Almontage - Senior Moments from a Small Town in the Valley

Winter Solstice

Economics , Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology , Travel

December 17, 2018December 18, 2018

The days continue to get shorter as we approach the Winter Solstice. By now the sun doesn’t come up until 7:45 AM and it’s setting by 4:20 PM. We have a little snow out there,...

Christmas Music

Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018

I know, I know. Walmart has been playing “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” and “Holly Jolly Christmas” since November 1. But I haven’t. In the car, I dodge most of this dreck with...

The Long Run

Economics , Family , Life Experience , Pets

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018

Maria’s friend Shari adopted a new cat this past week. He’s a handsome young fellow about 1 year old. Tabby markings in a pattern reminiscent of Bengals. He’s kind and friendly, an obvious housecat...

It Was 40 Years Ago Today

Economics , Family , Life Experience

December 14, 2018December 15, 2018

Hard to believe, but it was 40 years ago this weekend that we came to Georgetown for the first time. I was in my early 30s and Maria was in her late 20s. Sarah had...

The 400

Economics , Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology , Travel

December 13, 2018December 14, 2018

I’ve been on the Web for over 20 years – at first with my own coded website, and later on with a blog. Some of the posts here date back to 2002. They originally...

December Photography

Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology

December 13, 2018December 13, 2018

Here’s how things look in the old ‘hood on the morning of December 13, 2018. Real stimulating, eh? There are many problems with December photography and as a result, I always have very few...

A New Theme

Economics , Life Experience , Technology

December 12, 2018December 13, 2018

If you are hosting your blog on your own domain, you need to have two things: WordPress software A WordPress theme WordPress software is the landscape in which you work. It provides a means to...

Back to the Future

Economics , Life Experience , Technology

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018

We were Royal Bank of Canada customers for over 30 years, but when we moved to Almonte, it was extremely inconvenient to remain so. The RBC branch here was on a completely different network...

The Calendar

Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology , Travel

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018

One December tradition we’ve had for decades is to make a new monthly calendar for next year. Each month we put a new sheet up on the fridge to help keep track of things....

Nathan Hale

Family , Life Experience

December 11, 2018December 11, 2018

My cousin Stew Doran recently informed me that one of the branches on our family tree (Dowling) might be connected to Revolutionary War Patriot Nathan Hale. (1755-1776) Born in Connecticut and a graduate of...

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