Cinco de Mayo Blog #50 Continued from Yesterday… A few years after Meegan and I had fished with Vinnie, we returned with Mac, Lyda and Josie. We fished with Vinnie and Captain Dave Butler. It was the first time my kids had been “ocean” fishing and they loved it. Mac became…

April Fools Blog #49 Continued from Yesterday… Vinnie steered the skiff out of the boatyard and toward a channel that passed under the A1A Highway, which extends from Key West, at it’s terminus, to northern Maine. There were few cars traveling the two lane highway at that hour. Vinnie pulled his…

April Fools Blog #48 The next few days I will tell those of you that are interested some fish stories. Like all fish stories, there will be exaggerations and outright falsehoods. But that’s what makes a fish story so much fun. Here goes…For our 10th wedding anniversary, Meegan and I…

Blog #47 On May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig pulled himself from the Yankees line up. After 2130 consecutive games, Gehrig approached Yankees manager, Joe McCarthy. and told him that he would sit that day’s ballgame. It happened in Detroit, at the Book-Cadillac Hotel which has recently been restored to it’s…

April Fools Blog #46 The male Cardinal in our neighbor’s pine tree has been going nonstop for the last 3 or 4 hours. Cardinals make a call that sounds like a high pitched, “Cheer, Cheer, Cheer” and then a kind of whistle which I can’t describe well in words. I’ve…

April Fools Blog #45 Our washing machine went kaput so Meegan placed a call in to the repairman. He arrived this morning to give a prognosis. Not good. Terminal case. But it was sure great to see him. Usually it’s just Franco who follows around strangers when they are in…

April Fools Blog #44 In World War II, Detroit’s automotive manufacturers converted their plants to produce jeeps, trucks, tanks and planes for the U.S. military. Prior to the war, Detroit produced 3 million vehicles per year. During the entire war, they produced a total of 139 cars, as everything was…

April Fools Blog #43 Our neighbor opened their pool yesterday and today I’ve been peeking over the fence to see how everything is looking. Just being neighborly. Two mallard ducks have been dipping in and out of the pool all day today. And as Meegan was sitting on our patio…

April Fools Blog #42 The weather is starting to improve. Sunny and close to 60 degrees. Meegan said it yesterday on our walk, “This spring we are really going to notice it from start to finish.” Spring has historically been a busy time for us with our kids sports and…