Nine years!
This week marks nine years since I began blogging with my first post having been published on February 9th, 2013. And incredibly since then, I have been coming to you … Continue Reading Nine years!
Travel 2021 – A Rebound Year
After all my travel plans in 2020 were basically canceled due to the pandemic, I hoped that 2021 would be a rebound travel year. I certainly did not expect to … Continue Reading Travel 2021 – A Rebound Year
Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 4
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed several of Walter Isaacson’s previous books, I added this one to my Amazon Wishlist even though I could not recall having ever heard of Jennifer … Continue Reading Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 4
Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 3
I have always enjoyed reading books about building things and several years ago, I wrote an entire post about David McCollough’s book, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the … Continue Reading Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 3
Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 2
I must admit it was the cover that first attracted me to this book by James Trautman, Pan American Clippers: The Golden Age of Flying Boats. This vintage image is … Continue Reading Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 2
Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 1
Happy New Year! In now what is its ninth annual edition, I thought I would begin the New Year by posting around New Year’s Day my favorite books that … Continue Reading Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 1
Christmas Traditions
Last year, in the middle of the pandemic, when cases were soaring in our state, we had to suspend several of our long-held Christmas traditions. The first one that went … Continue Reading Christmas Traditions
An Unexpected Pleasure!
I recently wrote about our October SibSab trip to Montreat, NC but one thing I did not mention is on the way there, my sister asked me out of the … Continue Reading An Unexpected Pleasure!
An Airplane??
No, my love for fast cars has not prompted me to buy an airplane as this 1969 vintage advertisement would suggest; at least not a full scale one. A number of … Continue Reading An Airplane??
SibSab – 2021
Earlier this year, I wrote about a “do-over” of our 2020 SibSab, an abbreviation we use for our Sibling Sabbatical. On these annual trips, just the four of us siblings … Continue Reading SibSab – 2021
Virtual DIY Bathroom – Preparation
Continued from Virtual DIY Bathroom – Introduction When we last heard from my brother, he was wrestling with how to redo his downstairs bathroom in the middle of a global … Continue Reading Virtual DIY Bathroom – Preparation
Virtual DIY Bathroom – Introduction
(Cowritten with my brother) At the height of the pandemic, we all grew accustomed to just about everything being virtual. Starting first with virtual meetings, then virtual training, virtual runs, … Continue Reading Virtual DIY Bathroom – Introduction
Miniature Road Trip
If you read my last series of posts on building my fourth doll house, you know that getting it built was just the first step. Following its completion and seclusion … Continue Reading Miniature Road Trip
Retirement – 4th Anniversary
Last weekend, 31 October 2021 marked the fourth anniversary of my “retirement.” I put that in quotes because while it is the fourth anniversary since I retired from full-time work, … Continue Reading Retirement – 4th Anniversary
A Classic Boat Model – Fitting Out!
Continued from: A Classic Boat Model – All Planked Out With the boat now fully planked, the last step before sealing and finishing the wood was to sand … Continue Reading A Classic Boat Model – Fitting Out!
A Classic Boat Model – All Planked Out
Continued from: A Classic Boat Model – Finally, Some Planking The instructions indicated that the planks were to be glued onto the sides of the boat overlapping the … Continue Reading A Classic Boat Model – All Planked Out
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