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Vietnam captured our hearts

August 3, 2024 ttemin
Temple courtyard with pond and yellow flowers.

Travel to distant countries always brings joy. But certain places take hold in your heart. Israel did that a long…

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A 226-mile trip in the wild

June 26, 2022 ttemin
Boats docked by steep rocky canyon walls.

“I think our purpose here is to improve stewardship of the Earth, with compassion and respect for all life, to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Arizona Rafting Adventures, Colorado River, Grand Canyon

A minor-key year ends on a major chord

January 3, 2022 ttemin
Piano with sheet music and framed photo.

J. S. Bach, who dwells among my pantheon of giants, often ended his minor-key pieces on a major chord. It’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bach, Beethoven, grand piano, piano lessons, Yamaha pianos

Euology for my mother

December 14, 2020 ttemin
Elderly woman smiling, wearing a necklace.

Eulogy delivered at shiva services, December 14, 2020 Esther was born Esther Hannah Crowell in Washington D.C. on June 23rd, 1925…

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Wow! A ride to, on, and from an aircraft carrier!

December 6, 2020 ttemin
Person in gear near military aircraft on tarmac.

This is one of two columns that first appreared at FederalNewsNetwork.com ABOARD THE U.S.S. GERALD R. FORD — To the…

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My carrier visit part 2: The people who keep it going

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Crew members operating ship's control panels.

This is the second of two columns that originally ran at FederalNewsNetwork.com ABOARD THE U.S.S. GERALD R. FORD — After…

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A two-up trip to remember

October 20, 2020 ttemin
Couple smiling near black-and-white lighthouse.

One thousand thirty one miles. My trip odometer showed that number when I pulled my Harley-Davidson Heritage Classic into the…

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The sounds of silence

April 11, 2020 ttemin
A woman standing next to another person on a motorcycle.

This post first appeared as a column at FederalNewsNetwork.com Many years ago, the old AT&T had a long-running ad campaign.…

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Coronavirus antidote: Get your Purelled hands dirty

March 30, 2020 ttemin
Motorcycle undergoing maintenance in a garage.

Disasters are relative. That became clear in the second, or was it the third, weekend in which the world’s most…

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Life measured by scraps of cardboard and plastic.

March 24, 2020 ttemin
Medicare health insurance card with details.

While contemplating the quickly shrinking circumference of daily life Friday, I walked outside to get the mail. There is was,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: lifecycle documents, Social Security, Turning 65

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