Yesterday Megan called. The oven was broken. There was a pop, then she looked inside… white fire flames were rising from the bottom. Frankly I was impressed. Baking over an electric fire will surely be a new food trend. But in reality this will put a crimp on Christmas snacking. While our January bodies will praise us, yesterday Megan was sad… Thankfully the fire went out […]

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Santa takes us, as kids, on a imaginative journey. As a toddler the whole concept is easily believable. After all Mom and Dad are not only giants, they seem able to pull things out of thin air. But soon enough reality starts to set in and there are conundrums to ponder. How does a plump man […]

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Yesterday morning I posted a blog on our vote and this election. I had written it with the idea that anyone could win. But as most everyone else I assumed Hillary would win. After a finance meeting, I guessed I would come home to see a blue board… but I was startled. The night progressed […]

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After tomorrow it will all be over. By “all” I think I mean the election, but who knows… The campaign has the feel of a Netflix binge watching drama – with everything slipping out of control. Chaos, “fsociety” sort of way… On some level I have been watching and reading too much. Movies and television are filled with […]

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Haiti 2016 – We drove around Haiti piled into a Toyota Hilux – a little truck not available in the US. Standing in the bed, with supplies and our Haitian crew, it was packed. On a ride home, especially full, our ladder caught one of the electrical lines. Let me explain. Not a line from […]

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