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Emergency Room Visit
Entrance to Beebe Emergency Room - I know how to get hereYes, it happened again. I had to call 911 for an ambulance to take me to the Emergency Room.I've lost count how many times I've taken that...
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Tipton Family Reunion October 9, 2011 And A Family Secret Revealed
My apologies folks, I've been absent here for about a week. I have recovered fully from my bouts of vertigo. I'm back to my normal dizziness. This past week has been wonderful with the mild...
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January Musings
Modernism Week Palm Springs during our visit 2018 - perfect weather, paradise on earth!Another week has flown by already. I remember those days when I used to post a blog daily, sometimes twice a day....
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The Passing of a Friend
My beautiful neighbor Barbara who passed away last night. I presented her with these beautiful gladiolus that I grew a few years ago. I told her "You're Miss America!" She accepted! Barb, thank you for...
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Sixty Year Anniversary Joining Army
Private Ronald Tipton - 1960Yesterday I posted that I was taking a hiatus from blogging. I changed my mind. Writing is my therapy so I have to continue to write. My neighbor Barbara's death, even...
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Dog Poop On The Stairs
The last week has been somewhat hectic. On Sunday my dear (next door) neighbor Barbara died. Monday my boss asked I could work two extra nights this week at work to fill in for my co-worker who has the...
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I've always liked to dance. Slow dance, fast dance. I've never considered myself a particularly good dancer but I do enjoy dancing. This folks is my "Elaine" (see Seinfeld episode) dance.This week has...
View ArticleRug Cleaning
Today we got our carpet and area rugs cleaned!Remember last week when I posted that Bill brought in some dog poop into the house and tracked it up our carpeted stairs to the second floor? I've felt...
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California Here We Come!
Tomorrow at noon Clarence my ride will pick me up here at Casa Tipton-Kelly for a 2 1/2 hour drive to the Philadelphia International airport. My flight takes off tomorrow at 7:11 AM. I'm leaving a...
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Meeting Bruce Vilanch
I'm back folks! This is a surreptitious video my Canadian Travel Buddy Pat took of me meeting the American comedian Bruch Vilanch at the Palm Springs airport. We were both waiting for our flights. You...
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Palm Springs Visit 2020
Me and Pat on the balcony of our VRBO rental condo at the Biarritz condo with the Mount Jacinto mountains behind usAnother Palm Springs visit has come and gone. Already I'm looking forward to our visit...
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Update On Bill's Vision
Bill with his VA eye doctorTwo days after I returned from Palm Springs, I took bill to the Wilmington Va for more extensive tests on his vision problems. When we last left this question, Bill was very...
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James Lipton
When Pat and I were in Palm Springs last month, I had a chance encounter with James Lipton, the longtime host of "Actors Studio". Pat and I were having lunch at our favorite vegan eatery, Nature's...
View ArticleDancing In The Streets of Palm Springs California
While walking on the main street (North Palm Canyon Drive) of Palm Springs during our annual visit, the live music was so compelling that I just had to put a few moves on in public. Of course being the...
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Getting Ready For The End?
With the coronavirus fears sweeping our nation and the world at this time, I'm thinking "Is this the end?" Personally I don't feel an immediate threat other than my stock market portfolio that is...
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Martini Kings Shag Store Palm Springs California February 2020
Every year when we're in Palm Springs one of our must stops is at the Shag Store. Pat introduced me to Shag, Josh Aigle. If you're not familiar with his work, you would probably recognize it if you saw...
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Daylight Savings Time 2020
That time of year again folks, turn the clocks one hour ahead of "spring ahead!" Seems like we just did a "fall back." I don't know about you but to me this constant changing of clocks annoys me....
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Back To Palm Springs Next Month
The Intrepid Duo, Pat and Ron in Palm Springs CA February 2020Yes, you read that right, Pat and I are going back to Palm Springs next month. We're leaving April 13th and staying for ten days, returning...
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Random Thoughts On An Early Spring Day 2020
Our driveway this morning after I returned from my early morning walk - daffodils in bloom - yes, that is my shadow"What's rolling through your head this morning Ron?" See how I began this post without...
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Thoughts on Coronavirus Pandemic
Here we are folks on this spring Saturday morning sinking deeper into the Coronavirus pandemic crisis. Just the latest threat to life as we know it. Look for the movie next year.We survived the Avian...
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