Where Ya From?
"Where ya from?” A very common question, usually asked about 5 minutes into a conversation with a stranger I’d just met. I’d probably answer “Nyawk”. To which I’d get one…
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September 14, 2024
The Best Week of the Best Year
In the summer of 1980, Lt Col Don Scooler (moi), his wife, Marjorie and their three children, Christine(14), Jim(13), and Jeffrey(9) had the super fortune to be assigned to attend…
September 6, 2024
OMG 60 Years!! The First Ten
On August 29, Marjorie and I celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary. In this story I’m gonna try to capture the main gist of the first ten years of the roller…
September 3, 2024
A Damn Good Friend
My mom had a small picture on the wall in the entry way to our apartment. I looked at it and read the narrative on it several times. As a…
August 28, 2024
It’s Raining in My Bedroom
Oh yeah, we ain’t done yet. Let’s see what new mischief can befall our favorite attic dwellers, Marjorie and Don. The sitcom writers were at it again last Sunday starting…
August 24, 2024
One NYC Adventure
First, let’s set the scene. It’s near July 4 in 2005. I had a very vague plan in my head to introduce our grandkids to the city I grew up…
August 21, 2024
A Day with Granddaddy
Proximity means a lot to relationships. A major positive change to the quiet, peaceful lives of Marjorie and Don Scooler was the arrival in the Charleston area, from where they…
August 16, 2024
An Impromptu Family Reunion
Just a few days ago, Marjorie, happily heard from her brother, Harry, that we were going to have an opportunity to spend some quality time with several members of her…
August 13, 2024
A Husband Deserves Hazardous Duty Pay
Once upon a time, the various roles of family members were well defined by social mores. My mom told me a bunch of times that I shouldn’t think of asking…
August 7, 2024
What’s Good About Being 85
One of the better lines I’ve heard recently came from an elderly author speaking about one of his friends who asked, “Who in the hell wants to live to be…
August 5, 2024
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