Monthly Archives: July 2011

Safe voting is no accident!  It takes superior intelligence, noble humanitarianism, and extremely attractive good looks. If you feel you qualify, please VOTE TODAY AND EVERY DAY FROM EACH OF YOUR EMAILBOXES TILL AUGUST 11th for my “Grandmother Dearest” essay. … Continue reading →

Multiple choice question (choose one): what is the very most important thing you should be do today and everyday till August 11th? 1.  Go to the bathroom. 2.  Ingest some food. 3.  Breathe regularly. 4.  Vote for my “Grandmother Dearest” … Continue reading →

Row, row, row your vote, Gently up the stream, Merrily, warily, voluntarily, momentarily, Or else you’ll hear me scream! I know you may have voted for my essay already, but what have you done for me lately?  How will my … Continue reading →

Thank you if you’ve already voted for my Grandmother Dearest essay but please remember that you can keep voting every day up to and including August 10th.  Remember that anything worth doing is worth doing to excess. Just click HERE … Continue reading →

Before we get started, please remember to vote for my “Grandmother Dearest” essay.  You can vote every day from now till August 10th.  Having got started in the contest 7 weeks late, I’m trying to drum up some votes to … Continue reading →

Howdy!  I hope it’s not too late but I just submitted one of my blobs to a Consumer Cellular essay contest for grandparents. If you will be so kind, please vote for my entry every day between now and August … Continue reading →

Happy 24th birthday, Arden Tenjou (formerly Gwendolyn “Gwen” Taylor). We’re just lucky she has only two names, because she has several personas. She started out as a regular baby: exceedingly beautiful, talented and intelligent – you know the drill.  As … Continue reading →

Ten members of my family have done serious time in their Irish step-dancing soft and hard shoes.  (There could have been eleven but my niece Leanne blew her chance at Celtic greatness after she tore her Achilles tendon). I can’t … Continue reading →

The first time I “met” my future sister-in-law Arlis (Kirsch) Ford was at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where she was a student nurse, and I was a lowly elevator operator. I didn’t exactly “meet” her or her sister … Continue reading →

If you’ve never met my nephew-in-law Mark Alan Milner, get ready to be impressed. Words spring to mind like erudite, sophisticated, or debonair.  But not exactly, and not for long. One day about 26 years ago – in July 1985 … Continue reading →