Tonight in Morgantown, Lynnda and I had dinner with Dr. T, an old dear friend and mentor. We are here to see our granddaughter run in a college track meet tomorrow. She goes to college in Pennsylvania. Dr. T and I communicate periodically by phone. We have not connected in person and had a meal ...
October 27, 2019, on the soccer field in our adult league. Early in the second half, I ran up on a slow-moving ball, planted my left foot, kicked it with my right and suddenly my left knee failed. I was on my back. The trainer checked my knee. “You’re done for the day. Sit down. Ice it” ...
Last week on our family cruise from Miami to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, on Wednesday night Keith Brown 100% Wizard, a magician, performed in the main theatre on the ship. He put on a great show. Keith got the audience involved in his act and brought a number of people up on stage to ...
Did you ever wonder if you were too old to do something? I thought skiing was a young person’s sport until a ski trip to Colorado a few years ago. My daughter, Dannielle and I were skiing at Breckenridge. We took a break on top of the mountain for some hot chocolate and sat by a table full of ...
A few years ago, at the Kozera family reunion in Pittsburgh a stranger showed up. The man said he was our dead uncle Jay’s son. Finally learning who his birth father was he wanted to learn about his family. The internet helped him to locate his half-brothers (my cousins). They invited him to ...
Last week I talked about our friend in Oman who was emotional after a deadly Iran drone attack not far from his factory. “Oman is a peaceful country. We are friends with everyone. We are still trading with Iran. They are crazy! Why would they attack a market and an industrial area with no ...
Lynnda and I enjoyed a second Honeymoon this week in Florida at Disney World. We had a special dinner and viewed the Magic Kingdom fireworks from the top of the Contemporary Resort Hotel. Time flies. It doesn’t seem like we have been married 50 Years this month. I asked Lynnda if she expected ...
My daughter, Dannielle, her husband and Arnie, their 7-year-old golden retriever came home for Memorial Day weekend. Arnie can’t speak a word of English but has a large vocabulary. Words like treat, outside, toy, food, and bedtime are commonly understood by most dogs. Arnie takes ...
A few years ago, Lynnda and I were on vacation in mid-July with our youngest son and his family. Lauren, his second oldest, was getting ready to go off to college. She was working a part-time summer job. During the vacation she announced she wanted to quit because, “They want me to work 3 ...
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend from India. Shale Crescent USA has been working with his company now for over 7 years. They expanded to the Ohio Valley and have already created hundreds of construction jobs. They will be operational in the near future. I asked, “What has been the ...