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As promised, niece Chris continues last week’s story below: The Magical Power of the Blob – Part 2 Hello, again! As an update of our last adventure, after baby Fitzpatrick was born my sister, René lived with us into the … Continue reading →

Of the 467 blobs I’ve posted on goingon80.com, the one I’m in awe of is the one numbered 348, not because of its content, but for the event it accidentally triggered. In case you don’t know the story, I asked … Continue reading →

Marshall Joe Kozlovsky (our only family crime fighter, not counting my grandson-in-law Police officer Joe Stark) kept catching the bad guys, but sometimes, the crooks just kept getting away with it. We can only imagine his frustration. Our two clever … Continue reading →

Three times I’ve started writing a blob about the famous crime fighter in our family, Big Joe Kozlovsky. He was my husband Gene’s great uncle, but he was also the town Marshall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 1898 – 1906, … Continue reading →

I’m not greedy. Okay, maybe, a little. I do appreciate that daughter Susy and son-in-law Curt do the lion’s (lioness’s) share of our household’s hard labor, and I know I’ve got Alexa to turn on and off the coffee and … Continue reading →

Poor Paddy Works on the Railway In eighteen hundred and sixty-three, I came across the stormy sea. My dung’ree breeches I put on To work upon the railway, the railway, To work up-on the railway. Oh, poor Paddy come work … Continue reading →

When it comes to cooking, I acknowledge that I have created quite a few bombs in my time. I have never actually set the kitchen on fire, but not from lack of diligent effort. Many of the dishes I serve … Continue reading →

Hello, guest blogger grandson Bryce filling in today for Octo-woman+10 so she can put her feet up on a Saturday night. Living next door to Grandma, Grandpa and Matt growing up, I regularly spent many late nights at their house. … Continue reading →

The main event here this week was the arrival of baby Casey Curt. His mom Melissa and dad Neil presented the little champ to the world right after he arrived on Tuesday. Weighing in at about 7 and a half … Continue reading →

It was a dark and stormy night! We don’t know how he got in! We definitely weren’t prepared for a home invasion, but we should have been. It’s not like it hasn’t happened before. My son Matt, grandson Bryce, and … Continue reading →