Yes, the title is a bit of misdirection.
While Florida is my home, in my heart, I think Ohio will always be my home. I arrived back in my hometown this past Tuesday, staying until Sept. 10, to attend a class reunion, see family and friends, and visit places I remember from my younger years.
This is the 45th reunion of the Licking Valley Class of 1968. While I’ve reunited with many of my former classmates on Facebook, this will be the first time I’ve seen many of them since Graduation Day, 1968. We’ve already had one event,...
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Sunday, August 25, 2013
We said goodbye to our old buddy, close companion and good friend this past week. Scudder went to the Rainbow Bridge, where he’s now waiting for me, on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 20. Adjusting to life without him has been difficult.
No more long walks outside as he sniffs every blade of grass to find the perfect spot to do his business.
No more counter cruising (he was very adept at that in his...
Friday, August 16, 2013
This is going to be a hard post to write.
In June, I wrote the Lab Trio blog post about one of my cross-stitching projects and our Labs, both current and past. One of those Labs mentioned in that post was Scudder, my old man at 16 years.
Now, I’m preparing to say goodbye to him (and getting teary-eyed as I write those words).
At 16, Scudder’s old for a big dog, and a few weeks ago, one of his hips finally gave out....
Monday, August 12, 2013
Ah, the dog days of summer, that most sultry time of the season.
According to everything I’ve read, the dog days usually begin around July 3 and end around Aug. 11, or yesterday. I don’t know about the dog days anywhere else in the country, but here in Florida, the memo announcing the end of dog days was apparently misplaced.
It’s hot out there.
Beginning late last week, the dog days ramped up down here with feel-like temperatures...
Thursday, August 8, 2013
I’ve not blogged for almost a week now, not because I didn’t have anything to write about, but because I’ve been otherwise occupied.
You see, I have news as evidenced by the photo. The cover art for my forthcoming book, Dancing on a Tightrope, written under my pen name, Jon Dalton. It's a murder mystery set in Southwest Florida. Think Raymond Chandler or Mickey Spillane meeting Travis McGee. That's the feel some of my critique partners had.
So,...
Friday, August 2, 2013
16 years ago today, the love of my life became my wife, and I have to say that my love for her has grown more with each passing year.
Although we were still learning about each other on Aug. 2, 1997, there were two things we both knew: we were soul mates and we were best friends.
Like all married couples, we’ve had our ups and downs. We’ve laughed, we cried, we’ve argued, we’ve made up. But through it all, being best friends, being soul...
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