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Are You A Snollygoster?!

As I creep along my path to salvation, I often feel like my mental decline is in the fast lane while my physical fitness is stalled, sitting by the side...

Protected: An End-of-Summer Beach Trip 2025

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J.D.’s First Golf Camp

Early in the Summer of 2025, Liz and David had mentioned that one of the many activities they had planned for him was a junior golf camp at Fair Oaks...

Savoring Scotland– Castles, Chambered Cairns and Cullen Skink (Part 1)

St. Kentigern, Govan Old Church, Eaglesham, Caerlaverock, Sweetheart Abbey, Ruthwell Church, Antoine Wall, New Lanark, Murfield, Dirleton Dovecote, Traquair, Melrose & Dryburgh Abbies, Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile, National Museum......

Savoring Scotland– Castles, Chambered Cairns, and Cullen Skink (Part 2)

Muirfield Links, Traquair House, Dryburgh Abby, Melrose Abby, Edinburgh Castle, National Museum, Stirling Castle, Lithlithgow Palace, Dunblane Cathedral, Scottish Crannog Center, St. Mary's Church, Blair Castle, ......

Savoring Scotland– Castles, Chambered Cairns, and Cullen Skink (Part 3)

Aberlour Footpaths, Inveravon Church Pictish Stones, Balvenie Castle, Tomintoul Highland Games, Elgin Cathedral, Skara Brae, Maeshowe, Wideford Hill, Rennbister, Cuneen Hill, Unstan, Ring of Brodgar, Birdsay, Highland Park, The Italian...

Savoring Scotland– Castles, Chambered Cairns, and Cullen Skink  (Part 4)

Puffins on the Isle of May, Gannets on Bass Rock, The Old Course at St. Andrews, St. Andrew's University, Hollyrood Palace, Real Mary King's Close, Calton Hill Monuments......

Protected: J.D. Brightens Up a Belated Father’s Day Celebration

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Loretto Chapel and The Miracle Staircase

My good friend Charles Pollard first told me about The Miracle Staircase at Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Charles had seen a documentary on television and enthusiastically told...