SAN MIGUEL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE QUINCEAÑERA (#51): HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY to all, but especially my wonderful and lovely wife, my good friend and fellow character John Bohnel and his lovely Margaret,…
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CATHY’S POND & WATERFALL (#50): My first big splurge after we had furnished the house was a hot tub. Twenty five years later, it had seen a lot of use…
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BLOOD, SWEAT, & TEARS (#49): Things didn’t always work out like I planned, and there were some serious injuries along the way. I am fortunate they weren’t worse. The first…
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YOU CAN ALWAYS WORK WITH US! (#48): My first big project after Cathy sold her condo and moved permanently to Pass-a-grille was a new driveway. The old asphalt drive was…
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BOX OF ROCKS & WALKING MY LOG (#47 ): It wan’t just Augusta bricks and hexagon sidewalk blocks that I collected. One weekend I found a big pile of old…
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JUNGLE BOY MOVES 320 TONS (#46): My house was on the NE corner of Pass-a-grille (PAG) Way and 30th Avenue. You can see from the photo of the house under…
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PASS-a-GRILLE BEACH (#46): As long as I can remember, I assumed I would live at Pass-a-grille Beach, just like my Great Grandfather, Grandfather, and Father. One person made that possible,…
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SMA IS HURTING (#45B): We are is small, close knit community, and we our deeply saddened by our loses. Richard was a member of our men’s group, Amigos Golosos. OBITUARY:…
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SMA IS HURTING (#45A): We are a small, close knit community, and we our deeply saddened by our loses. OBITUARY: With deep pain we communicate the sensitive passing of Doctor…
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CATHY HAS 4 KNEE SURGERIES & SELLS HER CONDO (#44): After we were married on December 29, 2002, Cathy needed to keep working at her job with the Eileen Fisher…