Ron and Mom On Overnight Train June 4 2001
Nineteen years ago my Mother and I fulfilled a lifetime dream, that was to take a private room overnight train. We had both seen these glamorous train trips in old movies and when the opportunity came...
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Updates
Well, I just figured out how to post a new blog. Yes, Blogger had a new update that for the life of me, I can't see how it improves my use of Blogger. Before when I wanted to post a new blog, I went...
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On Hiatus
Hello folks. Not to worry, I'm still here. I'm just taking a bit of a hiatus. All is well here. Just caught up in daily living and yard work and playing on line Scrabble. Need to relax in this time of...
View ArticleSelf Isolating At Our Home In Delaware June 2020
Good morning folks! I'm still here, self isolating in Delaware. Bill and I are doing fine. No virus detected here....yet. I still take Bill out for his daily ride but he stays in our car while I go...
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Groundhog Day
Almost every day I wake up at ten minutes to seven AM. Seems no matter what time at night I go to bed, I awake at ten to seven. Thus begins my day.Bill usually gets up much earlier than I do. His...
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Happy 56th Anniversary
Bill and me this morning on our back deckToday is our 56th anniversary of the date Bill and I met at the Westbury Bar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. July 3rd, 1964 on a rainy night I was flying solo at...
View ArticleRon Mowing Grass - Thought on a Summer Sunday in the Time of the Covid Pandemic
Yes folks, I'm mowing our grass now. Our lot is almost an acre (.97). For the past thirteen years Bill has mowed our lawn. However, now Bill can no longer operate our John Deere zero degree riding...
View ArticleLife In The Time Of The Great Pandemic
We're still here folks, surviving in this once in a lifetime pandemic. Unbelievable isn't it? I'm still working twice a week at the hotel, the 3 PM to 11 PM shift. Surprisingly occupancy is fairly...
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Sunday Update July 2020
Still here folks. Working two days at week at the hotel, mask on. Taking care of Bill who has now been categorized as 100% non-service connected disability by the VA. Plowing through the constant...
View ArticleBill Has a Fudgsicle On a Hot July Day 2020
Still here folks, surviving the pandemic.Bill and I are mostly staying inside these days, not only because of the virus but because of the oppressive heat and humidity. I still manage to take Bill out...
View ArticleHurricane Isaias Damage
Hurricane Isaias roared through here a couple of days ago and left some damage behind here at the Tipton-Kelly Bed and Breakfast Oasis. My favorite trellis which supported a magnificent display of...
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Joe Biden Great Choice
Yesterday former Joe Biden chose a woman of color to be his vice presidential running mate, senator Kamala Harris of California.I spotted Senator Harris as a future political force when she was the...
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Reflections
Hello folks. Yes, I'm still here. Bill and I are still managing, although I have to devote more time to care for Bill.I'm still working two days a week at the hotel. Occupancy at the hotel is actually...
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Back Among the Living
Today is the tenth anniversary of my Mother's death. I didn't realize this until I hung up the phone on my younger brother who was screaming at me "You're a fucking Democrat!" How did this happen? I...
View ArticleRon Mowing Grass September 2020
On this beautiful first day of autumn here in southern Delaware I mowed the grass. I love mowing our grass. This used to be Bill's job since we moved to Delaware from our home in Pennsylvania. Bill...
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COVID Testing Delaware October 2020
This has been one busy day. This morning at 9 AM we had an appointment to get our second COVID test at Parking Lot A at the Sussex Technical College in Georgetown. I was unsure where this location was...
View ArticleMonarch Butterfly In Our Backyard
Our backyard had a welcome visitor late this afternoon, a monarch butterfly. I read in today's local newspaper (which is published twice a week) that monarch butterflies were beginning to hatch in the...
View ArticleFasten Your Seatbelt It's Going To Be Bumpy Night
Two weeks from today voting for the election of the president of the United States will end. Hopefully, our great national nightmare will come to an end and Donald J. Trump will be soundly defeated....
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One Week Until The Election!
Only a week to go folks until the election! Finally, perhaps our great national nightmare will end with the election of Joe Biden as president. I have to admit I'm nervous, concerned that Trump and...
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Four Days To Go!
Four long years of waiting have come down to four days of waiting to end our great national nightmare, the end of the Trump corruption of America.If you haven't already voted, vote now. Vote in person...
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