I have always been fond of convertibles. I will open sunroofs in January. I was asked to “adopt” a 2000 Jaguar XKR convertible the owner of which could no longer drive, but lived in rural Nebraska. Although I am now certain that the odometer was tampered I did fly out to South Dakota and drive […]
This is only a snippet from the 2022 Second Scotland Distillery Inspection Tour, two weeks of riding around with local guide and grand friend Thomas* McIvor. Toward the end we were overnight in Edinburg staying in a new construction apartment right under the nose of the huge castle. We were also less than a block
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Cottage Grove Feeling a tad guilty for going to Scotland for two weeks with the strongly implied caution, “this is a boy’s trip” i.e. left Mare home, I proffered to take a Holland America cruise to Alaska. I, being previously ambivalent about the destination, found it pretty amazing. But this bit is from the week
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Ketchikan – canoe/jeep This snippet is part of our 2022 Alaska Cruise. Though Mare and I have cruised a reasonable amount, we tend to avoid the ship offered shore excursions. They are usually pretty good, but a poor value due to their high cost. So, on our annual Sistah’s Cruise, the girls did none and
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Paul Weinstein is my cousin. How far removed not too sure, but part of the Sirner families on my father’s side. He is either a couple of weeks older or younger than I and I do not recall which. When we were teenagers we spent time together including his going with the Reizners to Stony
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Being Jewish, our family regularly celebrated Passover (Pesach) with the traditional Seder meal. (Seder being the Hebrew word for “order”.) The meal/celebration of the Exodus from Egypt is extremely old and observed annually all around the world. It is designed to involve children and teach them of the Exodus. One tradition, apparently adopted in
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Does Your Rotary Club Levy “Fines”? This question was put before me this morning and I had to admit the answer is “no”. But still, I had to relate the following account of myself being fined $50 for a joke I told at the podium. Trust me, it was worth it. Our club from time
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In early December 2021 I flew to New Orleans with my Brother George and his squeeze Agi to attend our cousin’s kid’s wedding. There will be additional content about this wonderful event and the fun in the Big Easy, but for right now I want to share a rather long selfie-video taken at the wedding