Monthly Archives: December 2011

I could probably amuse you endless with all the cute things my wife might say due to the differences in the languages she speaks . Though Spanish is her native tongue her English is in fact pretty darn good . That doesn’t mean … Continue reading →

just trying to fit in The music coming through the door of the little cantina was different in that it wasn‘t the endless Salsa I‘d been hearing played every moment I had been in the country. It was a Colombian … Continue reading →

  Should you ever fly low and from the west over the countryside of Oman towards the city of Muscat you will be treated to some incredible scenery…..that is if you were assigned a window seat. It would appear as though … Continue reading →

There are many who chase their goals in life right to the bitter and unsuccessful end and I do feel for these people. Then there are those who through sheer hard work or blind dumb luck, attain them while still … Continue reading →

Sometimes I must wonder that should we all revert to seeing things through the eyes of a child then perhaps we all might gain some advancement on true wisdom. A clarity of sight that creates a change of complicated problems … Continue reading →

Dom Perignon …. a symbol of class and good taste , a symbol of stature .  The gentleman who once gifted me a bottle of Dom is certainly a true representative of the descriptive above . However, the person I … Continue reading →

Though this one might be the longest…this is not the first recession I’ve suffered through as an American Blue Collar. The last one was tough but never once was I late with the rent or owe a soul dime….. But … Continue reading →

AFEES ….. Armed Forces Entrance Examination Station Manchester NH. The yellow brick structure that was once such a place is now an apartment building and its purpose in life is now so very different. I remember entering it for the first … Continue reading →

Its two days past Pearl Harbor Day and with great humiliation I admit that I don’t recall the name of the first N.H. man to die in WWII. That humiliation stems from two facts….one is I grew up in N.H….and … Continue reading →

On occasion I meet someone with an interest in something…..and as that’s something that’s not as common as it once was  I find that pretty cool. But on greater occasion still I meet someone with a passion in something . It’s … Continue reading →

One of my brothers has always been a pretty big guy with an appropriately sized appetite . I can remember… as an instance … watching him consume a pound and a half of pasta for breakfast before we headed out … Continue reading →

It was the day after and every muscle…nose to toes…was hurtin bad. We’ll get to the reason for that shortly but first….. lets start with the start to the day before. That day before started very very early as the … Continue reading →