On one of our earlier cruises, a lady spotted Maria trundling our grandson across the deck in a stroller. “That’s a handsome young fellow. What’s his name?” “Teddy.” “Oh. We have a man in...
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Train simulator games (a.k.a. Train Sims) are a form of video game – but they differ from your normal Grand Theft Auto or Fortnite in several ways. Train Sims are yesterday’s news. The most...
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OK, so maybe I don’t get those fun-filled business trips to Baltimore any longer, but there’s a lot to like about how January shakes down in retirement. With the Christmas and US college football...
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I am no stranger to the Carole King experience. I listened to many Goffin – King hits in the 60s, although who wrote them back then seemed to be less important than who sang...
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Yesterday afternoon we heard a knock at the front door. The young woman who called noticed that Maria was already talking on the phone. She cut her sales pitch short and promised to come...
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Many seniors in my neighborhood run some form of PC with Windows installed on it. And they always complain that after a while the computer has slowed down. They never seem to be able...
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2019 has lots of interesting anniversaries coming up – one for Maria I won’t elaborate on. There are also Teddy’s 10th birthday, 40 years since we moved to Georgetown from Montreal, 50 years since...
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But it doesn’t look like we shall have snow. No indeed. In fact, with the warmest December 28 on record, most of our white Christmas snow has melted away. Now it’s getting colder with...
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We have had 3 cats in 36 years. The first two lived well into their teens and had a great life. We are hoping to be around to see Mr Oates do the same....
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Mr. Oates isn’t really a Christmas party animal. He was getting along fine when Maria’s mother came up the week before, but when 13 other people arrived on Christmas Day he had enough of...