Papa’s World – Our life with family and friends!

October 9, 2026July 25, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Our entire life being married –

Revolves around FAMILY and FRIENDS!

In the beginning – we had no money.

Living paycheck to paycheck.

But – we made do by taking day trips –

Packing picnic lunches and seeing local sights!

Also – we spent a lot of time at Sherry’s parents’ house in the country outside of Mount Jewett, Pa.

Her father had a fifth wheel, and we had a tent.

The children would stay inside the camper, and Sherry and I tented.

One night we were awakened by an uproar.

They had set a bear trap in the part of the campground that had no utilities.

It was about a couple hundred yards from us.

All of a sudden, there was a roar and banging going on.

The bear had become trapped inside the metal trap.

Like a giant metal barrel, and the door had come down.

It drew a sizeable crowd and the wildlife officers.

They tranquilized the bear and then transported it miles and miles away and released it.

First and only time I have ever witnessed this!

Here is Shery and I and the five granddaughters before Bode.

Maddy, Sarah, and Sherry.

Papa and Ella.

The twins, Cassidy and Taylor!

The grandkids were always with us.

The older two called us Grandma and Grandpa.

The younger ones, including Sarah –

Call us MORMOR and PAPA.

MORMOR is Swedish for MOTHERSMOTHER!

Sherry’s grandmother was born in Sweden.

Taylor and Cassidy one Halloween at our home in Brambleton, VA.

Many happy memories there as they lived a mile from us.

We would pick them up after school, and they would stay with us until one of their parents finished work!

FAMILY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US!

What was started as an annual tradition by Rob and Missy-

Third from the right –

A Thanksgiving Turkey Walk.

It continues to this day, growing in size each year.

Sadly, Rob and Missy moved a few years ago.

Today, we remember them every Thanksgiving!

FRIENDS!

The six of us were neighbors back in Portville, N.Y.

Buck and Cidy lived right across the street from us.

Carol and Mike lived right next door to us.

They own a national painting company.

Traveling to all points, painting Gas Lines and Oil Lines!

We all lived on Pleasant Acres Drive.

This was the late 80’s!

This is my brother Roger and Sherry.

I have to say he was my idol growing up.

He relocated to the Villages.

We became close after he retired and would visit him often.

This was taken a few years before he passed away.

He passed away there, and Sherry and I took his cremated remains to Eldred, PA.

There, he was buried beside his wife and the rest of my family up Barden Brook.

I always looked up to him and miss him to this day!

FAMILY!

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Papa’s World – “HEY WILMER – HERE’S A NEW LIST “

October 8, 2026July 16, 2026 / Tom / 2 Comments

Every week – this little tidbit shows up in my emails – and the frustrating part – it is a ad with a ” NO REPLY ” email from SIRIUS RADIO !

The first time I got this – not knowing – I replied –

” TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN – MY NAME IS NOT WILMER ” !!!!

After I got the second one – I then saw in the address-

” THIS IS A NO REPLY EMAIL ” !

The urge – after the next 4 or 5 – was well not something I will say here – but – to let you know –

I do remember four telephone numbers –

the first is that of my Mother – the second is my sister – both gone –

the third is my wife’s and lastly my own !

So – now instead of getting mad – and needing something for the head ache –

I will just delete as soon as they show up !!!

Now – the thought I have is that SOMEWHERE out there

is someone by the name of WILMER –

wondering why he has not been contacted by SIRIUS RADIO !!!!

So – I have come to accept this – I thought about calling them –

but I have negotiated with them every 4 to 6 months on pricing –

yes – you can do that –

HINT – never give them a credit card – make them invoice you – and not automatic renewal –

And if you can get through all the transfers – you can do it – but it takes time.

Make the most – delete them – and live on

My advice when you get a email addressed to WILMER – just move on –

DELETE it – smile and live another day –

it is funny in a way –

WILMER – I truly hope that when you see THOMAS –

just delete it –

think nice things and smile –

life does go on – one day at a time !

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Papa’s World – Lutheran’s can Jazz it up !

October 7, 2026July 16, 2026 / Tom / 1 Comment

Sunday – we had a surprise – we knew our little grand kids were going to sing –

but we didn’t know it would be with a drum and brass – guitars and the entire adult choir !

We had searched for 7 years after we moved South –

for a church –

And we found one in Community Lutheran Church of Sterling Va.

Music has become a very big part of our two services each Sunday.

Our three little grand children have become a part of that music –

Even four year old Bode who can not read –

will memorize the words!

Our choir director Jennifer Quoines –

leads all aspects of the music department .

Under her direction – we have been blessed each and every Sunday –

And these are just normal every day folks –

who she has managed to get to sing in English –

Russian and other languages !

We are a congregation that welcomes many to come through our doors –

COMMUNITY is the place of worship for the community –

And a place of comfort – safety –

Many out side groups use our space –

When we found Community – we found HOME –

When our grand kids were born – they also found a home.

So – on Sunday – we sat and listened – not once but twice – for both services

It was that inspiring – and the kids also sang for both services –

I hope you enjoy the video and song as much as we did –

It is a little long but oh so well done.

Today I share our HOME away from home –

Just another day in my life – “PAPA’S WORLD “

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Papa’s World – health – living laughter – evolving

October 6, 2026July 16, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Living life – one day at a time –

and doing it my way ( well – her way also )

Welcome to PAPA’S World !

GOOD MORNING

This is part of my story – for it has many chapters.

I have been writing – on face book –

daily – since 2011 – EIGHT YEARS !

Sherry -my wife – said –

you write so well – but I am afraid it will get lost !

YOU HAVE TO START BLOGGING –

so we can have a place to go where we can read it !

Now – I had blogged a number of years ago and had a site –

actually two sites !

