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Much has been going within and outside the household these past several weeks – and that explains a lot of the paucity of posts of late. Foremost amongst these was the passing of my wife’s father, a Korean War vet, railroad worker and longtime sufferer of Alzheimer’s. Word to the wise — if you haven’t…
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Dude! Where are the cake, candles and ice cream? You must have had a hard week… 😀
Been working on frequent flier (and driver) miles – Colorado – Charlottesville – Newark and back with more this coming week (maybe)…
– SJS