Showing posts with label people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label people. Show all posts
Friday, February 18, 2011

Happy 50th

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Happy 50th anniversary to my second youngest brother and his wife. They are celebrating by going to South America, bird-watching. The ma...
Monday, July 05, 2010

Happy Birthday, older daughter

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My wife and I have been blessed with two daughters. One of them has a birthday today. We thank God that she is good daughter, a good wife, a...
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Monday, February 25, 2008

One reason why I read fantastic literature

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Today would have been my father's 103rd birthday. (He's been dead for quite a while now.) I grew up in rural Sawyer County, Wisconsi...
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Saturday, September 09, 2006

Honoring three women

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I have been to three funerals in a little over a week. I'm honoring the deceased here briefly. Their memories deserve more. One of them ...
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Sunday, December 11, 2005

Happy Birthday, brother

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Happy Birthday to my brother. Here's a bit of a tribute. He knows who he is (so far -- so do I -- so far). I've got two other brothe...
Friday, December 02, 2005

A tribute to a military wife

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I don't expect her to see this, and I'm not naming her, but she (and, no doubt, many other military spouses) deserves a tribute. I k...
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Friday, July 15, 2005

Travel Summary: Ohio, Michigan, Ontario

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Lest there be any doubt, I claim no expertise in all of the areas listed in the title. All I can write about is my own experience. My wife a...
Thursday, July 14, 2005

Travel Hiatus over

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In my last post , I declared a travel hiatus . For the present, that hiatus is over. My brothers, my mother, and I, July 05 (A larger...
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Sunday, June 19, 2005

Four Fathers

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My late father-in-law, probably about 11 years ago Since my name is on this blog, I named my father , but, as his name isn't, I won'...
Sunday, February 27, 2005

Honoring two people

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I am trying not to embarrass my family, at least not directly, with my blogging. So I won't give her name, her age, or her picture, but ...
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Thursday, February 24, 2005

Social and writing skills of scientists; more

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A widespread misconception is that great scientists tend to be loners. Actually, outstanding success in most areas of science requires outst...
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