But my computer crashed

and I lost all the info –

Then a couple months ago –

with the help of a friend

Belinda Vallarino Cermola

She helped set me back up again –

and by accident –

we stumbled on my second blog site that I had lost !

Here it was –

and finding it was like looking up phone numbers –

as someone who can not see with out glasses !

But – we found it while setting up my new blog site –

livinglifedoingitmyway.blog

My criteria –

Make someone smile –

Make someone happy-

No politics –

Bring light to those who are in the dark –

And help people become as healthy as possible –

I had found only FIVE blogs on that site –

The other site is still out there someplace

with hundreds of blogs –

It was all on my computer –

and I could not remember the name or password –

Someday – I hope I can once again find it –

to recapture all those stories.

Today – I am blogging one day at a time –

I really have no idea each day what I will write about –

It just happens with a picture –

a thought – a quote –

or something that I experienced recently or during my life.

I started

and changed my format –

today – I follow my criteria –

I have now been blogging daily for the past 7 plus weeks !

In that short expanse of time –

I have been fortunate to have 55 people who have subscribed to my blog !

Most I do not know

and they are from all over the World !

This has given me the hope and confidence to continue –

Hoping to bring a change –

a good vibe –

My way to help in health –

I am evolving –

I am living my life –

doing it my way – one day at a time !

And a big hug to my best friend –

the person who encouraged me to write –

MY WIFE SHERRY !

and to Belinda – who helped me to restart –

And to all of you who read my thoughts and have joined –

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Papa’s World – Crepe Myrtles and Palm Trees!

October 5, 2026July 16, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Good day – growing up in Pa. and NYS. –

We had no Plam Trees or, as far as I can remember, crepe myrtles!

So, in 1999, we transferred to NVA. -I planted Crepe Myrtles in the yard of the last home we lived in before moving South!

On my hands and knees – because of rocks – I planted three of them.

They had the bright red color!

They survived the winters of the NVA and D.C. winters!

BUT – NO PLAM TREES!

Now fast forward to 2021 –

We made a choice and bought a lot in Cameron Woods Community –

On the mainland side of Ocean Isle Beach in N.C.

This is the construction of that house, and you can see the irrigation system –

And the bushes and small Crepe Myrtle on the corner of the house.

This one now towers over the corner of that porch and blooms WHITE!

There is also one on the other corner of the house.

As we moved in July of 2021-

We gradually had major landscaping completed.

We went to the nursery and picked out three palm trees ( short ones) –

And two Pink Crepe Myrtles!

The two Pink Crepe Myrtles in the back yard –

These trees are so tall, I need a step ladder to reach the lower branches to trim back in the late fall, early winter.

They have grown so fast, and so many pink flowers!

The ones on the corners in the house out front-

They have gotten tall, but do not flower as much as these do!

This was taken over a year ago, and today the white Crepe Myrtle is taller than the porch roof!

This is one of the three palm trees we selected.

And it sits directly in the center of the back yard.

I can not reach the top on a step ladder and will eventually be twelve to fifteen feet tall!

In the background, all of the trees are in a protected wetland and cannot be cut down.

Looking back on the right side of the house.

We have had all the landscaping done by a man called ANDY!

Today, we are in the maintenance mode of lawn care.

We sold all our outdoor lawn maintenance tools when we moved.

And today, we hire most of what needs to be done.

I still trim the small bushes and cut back the palm trees and the Crepe Myrtles.

I trim the live oak tree out front!

Eventually, I will have that done!

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Papas World – How to deal with a BULLY!

October 4, 2026July 14, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

My wife said to me –

” You have to get on face book – all your friends keep asking

about you”! circa 2011 or 2012!

So – I joined and made lots of old and new friends –

And then – about three years ago – it happened!

Sherry – independent
free thinker
church family country
I love her for that

She asked me what I thought –

She wanted to march in protest

#metoo Women’s rights The women’s march in DC.

ONE MILLION WOMEN and she wanted to represent

herself and her daughters!

I have always encouraged her to stand up –

We do not always agree on the same things

but we agree to disagree.

I have always believed in equal rights for women.

She went three years ago – I watched it all on TV.

Some of the things she saw and heard upset her.

Mostly she was proud she made a statement

and I was so proud of her – she would talk to me

she would tell me what was happening

And it was all good until she posted on face book.

The first message came in PM
Not to me but to her
from a friend of mine I grew up with
” I don’t understand why you and all hose women are there” ?

The question –

I thought “REALLY” !

But – since we were friends –

we talked it over

and she explained to him!

She did it for her self worth – her daughters and to protest

the new amoral administration.

She did it for the inequality and looking down to

she had to see and hear in her work life.

The unequal pay – and yes being harassed.

“He did not see any of that in his life – nor his wife did either” he returned.

And so it went on – as the years passed
a few more quips
then I became involved

About a year ago – I BECAME INVOLVED –

she had asked me not too-

over the previous years.

I answered – and it was a long answer –

but also based in facts.

She hugged me and said ” I wish I could think like that”!

“It was perfect – you did it the right way” !

There never was a reply – but during other conversations

I sensed he was not happy with my answer.

Then – a few months ago – it got worse-

and I could see from that on face book

it was as though it reflected the way the White house

also was responding more and more every day.

They were the same – more and more ugly.

One post came through – we were coming back from something

And Sherry had been following the little girl from Sweden

Her heritage –

and she marveled at the strength of her and her message on climate change

( If you think it not happening – then I can sell you the Brooklyn Bridge)

It was so nasty as she read it – to the extent she should be shot and burried

She was mentally wrong in the head to put it in mild terms

he used something else –

She was reading this and then she said

” I do not want you to read this ” and she deleted it!

She made it so that he could not see her posts .

And asked me not to get involved.

He started to make comments
on my posts
attacking people who
commented on my post
PUSHING BUTTONS

When I posted what I thought to be a funny comparrison

I post funny – good and thought provoking quotes –

pictures and jokes every day –

to make people smile and have good thoughts.

