2019 Christmas News Letter. Page 1




 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tule (Two Lee) Fog.

Image
As I approach the sunset of my life, I am paying more attention to the sunrises.  I have always been an early riser and placed great value on break of the day work or leisure.  It is more important to me now, at 76.  I want to see that sun rise as much as I can. Today was special.  Einstein and I departed the house in the dark.  There was an unusual heavy fog and there was that smell.  I'm going to call it a heavy, moist cloud of ozone that permeated every inch of our walk this morning.  It's a wonderful smell and Salomon Farm's landscape of fields and woods was the epicenter of the fragrance.  Dozens of beautiful spider webs dotted the yards and landscape.  Invisible during the day, the moisture collected on the webs and made a giant snowflake.  The spiders are mostly invisible but this morning's ozone blast has displayed their nightly art work. This morning's smell woke up a memory for me.  Linda and I used to visit her uncle...
Read more

Why did we move to Florida in 1982

Image
My wonderful, beautiful, smart wife. Linda was hired by the Pinellas County Coroner, Dr. Shiner, to set up a Virus Lab at All Children’s Hospital in St Petersburg.   Linda was a Microbioligst at St.Joseph’s Hospital in Fort Wayne and had established the Virus Lab there, after studying at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia.  Dr. Shiner had read an article that Linda published and called her, offering a job in St Petersburg.  We sold our house and Linda, Lisa and I headed to Florida.  We stayed 30 years.
Read more

Ball State University, Volleyball

Image
I was attending Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana in 1969.  I had graduated from International Business College with an Associates Degree in Accounting and had hoped to finish my Bachelor's Degree at Ball State. I had always paid my own way in college and worked at various jobs (Gas Stations, Kresge Warehouse, General Electric, etc), mostly night jobs.  My friend Dave Mulligan and I were dating two girls who were friends and to be honest, they were tutoring Dave and I...... in Geometry.  That is where we met them, Geometry Class. I was broke.  Trying to pay for a dorm room, tuition, food and miscellaneous was a strain.  Working 25-30 hours a week and selling my blood at Ball Memorial Hospital was not paying the bills. Dave was on the Volleyball Team and they were really good.   Always one of the top teams in the nation.  Coach Shondell was from Fort Wayne, Indiana and he recruited heavy from two tiny rural schools near Ft. Wayne. ...
Read more