ONCE STAINED, TWICE SHY After having the house remodeled and new wood floors installed throughout, my lovely wife and I invited a number of friends over to see the new digs. Conversation flowed, as did wine, laughter, and stories about the ups and downs of the construction of our now
A FACE IN THE CROWD My wife and I headed up to Reno to meet with our daughter, who was playing in a softball tournament there. When we strolled through the corridor’s of the Grand Sierra Resort, we couldn’t help noticing that there was a wide variety of
HOLLYWOOD COMES TO TOWN My brother posted on Facebook that he had just successfully completed his first role on a movie being made in (Gasp!) ...... East Nicolaus! Yes, way! It wasn’t a speaking role, more of a group background shot. He doesn’t have to do much in the
POOR FIDO.... I was walking into the house and was overtaken by a sudden outburst across the street of a man screaming in anger. It’s a nice neighborhood, and while we all sometimes raise our voices to a slightly higher pitch to get a point made, this sounded more
There was a period in the early 90’s, when my mom got involved in just about everything. She was the bookkeeper for my dad, and did payroll for a few of the other farms in the area. She ran a tax preparation business out of the house, and was