I very rarely do Politics

And I keep it clean.

But – out of the blue he attacked the post – my friends and me.

He was doing to us what is being done every day from the White house

almost as if he were given the go ahead to do whatever he wanted!

But – in my life – I can see a BULLY when I see and read one.

And – it is not going to happen on my own face book page.

We can have a discussion
we can frame our words
not to be nasty
we can agree to disagree
but you are not going
talk down to me

I answered him for myself and my friends-

In no uncertain terms

we could remain friends but this was going to stop.

He did not like it and came back in a unflattering

description –

That was it – I replied and told him I wished him a healthy long life

and May the peace of the Lord go with him

But he was done on my site – and then I blocked him.

Over 55 years of friendship
I can see this happening all over
and it is a tell tale sign
of just what comes from
the White house
divide
It is not the party I grew up and loved
It has gotten ugly

I had many messages –

both private and on the site

Applauding me for standing up –

not bowing before a BULLY

and also stating facts –

not groveling in the dirt

I have slowly
been not following
people who post
ugly – cruel posts

I see a lot of posts that simply are not true

The disinformation is real

they post without fact checking

sharing really ugly and slandering posts.

I would hope in this new year that it would get better

But as long as it comes from the top

it will – I am afraid become worse.

This is my setting the record
straight blog
a lot of people saw what took place
and asked me about it
I will not stand by
and see my wife harassed
or my friends bullied
I WILL BEND
BUT I WILL NOT BREAK

Today is my putting my mind at ease

as it has bothered me

I do not take it lightly those 55 years of friendship

But I also have faith – love and compassion

I answer to my faith – family and country

Thank you for being my sounding board today

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Papa’s World – My “WHY” I stay out of the surf!

October 3, 2026July 15, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL – INSTRUCTIONS – What are those?

My two sons-in-law – Marcus, Mike, and me!

Going to the beach when the grandkids were younger –

Mostly to the Outer Banks.

Beach time included multiple umbrellas and chairs –

Coolers and plenty of sunscreen.

Back then –

I normally went into the Surf and waves.

Today, I am a walker who gets my ankles wet, but that is it!

Maddy and Papa –

Standing in the surf before going farther out!

Those days for me are long past!

August of 2024 when Sherry and I turned 75!

We had a family “BEACH VACATION” on Ocean Isle Beach!

The FAMILY during that vacation.

Sherry and I have always leaned toward beach life.

Today – whenever we like –

We drive ten or so minutes and are on the beach.

But – getting back to the “WHY,” I only walk the surf today!

Go back to the picture of Maddy and me –

Waiting for the wave to break around us!

And this is the moment to hit us!

That was the day PAPA learned he was no longer young –

That Maddy ducked the wave-

And PAPA didn’t!

I HAVE LEARNED – STAY IN THE SHADE UNDER AN UMBRELLA –

LEAVE THE WAVES TO THOSE MUCH YOUNGER-

It is much safer for me to walk the beach and pick up trash! LOL

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Papa’s World – Memories – Looking around!

October 2, 2026July 13, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

The day started early – we hopped on the Metro and rode it to Arlington Cemetery!

Sherry and I –

Took the oldest granddaughters, Maddy and Ella –

On a day trip into Washington, D.C.

No car and no transportation other than the Metro train to arrive and depart.

Here we are at ARLINGTON CEMETERY!

We walked and toured the unknown soldiers’ tomb –

Kennedy’s grave and numerous other sites.

The eternal flame and in the background –

The house of Robert E. Lee before he left to command the Confederate army for the South!

Maddy on the left and Ella on the right!

While not pictured here –

We walked across the 14th Street Bridge and came up on “ROLLING THUNDER – Thousands of motorcycles!

The girls were so excited to see both the history and all the bikes coming by!

They still have these memories of their youth and of being with their grandparents.

We spent a lot of time in D.C. touring –

All the grandkids have experienced this with us.

Ella and Maddy are approaching the steps to the Lincoln Memorial!

I have asked them both if they remember this day.

And both laughed and said The WALKING TOUR?

And both remembered almost everything about it!

The day Sherry and I took Ella and Maddy on a tour of Arlington Cemetery and Washington, D.C.

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Papas World- embracing women’s rights – proud

October 1, 2026July 12, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

I always knew that her innermost thoughts

were for social justice – equal rights

She just needed encouragement.

She has compassion – she shows her daughters

and grand daughters her heritage

her beliefs – her church – and her spirit.

Sherry – GRANDMA TO THE OLDER ONES
MORMOR TO THE YOUNG ONES
MORMOR – Swedish for Mother’s Mother

When we first met – I could see the hidden strength

The courage of convictions

I have always believed in equal rights

She just needed someone to believe as she did

Sherry has that ability

To make people wanted

To trust – to be a leader

Today she is that leader- for the children

and the community at church

and when she worked

before retirement

Many stay in touch

Still admiring her.

She marched in 2017 in the Women’s march in DC.

She constantly stayed in touch with me

describing the event

what she liked and what she disliked

What troubled her with some of the people there

Her ideals are set at a high bar

some were beneath that

THAT is what makes her the leader

THAT is what sets her apart

39 years have passed since that first time we dated

We have been married 38 years.

There is no one I would want to share my life with

other than her.

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In the capital building a statue

of the greatest women in America’s history

Not completed

one spot left

For the FIRST WOMEN ELECTED PRESIDENT

of The UNITED STATES

This is why – this is what – this is who she is.

EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL

EQUALITY FOR ALL WOMEN

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Papa’s World – Living in the South!

September 30, 2026July 11, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Palm tree in the back yard!

Growing up in Pa. and NYS. – A palm tree would not exist there.

Even when we moved to NVA!

But – in OIB – close to the borders of S.C. and N.C. – we have three!

