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Gather the Family
Florence Heskett passed away peacefully at her home early this morning. She was no-nonsense urban gal from South Chicago, who was the daughter of a fire fighter and met a young soldier named Alvin, who was stationed in the city originally from Des Moines, Iowa at a roller skating rink. Six weeks later they married and though that young man grew ( Read more... ) -
Running on Irish
Gramma is still with us, but how is hard to believe given how little she has had to eat or drink. As far as I can figure she is simply "running on Irish ( Read more... ) -
Into Her Final Days
Gramma has definitely slid dramatically in the last few days. Even though for a while there, after she began at home hospice, she seemed to rally quite strongly. Last week I got the chance to play Scrabble with her, my brother A., and Aunt K., something that I have not done with her since I was very, very young. Gramma placed third, but to her ( Read more... ) -
Top Twenty-Five
Well, I hate to admit it, but Pacific Rim has pushed itself into my top-25 movies of all time.
Go see it.
Go see it now.
Go see it on the big screen.
Extra-special super-Kaiju version of the Blu-Ray, when it comes out. -
The Old and the New
There is a picture that my family considers precious, especially my grandmother who is entering her second month of hospice care. The Jeep entered family treasure, not just because it was a hobby of my uncle and grampa, but because of the Independence Day Parade in Whitmore Lake, in 1984. Gramma bought me, my brothers, and two of my cousins kid- ( Read more... ) -
Canoe Sonnet
The family have been up north for the last week, leaving me largely to my own devices. This simply meant working, watching Netflix, and trying to get some some sleep as three cats, who are all weirded-out because their humans are mostly missing kept visiting in the night, not to settle down, but get my attention. I did not get any work on the ( Read more... ) -
One of the Best Fathers Day Ever
This is a lengthy post with some pictures and videos, so much of this will be below a cut out for respect for the friends' pages ( Read more... ) -
Jeep Update
And now it is legal ( Read more... ) -
Jeep Update
It is running.
Later on I got the fuel line run to the gas tank, get the left front fender on, and was able to back it into the garage under its own power.
And now to get it insured, get historical plates for it, and to take it for a drive.
Here is a picture of the boys inside of it, just before I got it started up.
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Winning the Game of Darwin
This has been a week of emotional roller coasters. My cub scouts joined a bunch of other scouting units in the Redford Memorial Day parade (which is always held the Sunday after the holiday) and the weather was fine and we had a good turn out after all. I did indeed take Monday off and used it beautiful weather to get some work done on the garage ( Read more... )