my children, grandchildren, family, friends, and others exposed in supporting my work through word of mouth, social… Continue reading
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World Series, Football, Halloween, Fall Colors, Thanksgiving 6/9/25
If you hadn’t guessed by now Fall. Autumn for me is always a time of change and a chance at new opportunities and possibilities. Losing the heat of Summer, like the changing tides to the cooler, crisp, more colorful Fall days. Baseball, Beach Umbrellas, waves, shorts and tees, and swimwear; give way to Football, rain… Continue reading
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Firm Bed, Stove, Public Hot/Cold Water & Electricity? You Got to Be Kidding 1/8/25
Now, if we’re talking living off the grid, I would definitely need a high-powered semi-automatic rifle with plenty of ammo, an endless supply of matches, a military hammer axe with shovel, Rambo knife, you know the one with all the cool things in the handle (compass, fishing line, sharpening tool). This question is very vague.… Continue reading
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Expectations and Reality of the First-Time Author
I remember the first work I had published on a dare, nonetheless, from my eldest son Dan, who was a Freshman in High School. It was something he saw, I believe, in the comic section of our local newspaper, on submitting a poem, if accepted, would be published by the Library of Congress of Poetry.… Continue reading
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“All Work and No Play Makes Dan a Dull Boy…So Stay thirsty My friends” 6/7/25
Tweaking a line from Steven King, with a twist of Dos Equis, pretty much covers it pretty well. Suppose it is a fun catchline or phrase about enjoying life’s pleasures, simple or not. In that case, you can pretty much count me in, as long as it doesn’t involve me jumping out of a perfectly… Continue reading
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Attitudes Are Contagious Is Yours Worth Catching? 6/5/25
It is an old cliche, but faith in GOD is foremost and the most important ingredient if one is to be successful at anything. You must be able to live under the guidance of treating others as you would be treated, and the ten commandments as the guideline to all civilized nations. If you live… Continue reading
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My High School Sweetheart…Still After 49+ Years
6/4/25 Like most husbands, My wife, lover, Mother, Grandmother, best friend, and confidant. Why might you ask? When I first met my wife in the summer of ’72, she was seeing a mutual friend. We were both 16 and sophomores in high school, preparing to enter our junior year of High School. She was, and… Continue reading
