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Continued from: A Classic Boat Model – Taking Shape After gluing on the cockpit side walls but before cementing the PVC floor in place or the other cockpit … Continue Reading A Classic Boat Model – Finally, Some Planking
Continued from: A Classic Boat Model – Laying Down the Keel After the clamps had been in place for six days on the other side of the boat, … Continue Reading A Classic Boat Model – Taking Shape
The first official step in building a large ship is the laying down of the keel, the spine or backbone to which the hull bulkheads will be attached. This event … Continue Reading A Classic Boat Model – Laying Down the Keel
A late idea we considered for our trip was to rent e-bikes for exploring some of the great parks that Seattle boasts (and to work off some of the calories … Continue Reading BroGo – 2021 – Last Round
In October of 2020, having successfully maneuvered to pull off having one of our annual get togethers—our BroGo (Brothers Going on a trip together) as we call them, we were … Continue Reading BroGo – 2021 – First Round
This past summer, I took on another project for my in-town son and his family. In their new home, I previously painted their kitchen and hearth room, my granddaughter’s room, … Continue Reading More Kids’ Projects
It was several weeks ago I wrote about receiving this book, my dad’s Pastoral Record, when I was over in northwest Arkansas visiting my two sisters. In addition to documenting … Continue Reading How Many Sermons Did My Dad Write?
I owe the inspiration for this post to Betty at Chambersontheroad.com who posted a while back about a special vacation spot that she and her family had gone to for … Continue Reading Montreat – 20 Things to Do
I wrote earlier this year about the sad state of our fig tree in the backyard and how it had lost its original glory over the years. But writing about … Continue Reading Dependable Caladium Glory
I have written before about some of the challenges our pool has presented to me over the more than 20 years that I have been our year-round “pool boy”—year-round because … Continue Reading Pool Plight in a Pandemic
Several months ago, our youngest son asked us if we would accompany him and his family on a summer vacation to the Gulf Coast. Although he might not remember this, … Continue Reading Three Generation Summer Vacation
I recently wrote about my trip to Northwest Arkansas to ride bikes with my brother and sister—for the first time in at least 50 years. If you read that post, … Continue Reading Bike Upgrade
I have written several times about these boxes of my dad’s sermons that my oldest sister thankfully saved after his death in 2002, the first of which was when my … Continue Reading Roadmap to a Lifelong Career
Continued from SibSab – Redux Plan Our SibSab plan was, as always for all four of us to stay at the same hotel or house, this time my sister’s … Continue Reading SibSab – Redux Execution
If you are a regular follower of my blog, you know I write each year about something called a “SibSab,” an abbreviation for a sibling sabbatical. On these SibSabs, just … Continue Reading SibSab – Redux Plan
This glorious fig tree has been a part of our backyard oasis for many years and its dense umbrella-like canopy reminds me of those similar looking trees from my favorite … Continue Reading Just a Shadow of its Former Glory
