As some of you may know, It was my Birthday last week. It was a special birthday. Everyone in the immediate family knows I am 12 years old. If women can say they are 29 years old and holding, I can decide to always be 12 years old. I chose to be 12 because I … More It Was My Birthday!
During the past several weeks I’ve been busy getting my new book out to the public. It’s a personal memoir about my father’s family titled “A Century in Charleston – The Wetherhorn Family 1840-1940”. I spent many hours correcting some items that the spelling checker doesn’t recognize. Among them; apostrophes showing ownership in various contexts, … More Post Holiday Recovery
Once again, there has been a long break between posts. This time it was because I have been so involved in getting my new book ready for release. the major cause for delay has been discovering a number of things that my regular spelling and grammar checker did not find. Here are a few examples: … More Proof Reading
It seemed to have started with the Israeli Defense Forces arresting the local head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Jenin. That was on Thursday. The PIJ is a pseudo-political Islamist terror group based mostly in the Gaza strip. They immediately demanded the release of their leader, and backed it up with threats of … More Local Tensions
In Many parts of the US people have swimming pools in their back yard. We have one on the front porch. We didn’t build it. It occurs naturally when we have big rain storms in the winter. This time. it came because of a snow storm. We don’t get much snow in the mountains south … More Our Front Porch Swimming Pool
Our two dogs are often a great source of entertainment. Yesterday was a cine example. We had let them out in the early afternoon for some fresh air and exercise. A little while later we heard the two of them barking like mad. They often bark at anyone who passes the house. When that happens … More Dogs and Friends
This week the section called Lech Lecha ( literally: Go to/for yourself) is read in Jewish Synagogues. For those of you who might not be familiar with the Old Testament, It’s the third section from the start and deals with the Lord telling Abraham to leave his former home and go to Canaan. Canaan, of … More An Inner Voice
I did a lot of things during my years in the military. One of them was collecting Intelligence. The US Navy Office of Naval Intelligence had a standardized program for having ships submit items that might have some intelligence value. During one tour of duty with the US Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean I ran … More Amateur Spy
This past week we had the first rain of the winter season. It came a few days early. Normally, Jews pray for rain in the holy land after then of the current holiday season. The more reverent even wait a couple of extra weeks so that individuals who came on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem would … More The First Rain
I haven’t posted anything for a few weeks. The primary reason is that our younger daughter and her family were visiting. They live in Newton, Massachusetts. Their youngest (of 3) son is absolutely enamored of our 13 year old half Labrador, Maggie. He has always liked her. He still does, even though they now have … More Dogs and Grandchildren
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