It was a shock! Thankfully, I didn’t follow her advice Recently I wrote a series of articles about my Russian friend, Val. I wrote that I had planned to go to Russia and visit Val in 1990. As it turned out, I canceled my trip to Russia because I met Feyma and wanted to go […]
My Comrade, Val
During the Cold War, I had a good friend in the USSR It was kind of like a “one-person to another” diplomacy In the late 70s until around 2000, I was a ham radio operator. I would talk to people all over the world, and I really enjoyed that. At the time I didn’t speak […]
Getting Back to my American Roots
After 2 Decades of Living outside the United States My American BBQ Roots are back! After living 20 years in the Philippines, in most ways I got away from cooking BBQ. They have barbeque in the Philippines, but it is different than American style Barbeque. Now that we are back in the States, and especially […]
Today is THE Day!
I’ve been keeping you guessing! Today is the day that we are homeowners again! So for the past week or so, I have been teasing on Facebook about our new home! I’ve posted pictures that everybody thought were pictures of our new house, but those were just pictures of the garage! I’ve been saving the […]
A Year on the Ground
We moved back to the United States As of tomorrow, we’ve been here 1 year It’s hard to believe how fast time has passed. As of tomorrow, January 17, we have been here in Logansport, Indiana for ONE YEAR. We have experienced so many changes in our lives since returning to the USA, mostly good […]
USA vs. Philippines: Cats
T Today we adopted a cat Her name is Blaze I’ve always been a cat guy. Dogs? Well, they are OK, but I can take them or leave them. But, I always feel that I need to have a cat. At times, while living in the Philippines, we had as many as 4 cats or […]