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Prompt: What positive things have taken place over your past year? 12/2/25
Have a fantastic day and remember to be thankful, patient, considerate, charitable, kind, and smile as it is free and highly contagious. Our Philadelphia Eagles have won 2 Super Bowls against two of the best teams and quarterbacks to play the game, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes, and the K.C. Chiefs this past January. Not… Continue reading
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Prompt: Do you ever see wild animals? 12/1/25
As we enter into the holiday season, remember to be thankful, considerate, charitable, Patient, kind, and smile as it is contagious! Here in the heart of Broomall, we sometimes get nightly visits from the local deer, rabbits, foxes, the occasional skunk, and groundhogs, though they are hibernating now. My neighbor also spotted a local coyote… Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: Do you have a favorite place you visit? Where is it? 11/30/25
Prayers for Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and family! This Holiday Season, remember to be: Thankful, Considerate, Charitable, Kind, and don’t forget to smile, it is contagious and costs nothing! My wife and I have been to quite a few places we both loved and could visit again, but not as many as most. However, our favorite… Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: If you didn’t sleep, what would you do with all the extra time? 11/19/25
Good morning and Happy Hump Day! Wake up grateful, thankful, charitable, and kind, and don’t forget to smile, it’s contagious! Personally, it would give me more time to love, spend time with family, write, read, learn, play my guitar, and maybe take a lesson or two on keyboards, visit, volunteer, travel, exercise, or take a… Continue reading
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Prompt: What’s your favorite month of the year and why? 11/11/25
God Bless ALL who serve or have served Our Country. May they, like you, have a safe, happy, and honored Veterans Day. If you see a veteran, be sure to thank them for their Service! God Bless September – I am, and always have been, a “Fall Guy”! The why behind the response —as if… Continue reading
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Prompt: What is your favorite place to go in your city or a traditional outing? 11/10/25
Have a Fantastic Day! Be grateful, be productive, learn something new, remember to smile, and be kind—GO! E-A-G-L-E-S beat the Packers Hmm! We like to pick a day, as we did with our kids when they were younger, and also our 6 eldest grandkids, and take the train downtown into Philadelphia during the holidays. This… Continue reading
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Most Epic win or failure in cooking? 9/10/25
Well, as someone who enjoys cooking a variety of meats, including seafood, I found the biggest win in planning a Valentine’s dinner for my siblings and their significant others as described below, with my wife only doing most of the decoration and table setting using her inherited grandmother’s delicate, fine French Limoge porcelain dishes. The… Continue reading
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Tomorrow for Starters – God Willing 7/2/25
I am thrilled that, in the near future, a manuscript I submitted for publication will finally be printed, titled “A Chance Encounter with a Most Unusual Acquaintance.” More details to be shared later! God Willing! I am excited that my Philadelphia Christmas book, published 12 years ago, will be celebrated even more now, as some… 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
