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Bloggiversary
Twenty-two years ago, I started this blog. I haven’t been writing in it daily, but I have kept it up for 22 years.
I really should start writing daily again. Journaling at the very least. I’m paying for the hosting, so…
Happy Blogiversary to me…
Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day
Fourteen years ago today, there was a “buycott” called Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day. We were living in far northern Illinois, and the closest Chick-Fil-A at the time was in Racine, Wisconsin. So, I took my son to Racine to the mall where the Chick-Fil-A was and to the Racine Zoo for the day.
We had a lot of fun at the Racine Zoo that day too. We got to feed a giraffe!
Prime Day
#commissionpossible
D-Day
It was 82 years ago today.
This is the SS Jeremiah O’Brien. She was present at D-Day, making many Channel Crossings to support the effort.
She was almost scrapped, but was lovingly restored, and she even made the trip from San Francisco back to Normandy for the 50th anniversary.
She’s moored at Pier 45 in San Francisco and can be toured.
20 Years Smoke-Free
Today marks 20 years since I stopped smoking! Yay me!
All that money saved!
The prices as they are now, I’d only be able to buy about three packs for what I was paying for a carton then. Cartons are ten packs, so it’s more than three times what I was paying then.
And I’m so much healthier!
Happy Easter!
Happy New Year!
Wishing you a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2026!
We ended 2025 and are starting 2026 in Texas because of a death in the family. We’re traveling home today and tomorrow.
We’ll be doing some more traveling this year, mostly closer to home, but we have another trip to Texas in the works.
Happy New Year to one and all!
Merry Christmas
What Christmas is all about
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
On a sunny Sunday morning 84 years ago, the world changed.
At 7:55 a.m local. on December 7, 1941, the attack begins.
Pearl Harbor Attack
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor to remove what it saw as a threat to the empire’s southern expansion. The Pearl Harbor attack hurt us badly, but it also hardened our resolve and brought us fully into WWII.
Snopes has some photos that were purported to be found in an old Brownie camera years after the attack. The story was untrue, but the photos are archival and genuine.
The U.S. Navy has a Pearl Harbor site with more photos.
Chris at A Large Regular has linked to this National Geographic Pearl Harbor site in the past. It has a multimedia timeline, survivor stories, a kid’s section, and more.
