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Retirement?
Can you even imagine? I’ve been retired from the railroad for over 37 years now. Haven’t really worked a day since then, 1983. . When you are doing something you really love to do, I […]
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A Few Words on Newsletters
I have been writing newsletters since November, 1988. I had delivered presentations at the National Safety Congress to thousands of America’s top safety people and when I returned home, totally exhausted, I faced the ordeal […]
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The Spirit
No, it isn’t July 4th yet but I think it might be a good time for all of us to get a good shot of patriotism right now! Today!. Here is a poem I wrote […]
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Graj (Yard) Sale-ing
Greg’s Triumph at the Opera House. I wrote a song I titled Graj Sale-ing back in 1997, Greg recorded it using but two of his many voices. On this song I think we might have […]
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A Santa Story
The idea was shared by a man named Paul and his fellow workers on the DT&I Railroad. They took an old steam engine, cleaned it up and then decorated it along with a caboose and […]
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Sub for a Pres
In 1975 then President of the United States, Gerald Ford had to cancel his speech for the Michigan Petroleum Association’s Annual meeting at the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan. The Petroleum Association President called me […]
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The Dancin’ Rag
About 25 years ago when I was just 65 I took a tap dance class from that same teacher who had taught my daughter, Nancy, many years before. Our classes were at the Senior Center […]
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My Nova Scotia Adventure
It was in mid-May, 1991 and I was on a small Air Canada scheduled flight to Halifax, Nova Scotia and as we approached for a landing there was a dense fog. The plane drifted down, […]
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My First School Speech
My academic career left a lot to be desired. Not only was I a poor student but I was a troublesome one too. My graduation yearbook lists my achievement as spending the most time in […]