This one is in the backyard.

One is about 50 feet away and toward the side.

The other is in the front left corner as you look at the front of the house!

We also have four Cepe Myrtles – two are white, and two are pink!

They all survive the winters here.

And last winter we had a very rare and freak snowstorm- 15 inches!

They say this only happens once every 40 or 50 years!

Three days later, it had melted and was gone!

We don’t even own a snow shovel! ( A good friend bought us one!!!!)

The two Crepe Myrtles –

Both Pink and I will say I like them better than the white ones!

The white ones are on the front corners of the house.

They were installed by the builder as part of the landscaping package!

The two pinks – Sherry and I picked out at a company that sells trees –

And we picked out the three palm trees.

We hired a landscaper named Andy to install them!

In fact, he did all of our stone borders around the house!

Since we were one of the first to landscape the lawn like this-

We allowed him to put up a sign, and he became very popular with the rest of the neighborhood!

Papa standing on the front porch –

But note the stone landscaping which Andy did!!!!

This goes completely around the house!

The builder supplied Straw, which in this part of N.C. – S.C. is big!

We did not like it ( Snakes love it!)

Then we tried for one year black mulch – ( Insects love that!!!)-

And then we did stone with a border of cement stones!

LOL – We got rid of the landline years ago!

For the third summer –

We are trying to grow lemons!

The first two years, we got a couple of them.

Then this Spring, Sherry found this self-watering tub on wheels.

We put it together and transplanted the lemon tree!

BINGO – it is now full of green to turn yellow lemons!

The other was root-bound –

All new Miracle-Gro grown soil –

There is an enclosed reservoir at the bottom with a sort of float device that tells when the water is low.

The roots go down to the water through perforated holes –

When that float is all the way down –

You just take the water hose and start watering until it comes back up!

That way, your plant always has water.

That and Miracle-Gro keep it healthy.

There are dozens and dozens of lemons on here now!

Guess a lot of LEMONADE is in our future!

Plus, this is all on wheels and can be moved whenever we want!

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Papa’s World – My life memories.

September 29, 2026July 10, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

On one of many excursions into Washington, D.C., when we lived in Brambleton-

Tammy – Bode and Cassidy and Taylor –

With the White House Christmas tree in the background.

Through the years, we lived in NVA-

We took the family to D.C. to walk and explore.

MT LIFE MEMORIES!

Papa with Sherry and our neighbor, Diane -At A Mexican Restaurant in Calabash for –

Cinco De Mayo!

The food was good –

And there were three sizes of draft beer.

I selected the middle size, not knowing just how large it was! 22 OZ, !!!!!!!!!

MY LIFE MEMORIES!!!!!

When we first moved South –

For nine months, we leased a 3BR-2bath. condo –

In Ocean Keyes in North Myrtle Beach –

While our new home was being built!

We could walk through the gated community, one-half mile to the beach entrance.

Here, Sherry is holding hands with Cassidy and Bode.

There were 780 condos in this development.

This is just part of them.

MY LIFE MEMORIES!

Sherry and her mother Barb-

Whose mother was born in Sweden.

Both are called MORMOR by the younger grandkids.

Which in Swedish means – “MOTHERSMOTHER”!

Barb is gone but not forgotten, and Sherry is MORMOR!

MY LIFE MEMORIES!!!!

Cassidy and Taylor –

Their last day as a freshman –

They are fraternal twins.

It seems like only yesterday they were crawling around, and Taylor was trying to keep up with Cassidy!

MY LIFE MEMORIES!!!!

Debby, Papa, and Sherry.

Here we are all dressed up to attend the ELTON AWARDS for the JUICE PLUS COMPANY.

A recognition for leaders in the company.

MY LIFE MEMORIES!

Some of the many team members of TEAM GENERATIONS-

Sherry’s Juice Plus Team.

MY LIFE MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Through the years – Family-Friends.

September 28, 2026July 9, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Maddy – first grandchild- graduated from college three years ago –

And working as an Environmental Scientist!

Here is her grandmother, Sherry, on one of our vacations to the beach!

The bond was incredible and exists to this day.

THROUGH THE YEARS – FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

Here we are with four of the grandchildren-

Bode was not born yet –

And Maddy was not with us.

The twins – Cassidy and Taylor-

And their two older cousins-

Ella and Sarah.

Looks like Cracker Barrel.

THROUGH THE YEARS – FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

Bode – first and only grandson in the family!

Today, he is in his first year of middle school.

Active in football, lacrosse, golf, and sometimes soccer.

And an avid Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins fan!

Along with hockey and the Washington Capitals!

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FRIENDS – DIANE ( neighbor) – PAM and BOB-

Good friends – laughs and golfing!

Here at Pelican Perch for the derby!

THROUGH THE YEARS – FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

Since the 80s – our closest friends.

MIKE AND CAROL – JIM AND DOTTIE – BUCK AND CINDY!

We have gotten together over the years – sometimes golfing, other times boating!

Escape rooms – (WE FINALLY SOLVED IT ) –

Always laughter and until we meet again – Hugs and farewells!

THROUGH THE YEARS – FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

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Papa’s World – Looking around – living life!

September 27, 2026July 8, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

We have all been friends for decades –

Six of us were neighbors on Pleasant Acres Drive in Portville, N.Y.

I grew up with the other couple in Eldred, Pa.

We gathered at the McBrides’ house in Magnolia Greens, Leland, N.C.

For a long weekend!

Mike and Carol – on the far left-

Flew in from NYS to Wilmington, N.C. airport.

Jim and Dottie – next to Carol and Mike-

Drove down from Edenton. N.C.

Buck – next to Cindy and me next to Sherry – hosted us all.

The highlight of the long weekend –

Was the ESCAPE ROOM –

The Greenlight Escape Room – “THE CABIN IN THE WOODS” –

In downtown Wilmington!

