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On Helluva Travel Year!

On Helluva Travel Year!

by | Dec 18, 2023 | Journal

Greetings Folks, from Sedona, Arizona! This is our final travel destination for 2023. And what a travel year it has been! This year included trips to Las Vegas, Death Valley, Chicago, Minnesota, Vietnam, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and a...
Catching Up!

Catching Up!

by | Sep 29, 2023 | Journal

Wow, it’s been more than a month since my last blog post. I guess a lot has been going on, so I thought I’d drop this post just to share. As usual, Fall 2023 entered with what can only be …
The Boy in the Window

The Boy in the Window

by | Jul 28, 2023 | Journal

The Boy in the Window If you are anything like me, you probably have some occasional childhood memories that pop, unbidden, into your head from time-to-time. I don’t always know what triggers them. Some are mere snippets, like remembering playing...
The Dune Litany, Re-purposed!

The Dune Litany, Re-purposed!

by | Dec 12, 2022 | Journal

The Dune Litany, Re-purposed! If you’re a Dune fan like me, you’ve read most of the books and watched the movies, old and new, perhaps more than once. I read four of the books before burning out and have seen...
24 Hours to London!

24 Hours to London!

by | Sep 14, 2022 | Journal

By the time a notification about this post is delivered to your inbox, it will be just 24 hours until we depart for London! This is about when I start wishing that time would slow way, way, down. It was …
24 Hours to London!

On the Road Again (2022)

by | Sep 5, 2022 | Journal

Yep, we’re going on the road again! Lisa and I began this year with an amazing return trip to Italy in March. We visited southern Italy for the first time and it is no lie that Sicily blew our minds! Photo highlights from our trip can be seen here: Palermo Monreal,...
How Did I End Up in Duluth?

How Did I End Up in Duluth?

by | Aug 19, 2022 | Journal

The way my grandmother told it, is that she was at home in Duluth one day when she got a call from San Francisco. The woman on the phone told her that her daughter, Mary Ellen, had a baby boy …
Introducing Jeff’s Journal

Introducing Jeff’s Journal

by | Aug 19, 2022 | Journal

Greetings! While I have been writing some about my passions, like philosophy, science and travel, I have been wanting to write about other things that are more personal, and sadly, I’ve been putting this off for years.  Indecision sucks! But now I say” “Enough is...
How I Got the Surname of Drake

How I Got the Surname of Drake

by | Aug 19, 2022 | Journal

"I have been working on my family history for over 30 years now. That’s a long time, and I’m forced to admit that at this point I’m somewhat tired of explaining to people how I came to have my mother’s maiden surname, Drake, instead of my father’s surname. I understand why folks want to know, so I don’t complain. Still, to avoid future confusion, I think I should explain it one more time. So, here goes."
Something Happened

Something Happened

by | Aug 19, 2022 | Journal

I have a photo of me with my mother in the hospital where I was born. She looks happy. I’m feeding my face from a bottle. The photo looks so normal. Like a photo you would expect of a first-time mother. Not everything is always as it seems. Between the time this...
In Memory of Jim Duff

In Memory of Jim Duff

by | Aug 17, 2022 | Journal

Please note: In 2010 I was invited to be a speaker at a wake in Indianapolis for one of the best friends I ever had, Jim Duff. I was honored to participate. Jim and I worked together for years while at Hewlett-Packard and then into retirement, leading teams of...
Am I an Atheist or an Agnostic? Explain Please!

A Blast From the Past

by | Jul 17, 2022 | Journal

This post is a copy of a paper I wrote as a freshman in college in 1972. Actually, it was typed on a typewriter. I’m pretty sure it was for Freshman English. In any event, it was fun to rediscover it and to see that it is just as relevant today as it was then....
When the World Was Young

When the World Was Young

by | Jan 26, 2021 | Journal

When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round the world away! Young blood must have...
On Being Alone

On Being Alone

by | Jul 4, 2018 | Journal

I recently exchanged emails with a friend about an idea that has been bouncing around in my mind – that if you are honest and seriously think about it, we are all alone in this world. No, I’m not feeling …
Worth thinking about!

Worth thinking about!

by | Jul 19, 2017 | Journal

While searching through material I’ve written over the years, I came across one of my very first philosophy papers written in college. The title was, “To Believe Or Not To Believe” and had to do with my then-budding atheism. At …