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  • On Genealogy: Part IV – The Loyalist, The Spy, and The American Revolution

    Standing Where It Happened I always meant this series to have three parts. But in mid‑August 2024, I found myself standing on the shoreline in Niagara-on-the-Lake, looking across the mouth of the Niagara River at Old Fort Niagara. From where I stood, the fort looked quiet, almost serene. The water lapped gently at the shore, and the red roofs and stone…

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  • On Travel:  Chúc mừng năm mới from Vietnam!

    On Travel: Chúc mừng năm mới from Vietnam!

    I’d been planning this trip for months -> months of research, watching YouTube vlogs, booking hotels, finding places to sightsee- which cities to visit?  What…

  • I Just Completed #dryjanuary!

    I Just Completed #dryjanuary!

    #dryjanuary, have you heard of it? Dry January is a public health campaign urging people to abstain from alcohol for the month of January.  I…

  • Remember That Baby From Three Men and a Baby?

    Remember That Baby From Three Men and a Baby?

    I remember watching Three Men and a Baby when it came out in 1987.  I was 13 years old. It was right up there for…

  • concert count: update

    concert count: update

    Original post (Head to the bottom to see the concerts I attended in 2018) I love MUSIC and to me there’s nothing better than going…

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