Travel 2023
With the start of 2023, it seemed hopeful we were really getting back to normal travel following three years of the COVID pandemic. It might still involve mask wearing on … Continue Reading Travel 2023
Where creativity meets science
With the start of 2023, it seemed hopeful we were really getting back to normal travel following three years of the COVID pandemic. It might still involve mask wearing on … Continue Reading Travel 2023
This week marks eleven years since I began blogging with my first post having been published on February 9th, 2013, and to mark this anniversary, I thought it was about … Continue Reading 11th Anniversary – About New
Continued from: Doll House for ??? – Phase 1 I previously wrote that my sister picked out all the interior colors for the doll house we made for her grandchildren … Continue Reading Doll House for Me – Phase 2
Whenever I come across an interesting looking book on my daily BookBub by an author I have never heard of, I usually read the reviews, and this often drives my … Continue Reading Best Books of 2023 – Chapter 4
This was an author I was not familiar with but when Falling by T.J. Newman showed on one of my daily Bookbub e-mail messages, I was intrigued by the short blurb. … Continue Reading Best Books of 2023 – Chapter 3
Another discovery through my daily BookBub e-mail, it was the book cover of The Codebreaker’s Secret by Sara Ackerman that caught my eye and prompted me to explore this book further … Continue Reading Best Books of 2023 – Chapter 2
Happy New Year! Now celebrating its 11th annual edition, I thought I would begin the New Year by posting around New Year’s Day my favorite books that I read from … Continue Reading Best Books of 2023 – Chapter 1
Those of my generation may recall an early 1960s TV show entitled That was the Week that Was that aired on Friday nights. It was an Americanized version of a … Continue Reading New Year’s Eve Reflections
Merry Christmas! Last year, my wife finally talked me into purchasing a pre-lit LED Christmas tree. Several years ago, I wrote about the artificial non-lit 9-foot tree (Oh Christmas Tree) … Continue Reading A New Christmas Tree!
At the end of September, I got together with my two sisters and brother for another edition of our SibSab—our Sibling Sabbatical. As I have written several times before, this … Continue Reading SibSab – 20th Anniversary
Are you up for another doll house saga? So far this year, I have finished and posted about two dollhouses, one for each of my two sisters. In fact, … Continue Reading Doll House for ??? – Phase 1
Saturday, our last day together, we had a number of activities planned. Our first stop was at the Eastern Market, a huge farmer’s market near downtown. We parked our car … Continue Reading Motor City BroGo – 5th Gear
If I found Thursday to be filled with surprises, I was in for another big one on Friday as our plan for that day was to go to Greenfield Village … Continue Reading Motor City BroGo – 4th Gear
On Thursday of our BroGo, I was in for two big surprises. When my brother did his research for our trip, he found that we could take a tour of … Continue Reading Motor City BroGo – 3rd Gear
When I first suggested The Henry Ford Museum to my brother, I was not sure he would want to go since he is not a car fan. But the full … Continue Reading Motor City BroGo – 2nd Gear
No doubt by the title, you have probably guessed that this year, my brother and I went to Detroit for our BroGo (Brothers Going places together). For a number of … Continue Reading Motor City BroGo – 1st Gear