At one of our previous meet-ups!

We spent over an hour in the room, which, through solving the clues –

Actually turned into THREE ROOMS!

We had clues strung out all over the floors and laughed so hard!

It was such great fun –

Loud noises scared the crap out of me! LOL

This whole episode could very well have been this! LOL

After getting out of the Escape Room –

We went to dinner!

A day we can all remember when “SENIORS SOLVED THE PUZZLE OF CLUES”!!!!!

Our friends – for decades and decades – PRICELESS!

WINTER OF 2026!

A rare SNOW CYCLONE came up from Florida!

Of all places-

And deposited 15 inches of snow here in Cameron Woods Community!

This is almost a once-in-a-lifetime happening!

We do not own a snow shovel!

I was using a Leaf Blower for hours to make a path out of the garage –

Through the driveway and into the street.

Our good friend Jim showed up with shovels, and we cleared the driveway.

We waited for three days for the melt to take it all away.

I thought moving South to the borders of N.C. and S.C. –

I would leave this all behind!

JUST ANOTHER LOOK AROUND AND LIVING LIFE!

This time, we ventured to Dottie and Jim’s in Edenton.

Mike and Carol were not there.

Their new home is on the back side of the Outer Banks, near New Bern.

They live on a small canal on one side and a golf course on the other.

They have a small boat that they can get onto the bay with.

I have known Jim and Dottie since before they were married.

Jim, Sherry, and I all worked for American Olean Tile Co. – Dal-Tile.

Jim and I also played softball together in the mid 70s to the early 80s.

FRIENDS – JUST ANOTHER LOOK AROUND OF LIFE!

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Papa’s World – Our life in North Carolina!

September 26, 2026July 7, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

American Olean Tile Company – Dal-Tile Company – shown here in Olean, New York –

Where Sherry and I worked before transferring to Northern VA.

The lower right side of the plant is the original – when it closed in 2012 –

Existed as an employment for generations of families –

Ninety-nine and one-half years!

This is Cattaragus County in Western New York.

This valley is where the Seneca Indian Nation existed –

The Reservation is about ten or fifteen miles away, with a Casino!

The Alleghany River flows North from Pa. into NYS directly on the upper part of the picture –

And then after continuing through the reservation, turns South again –

Back into Pa. and South to Pittsburgh!

We worked here before we both transferred to Northern VA in 1999!

I had 32 years here, and Sherry had about 20 years!

We were both divorced and met here.

Married on 6-25-1982.

The Alleghany Mountains are in the background.

Many fond memories and friendships for both of us are here!

Today we live here!

After retiring from Dal-Tile – American Olean Tile in NVA –

We decided to follow our dreams and move to N.C.

It is here in Cameron Woods Community that we built this new home.

From the street, looking at the right side of the house and lawn.

Since we moved in on 7-02-2021 –

We have had all the landscaping done – front, sides, and back.

Neither one of us liked the pine straw that came with the house.

We tried black mulch for one year –

And then with stones around the entire house.

In N.C., there are snakes, and they love pine straw and mulch!

I have only seen Blake Snakes, but the neighborhood has seen Copperheads,

And Timber rattlesnakes,

So, we are very careful in looking around.

Our front porch with a glider.

The one thing I wanted in this build –

Was a front porch that had shade most of the day.

And a glider to sit on!

Sherry wanted a separate room for an office –

And we both got what we wanted.

We also wanted to be near a golf course –

And we live right in the middle of over 30 courses!

Here we are with our friends Pam and Bob-

I went to school with Bob.

They leased a house about nine miles from us.

And in the future will decide where they will end up!

Our longtime neighbors from NYS –

Cindy and Buck –

Who first moved to N.C. in the mid-90s.

They live about 38 miles from us, and we often get together to golf.

We have traveled the World with them on vacations!

Moving to the Ocean Isle Beach area has afforded us BEACH TIME only minutes away.

Sharing that with family!

Sherry’s daughters, Tammy and Debby taking a picture of themselves and their mother on the beach.

OUR LIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA!

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Papa’s World -Family – pleasant memories!

September 25, 2026July 6, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

SENIOR – looking after our bodies to remain as healthy as we can!

It is a lifetime journey –

Little pains – illness and accidents.

But – we constantly maintain –

Doctor visits are routine –

Dentist all to prevent major disruptions in our life together.

It becomes a must in senior years –

But also a blessing as each day draws to an end and a new one begins.

Sherry and Cindy –

Our close friends live 38 miles away.

Our friendship goes back to the late 80s in Pleasant Acres Drive in Portville, N.Y. –

Where we were neighbors!

In those ensuing years –

They moved to the Wilmington, N.C. area –

But we stayed in contact and started taking trips together all over the world!

Buck and Cindy and Papa and Sherry.

Many laughs and smiles.

Today, we try to get together once a month.

Sometimes that works out –

Golf and dinner out!

FRIENDS FOR OUR LIFETIMES!

Marley and Taylor –

Taylor is one of the twins of Marcus and Tammy – the youngest daughter!

She has trained Marley and is quite good with animals.

She has ridden horses since she was about six years old.

Today, she is 16 and a Sophomore in high school.

FAMILY – PLEASANT MEMORIES!

Our new home under construction in 2021!

Cameron Woods Community – Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

We have been here for years now-

Watched the community build out and made new friends!

Our SENIOR years are now here.

Today – it is HOME to our families and us!

It is here where we decided to live out our senior years.

Family comes to visit – Friends come often!

Our home is our life now, with new memories being made!

FAMILY – PLEASANT MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Worry? Be HAPPY!

September 24, 2026July 5, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Life is full of HAPPY FEELINGS!

Here – Sherry and I don hats for a skit at the church we attended before moving to Cameron Woods Community!

It was Christmas time, and the younger grandchildren were in the “SKIT”!

