MEETING THE PARENTS (#11): As you would expect, Cathy’s parents were wonderful. They came from St. Louis, where Cathy’s Grandfather was a watchmaker and Cathy’s Dad followed in his footsteps….
HOME TO MEET THE PARENTS (#9): Now that Cathy and I were engaged, the next step was for me to meet her parents, who lived in Boulder, Colorado. We decided…
Sad story) QUESTION? (#10): Yesterday was one month from Valentine’s Day and on that day in 1986 a somewhat historic event for the State of Florida occurred. I didn’t realize…
APOLOGY (#8): My channel CAST Of CHARACTERS Live was nearly permanently banned from YouTube. That was quite a shock after being banned from Facebook for 5 weeks while they decided…
THE PROPOSAL (#7): I joined Continental Airlines in early 2000, at age 50, as a part-time Reservation Agent for the health insurance and the free travel. I had a goal…
PISA & CINQUE TERRA (#6): From Siena we drove to Vernazza, one of the five villages on the northwest coast of Italy that comprise the area known as Cinque Terra….
EAT YOUR CRUST (#5): There were no problems after we got in and out of the roundabout leaving Florence. We spent the night at Villa Dei Bosconi, between Florence and…
AN ARTIST WENT TO FLORENCE (#4): The major benefit of working as a part-time Reservation Agent for Continental Airlines was free travel, so I asked Cathy where in the world…
I NEVER PROMISED YOU A BUTTERFLY GARDEN (#3): Cathy had no landscaping in the courtyard entrance to her condo, so in an effort to impress her, I offered to landscape…
TRUST YOUR DOG (#2): Where we left off, there were two problems with meeting Cathy. One was the no photo, and that wouldn’t have been a problem, except I lived…