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The Great Depression changed America forever. It changed it for the better thanks to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Great Depression even changed Inauguration Day. George Washington was first installed as our first President on April 30, 1789. Thereafter, Inauguration Day … Continue reading →

Ok, I think I have been on Coronavirus Information Overload for a month. Well, I have been a moderate germaphobe but not OCD about it. When the flood of information started overwhelming us, we were given some guidelines. Basically, the … Continue reading →

I am baking my St. Patrick’s Day soda bread as I type. Getting used to baking with gas after thirty-three years using electric ovens posed a challenge that I think I have overcome. So, my advice is to make sure … Continue reading →

First of all, thank God for iTunes, Netflix, Prime Video, and Acorn. I guess we could all read books too, but it’s nice knowing we have video alternatives. I have a nice collection of recent Yankee World Series wins as … Continue reading →

I have been off Facebook for a while. I also got off Twitter but have since returned. Primarily I abandoned social media because it was anything but. Now, as I mentioned, I have come back to Twitter, but I have … Continue reading →

  So here we are in the midst of another leap year celebration. February 29th! It seems like it was only four years ago that we were last celebrating. Of course, then, in 2016, leap year only served to prove … Continue reading →

Before I moved to Florida, going to Disney in the first week of March became a ritual for my two sons and me. My daughter could never join us as she is a teacher and did not have that week … Continue reading →

The Day The Music Died? February 3, 1959, was a day I will forever remember. I can still see my brother Mike and me watching our Mother prepare breakfast. I cannot tell you what the weather was like. If there … Continue reading →

The first Superbowl (don’t think they actually called it the Superbowl then) was in 1967, and it featured the American Football League’s Kansas City Chiefs against the National Football League’s Greenbay Packers. The Packers won. Then in 1968, Superbowl II … Continue reading →

Derek Jeter was the Captain. To Yankee fans, that’s all we need to know. When he was named Captain, he achieved a status not granted to the likes of Joe Dimaggio or Mickey Mantle. One of my earliest memories of … Continue reading →