I was a DONKEY and Sherry an ANGEL!

Many times in our marriage, we participated in activities for the grandkids.

All part of our marriage and life together for over 44 years!

WORRY? BE HAPPY!

LOL – I do so love vegetables!

Talor and Cassidy – Twins but not fraternal.

I miss these days –

Now they are Sophomores in High School.

Both have their permits for driving.

Where did all that time go?

But – as time goes by – new times are here.

Pictures and words from memories!

WORRY? BE HAPPY!

All new experiences are happening –

The older grandchildren –

Two have graduated from college, and the younger is a college sophomore.

Cassidy and Taylor both have jobs.

Cassidy is a high school cheerleader for football and also participates in team cheerleading competitions.

She has since given up the violin, which she was very good at.

Taylor still rides horses – plays violin, piano, and guitar.

She works in a horse barn.

Plays soccer, basketball, and flag football.

Maddy – the oldest grandchild –

Works as an Environmental Scientist –

For a large national firm.

Ella is teaching PhysEd in elementary school!

Sarah is working part-time and is in college.

Bode – the only grandson –

Plays Lacrosse, football, and golf!

They are growing up, and we get to see it all!

WORRY? BE HAPPY!

Sarah – now in college and a Sophomore.

A beautiful young lady!

Bode – now in his first year of middle school!

Sarah, Ella, and Maddy!

The three oldest granddaughters.

Mother and daughters –

Debby, Sherry, and Tammy!

WORRY? BE HAPPY!

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Papa’s World – Funny things – thoughts!

September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL – yeah – that’s right!

Beach life – sand and surf –

We dreamed about this, but thought we never could be here!

But – life happens, and we found ourselves in a situation because of the Pandemic.

We lost so much money in the downturn of the 401K in our retirement fund.

BUT – all of a sudden, the housing market exploded!

SELL!!!

That is what we did.

Brambleton in Loudoun County, Va., is very expensive to live in.

TAXES – Housing- cost of living –

All contributed to our thinking of cashing in and moving South!

It was hard – we would be leaving grandkids, family, and friends.

Florida was too hot – we wanted out of the cold, snow, and ice.

We were advancing in our senior years, and I did not want to take care of the lawn outside anymore.

The border of N.C. and S.C. looked interesting.

We had friends in the Wilmington, N.C., area.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH! We found a condo to lease – month to month!

TIME – it would take time to look and find a house.

Everything we looked at needed work to update.

We increased the budget – and found that building new was the best choice.

We found Cameron Woods Community, thirty minutes from North Myrtle Beach in N.C.

We were still within a 7-to 8-hour drive to family back in Va.

We pulled the trigger and for nine months lived in the condo.

We selected everything we could for the new build.

And still came out cheaper than buying used.

Our new build at Christmas time, a year after we moved in!

And if we wanted to drive early to the beach – SUNRISE on OIB!

We never dreamed we could do this!

Life has a way of making dreams come true!

Losing part of our retirement but gaining equity in the housing market proved beneficial for us.

Today, we live in the South!

We are aging SENIORS!

But – we are where we want to be.

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Papa’s World – Some humor and happy thoughts!

September 22, 2026July 3, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Smile – be happy!

When Sherry was finished with her rehab after falling off her bike and fracturing her pelvis-

The staff asked her what song she wanted played as she said goodbye to everyone.

“DON’T WORRY – BE HAPPY”! she replied.

And sure enough – when they pushed her through the hallways-

Over the loudspeakers –

“DON’T WORRY” played.

Everyone got into the mood and swayed down the hall, and folks came out of their offices and said goodbye!

That is customer service!

Sherry in her room before being discharged!

Both of us grew up in this era and are “HIPPIES” at heart.

Love – peace – gratitude – being thankful – helping others.

Sherry and her grandchildren and Tammy – youngest daughter.

FAMILY MAKES US HAPPY!

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Papa’s World – Life as a senior.

September 21, 2026July 2, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Well, we have been retired for years.

We both have celebrated our 77th birthdays!

LIFE AS A SENIOR takes on a whole new meaning.

Little trips are now adventures for us.

We still golf and still walk.

Appointments are common occurrences, as are CALENDERS –

Both of us keep one to mark down dates of where, what, and when we have something coming up.

We look around and see how we live.

Family – church (nearby) –

Community – (A lot of caring friends)-

Warmer climate – (Hardly any snow or ice)-

Downsized our house – (all on one level)-

Close to shopping, beach, and entertainment!

Life in our SENIOR YEARS –

Means chill and take care of one another.

And to age as healthily as we can.

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For us, it is the simplest things in life-

Having the ability to walk in the sand and surf at the beach.

Warm climate – friends and family to share this with!

LIFE AS A SENIOR!

Watching the grandkids grow into adults!

Having them come for visits –

MORMOR – PAPA – GRANDMA and GRANDPA –

These are words of endearment to our ears.

Relaxing to the sound of the surf-

Birds and laughter –

Blue skies and soft white clouds!

LIFE AS A SENIOR!

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Papa’s World – Pleasant – fun and humor!

September 20, 2026July 1, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

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Does this picture make you want to be there?

Well, it does me.

This is Sunset Beach, and at the far right upper side-

A very tall building sits there.

That is Ocean Isle Beach.

We live on the mainland and are about fifteen minutes to Sunset Beach –

And ten minutes to Ocean Isle Beach.

We had always dreamed of living in the South on the eastern shore of the Atlantic.

Today, that dream has come true.

Being seniors and long retired –

The FUN stage of our life is walking on the beach in the surf.

Or – going to Ferry Landing on OIB and watching the boats travel up and down the ICW!

Nothing exciting as in our younger years –

But a PLEASANT way of life for us.

All of the above!!!!

Inspiring lookout!

And then there is golf.

We play a couple of times a month –

Now mostly nine holes.

