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And sometimes, life is all just about getting poked with a stick…

While we were in the Bay Area for the holidays, we went and saw our Godson, Willie, and his parents, in San Francisco. Willie’s mom was organizing volunteers for another beach cleanup, a thing she is very active in. In the … Continue reading

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In the town where I was born…

Okay, I admit it. When you look at the main street in my home town, it looks a little like Mayberry RFD. I mean, seriously, that is all there is to the business district. The main difference is that in … Continue reading

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sunsets and crack squirrels…

When I was at my mom’s house in the Bay Area, I went down to that place by the bay where people walk their dogs… because I was missing my dog. I didn’t, for a change, get any good pictures … Continue reading

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Want to see some photos of a handsome young fireman?

Oh yeah, our godson, Willie, turned 3-years-old. And guess who got him that fireman’s outfit. We drove up North to be there. It was awesome. And this post is the least I can do after posting that naked picture of me … Continue reading

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And now, some pictures of my elementary school… a post that literally no one will care about… except me…

The one good thing about Kensington Hilltop school is that it is, in fact, as its name implies, on the top of a hill… so I get to throw in some photos of San Francisco in the distance… I took … Continue reading

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And you know I always visit my friend John when I go back to the Bay Area… even though he is dead…

For a dead guy, he sure has a nice view… Okay, technically it his memorial tree growing over his ashes… or most of his ashes… that has the good view. I am pretty sure I did a post a long … Continue reading

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I gave Willie a Christmas present…

He now has his own, signed copy of the monkey book. After our trip to the California Academy of Sciences, we went out to dinner with Willie and his family in a very nice Burmese restaurant in a quaint little … Continue reading

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