the memory keeper… war and shaving edition

    A couple years ago I bought four plastic totes and labeled one for each son.  As I unpacked boxes from the past, I dropped whatever belonged to a boy in his own box.  They overflowed pretty fast.  Realizing it was silly to keep elementary school papers for a guy in his mid-40s, I …

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rivers of story

We remember the Alamo and read about Gettysburg.  And who doesn't know about the Titanic, or has seen the movie? But do you remember the Sultana?  Probably not. I heard the story of the Sultana steamboat while cruising the Mississippi River at Memphis.   April 27, 1865, the Sultana exploded a few miles up river …

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On Dental Care, Sweat Rags and Leaving a Legacy

I've been thinking a lot on the legacy I will leave behind.  Not sure why this has captured my thought process so much lately.  Of course, living with an aged person... and on the fast track to becoming one myself, I guess it's kind of "normal". I mean, what will my kids and grandkids remember most about me?  Will they …

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