Just being out there is a FUN time for us!

On the tee box next to the ICW!

Golfing with friends Pam and Bob!

All part of our life in the Carolinas!

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Papa’s World – Remember when?

September 19, 2026June 29, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Papa and Sherry on our second trip to the Biltmore Estate.

We want to go back at Christmas time to see the decorations.

I am always amazed at the wealth these people had to build such an estate!

REMEMBER WHEN?

Pam and Bob –

Papa and Sherry-

Bob and I went to school together growing up in NWPA –

In a small town called Eldred.

We get together to play golf.

Their one-year lease is up soon, and they will be trying to decide where they want to retire.

But this past year has been fantastic because we have spent time together.

Often we converse – “REMEMBER WHEN”?

June 25th, 1982 –

The day we were married.

So long ago –

But has gone by so fast!

REMEMBER WHEN?

Our journey together –

Always looking and exploring!

Steelers fans and Bills fans.

A few years ago –

Both teams played one another.

So neighbors being neighbors –

Got together and watched the game.

THE BILLS MAFIA WON!!!!!

REMEMBER WHEN?

I have many of these types of balls out there!!!! LOL

Daughters and mother – BEACH TIME!

Debby and Tammy and Sherry!

REMEMBER WHEN?

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Memorial Day – 2026 –

Sherry fell off her bike.

She fractured her Pelvis in two places.

She did not need surgery.

She recovered fast with rehab and PT!

After four and one-half weeks –

She was walking with a cane!

This picture will go down as –

REMEMBER WHEN?

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Papa’s World – ten years living life – looking ahead

September 18, 2026June 27, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Living life – doing it my way – the name of my blog –

And that is how our life together has gone.

Phoenix TEN years ago
Juice Plus Conference

The years have passed – but we still maintain a healthy lifestyle

Traveling – helping other people –

To this day – we love our life

When you come close to passing away

at least for me

there was no flashes of my past

no profound moments

but there was a inner peace

one that just ” LIVE FOR THE MOMENT”

and be grateful for what I lived.

We could not do this without each other

Sherry – Certified Health Coach

Her health business

and my number one cheerleader

The one who keeps me healthy

11-23-19
Raleigh North Carolina
75th. Christmas Parade

Today – we gather our belongings

pack up and head home

but first a trip to the Farmers Market

then the highway.

Our next long awaited trip

in February with our second oldest grand child

a trip for her 16th. birthday

One month in the warmth of Florida

and one week for her and a trip to

Star Wars theme park.

She is a huge fan !

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Papa’s World – OLD ? Maybe – but still thinking !

September 17, 2026June 26, 2026 / Tom / 2 Comments

Good morning World – ever think out loud ?

Ever nod off around 2:00 PM. ?

Ever get up and it takes a moment to take that first step ?

Getting “OLDER” is a fact of life – feeling it is also !

But – you also have to have the right frame of mind !

Now – in my before retirement life –

for my lunch hour ( because I did not know what else to do )

I would eat my lunch –

kick the seat back ( Buicks are made for comfort)

And take what I called a POWER 20 minute nap !

I would leave the windows down – park in the shade –

And fall right to sleep!

Now- since retirement- it seems like that years & years habit –

Followed me – each afternoon – I feel it coming on !

Thing is – now every day I go and pick up my 8 year old grand daughters –

I actually get there in line early – like a hour –

and there is a method to my madness !

I take a small couch pillow with me – kick the seat back –

Tune the radio into my favorite SPORTS show –

And slowly drift off for my 20 minute power nap !

A lot of times I will just sit and think – using silence to sort out thoughts !

Over the years – I have quietly trained my mind to recall –

I picture events – that way it is easier for me to remember .

But there are times when I just stop – and think – what was I going to do ?

I am a creature of habit – I have a place for most things –

I find that it makes it easier for me to remember !

I also concentrate on what I am doing or am going to say.

Concentration for me is my way to remember things !

Now – I am also not one who measures every thing I do –

I learned from my Mother to cook from scrap –

She often would bake every day – pies – cakes – bread and rolls.

She did a lot of it with memory – and I am the same way.

I love music – most all kinds –

” ALEXIA – PLAY JIMMY BUFFET ” !

I try not to limit my listening – on long trips –

I will listen to Country – Classic’s – Rock – Easy listening – Bluegrass –

It is my way to reconnect to past events !

Hearing – I have found as I get older – I hear things – but –

A lot of what I hear SOUNDS like something else !

I think that as you get older – at least for me – that happens !

My little thoughts for today on getting older –

But some things never get old – they just get better !

This month – 6-25-82 – will be 37 years –

I can still walk – I can still think –

I can do just about anything I want – only slower!

I am getting OLDER –

BUT – I also am living –

ONE DAY AT A TIME !

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Papa’s World – Thoughts – Humor – Good times!

September 16, 2026June 28, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Sherry and Cindy, during one of our many golf times together.

Decades of friends here!

A lot of GOOD TIMES –

Laughs – and scrambles to par every hole!

Memories in time!

MY GOOD THOUGHT!

Cassidy, Taylor, and Bode.

Sisters and brother when they were young!

MEMORIES!

Upper left –

My youngest son Shawn in high school.

MEMORIES!

LOL – If only this were true!

My two sons –

Troy and Shawn.

MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Good times in pictures and humor!

September 15, 2026June 25, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Sherry and I lived in Brambleton, VA, and in Fairfax, VA.

For almost 21 years!

During that time, we became Washington Nationals baseball fans!

Many times, we either drove into D.C. or took the Metro to see games at the stadium.

Even at first, RFK Stadium, when they first moved from Montreal!

They won it all in 2019 –

It was a special time in our lives in the D.C. area!

GOOD TIMES IN PICTURES AND HUMOR!

Our home at night with Christmas lights in Brambleton, VA, at the time we were and are now Nationals fans.

