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I’ve Caught Up To My Dad
I thought I’d share something with you that I’ve been thinking about for a while. I don’t remember exactly when it was, but one day in the last year or so I was thinking about the fact that my dad died (as a result of injuries) a few days short of his 69th birthday. That…
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Our new stove — and our old stove
The year was 1973 when my wife Joanne and I and our little five-month-old daughter Jennifer moved into this house. Richard Nixon was president at that time, and gasoline cost just over 30 cents/gallon. I think I was earning $900/month as an engineer at that time. Joanne and I had saved enough money to afford…
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Oh, Christmas Tree!!
Inside Story We originally wrote this article in 2008. At that time our daughter lived in Fairbanks, Alaska. So, some of the statements in the following paragraphs by Joanne are no longer accurate. Our daughter doesn’t live in Fairbanks now. The web camera hosted by the local newspaper is still there, but they no longer…