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Lest I Forget

    Before I returned to America, I had a life in England.  I post these random photos taken not long before coming back to remind me of those drives we would take through the countryside with our dear Pat, … Continue reading

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The Last Stroll Through Astwood

                Astwood Cemetery is as solemn a place as any could be, with old growth trees and mossy headstones marking the graves of hundreds of the departed.  Like any, Astwood holds the history … Continue reading

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Last and First

Just had a look through an old directory on the computer, and found some pictures from when we left England and came (back for me) to America.  This photo is the last one I took in England.  It looks a … Continue reading

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The New Coop

Our most recent investment in the chickens has been a new coop!  A few weeks back a couple of our hens disappeared and we immediately launched a bit of an investigation into it, suspecting coyotes or maybe even a dog, … Continue reading

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Black Friday

I rolled out of bed around 7:00 this morning, despite the two hours lay awake last night.  I woke up around 1:00 AM in the morning, thinking how funny it was that I could not at all remember going to … Continue reading

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Back to Work

The grandparents are back down from Idaho, and I am back to work as more than just a daddy, and a husband, but also a grandchild and a chauffeur as well as a handy man and and whatever else is … Continue reading

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Assessing Where We Are

There are a lot of bleak assessments of the world we live in right now as far as the economy goes.  Everyone is in trouble, from Europe to America, and even the Chinese, despite their money hording.  The ones that … Continue reading

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A Wells Fargo Fiasco

I called the customer service line at Wells Fargo to ask if there would be any problem if we were to bring in a check issued by Her Majesties Customs and Revenue Service of the United Kingdom, and was assured … Continue reading

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Five O’clock Pay-out

I get up at five in the morning even though I don’t have a job to report to.  I don’t get paid a salary, but I do get pay out of it!  This morning’s wake-up paid in electricity.  Not everything … Continue reading

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On 11 September

My grandparents had left Denver after a visit with my family, and I was surprised the morning of the 11th when I found them at a rest stop outside of Glenwood Springs, where I had gone with my bike strapped … Continue reading

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