This was a two-story townhome –

3100 SF.

We built it as our “RETIREMENT” home and spent 14 1/2 years there!

But “STUFF” happens –

Namely, in 2020, the “PANDEMIC” hit!

Our 401K took a major hit-

But this home zoomed up in price, and we decided to “CASH” out!

We sold and moved South to OIB – Cameron Woods Community, where we built hopefully our last house!

Today we live here after downsizing to 1900 SF.

All on one level –

Four seasons, but warm most of the time.

The Ocean and beaches are but a few minutes away.

Entertainment and shopping are all minutes away.

Along the way, friends have also moved into the area or 40 minutes away.

Plus, old friends are nearby!

We golf and volunteer –

We have our new church, and this is where we are retired to.

Sometimes major developments cause changes in your life!

This is our case, and the door opened, and we went forth.

Our life today is standing on our front porch!

Life today – memories of yesteryear!

This has never changed for us-

When we were married all those years ago (6-25-1982) –

This was part of our vows together.

GOOD TIMES IN PICTURES AND HUMOR!

Today, our life together, but memories from the past bring us into the present!

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Papa’s World – Our life – come along!

September 14, 2026June 24, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

On our wedding day – 6-25-1982.

Our journey began by combining two families into one with four children.

Sherry has two daughters, and I have two sons.

The daughters lived with us, and my sons lived with their mother.

Those early years were spent traveling to sports events, activities, and taking children back and forth from ex-spouses.

Schools and churches –

We had no money and made do with what we could.

We lived way out in the country in the Portville, N.Y. school district.

It was a fun time – the driveway was 1/10th of a mile long!

In the winter after it was plowed –

A place to sled ride down the gentle grade.

I would hand-mow, and it took three days!

I would rest on day four and then start over again.

The next year, we purchased a ride mower from SEARS!

I could do the whole thing in four or five hours.

Looking back on fond memories of those early years.

I write these blogs because I want to exercise my brain and the memories I have in writing and pictures.

This is my journal on life.

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For the next generations to come and read, view, and remember the words, pictures, and memories!

Maddy – our oldest granddaughter –

On the day she graduated from the University of Lynchburg –

With a degree in Environmental Science.

Today, she works for a nationwide firm in her field!

OUR LIFE – COME ALONG!

A family celebration on the beach when Sherry and I turned 75 years old in 2024!

Here are the Myers and Krohn family.

Debby and Tammy –

Sherry’s two daughters, husbands and the six grandkids.

Five granddaughters and one grandson.

Family time spent together.

The families still live back in Va., where we moved from.

When we moved, we decided to settle a day’s drive from either family.

Today we visit back and forth!

My two sons still live back in NWPA, where they were raised-

But both have made trips down, and we have made trips back to see them.

FAMILY!

My oldest son, Troy, and his life partner, Andrea!

My two sons, Troy and Shawn.

Both still live back in NWPA!

Very proud of these two men.

FAMILY!

RETIRED now for years and years.

Our senior years are now in the N.C and S.C area.

We are close to the borders of both states.

Cameron Woods Community in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

OUR LIFE TOGETHER – 6-25-1982 to-

Now living life to the fullest!

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Papa’s World – Pictures turn into stories and memories!

September 13, 2026June 23, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Sherry and I planned a trip to the Expo at Disney.

We later found out that our granddaughter, Ella, would also be there!

We coordinated our day at the park with her and met up!

An unplanned trip turned into a meet-up with a granddaughter!

A PICTURE TURNS INTO A STORY AND MEMORY!

Tammy came for a visit and had Cassidy and Taylor with her.

They are the two youngest granddaughters and also twins.

To me, here the eyes tell the story.

Generations of Swedish descent!

A PICTURE TURNS INTO A STORY AND A MEMORY!

When they were all younger –

The six grandkids at the beach.

Before Bode –

We had taken a similar picture of the five granddaughters!

Today, he is the only grandson.

And of course, as curious now as he was then!

A PICTURE TURNS INTO A STORY AND A MEMORY!

Here is Papa and Sherry with Pam and Bob.

Bob and I grew up together in a little town called Eldred in Pa.

Many fond memories of that time.

Today, we have rekindled our friendships!

Here we are golfing together –

All these years and still good buddies.

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Andrea – life partner and my oldest son – Troy!

He can build a house from the ground up.

He got that from my own father, who passed away when Troy was just a couple of years old.

Very proud of the man he turned out to be.

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Papa’s World – Family history and memories!

September 12, 2026June 22, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Taylor – cousin Sarah and little Cassidy!

These three in the early years were always together.

Notice Cassidy’s shoes –

Not sure who they belong to –

But they are not hers! LOL

This was taken at our home in the kitchen area, leading out to the enclosed patio.

Today – Sarah is a Sophomore in college-

And the twins are Sophomores in High School.

FAMILY HISTORY AND MEMORIES!

Sherry started her own internet business twenty years ago.

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In the late 80s to the mid 90s –

We were neighbors of Cindy and Buck in Pleasant Acres, Portville, N.Y.

They sold and moved to the Wilmington, N.C. area!

Today, we live about 38 miles from them in Cameron Woods Community, Ocean Isle Beach.

We have maintained best friends all these years and traveled the World with them and the country on trips!

Buck and Papa somewhere on the ICW!

Cindy and Sherry on the KINZUA VIADUCT in Mount Jewett, Pa.

This is the area that Sherry grew up in.

Our friends for many years!

Sherry, Ella, Maddy, Sarah, Debby, and Diane – our neighbor.

The Myers family came to visit, and Sherry bought a raffle ticket and won a day on the ICW in a Pontoon boat!

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Papa’s World – Memories – family and friends!

September 11, 2026June 21, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Debby, Tammy, and their mother, Sherry.

Daughters and mother forming a memory on the beach for years to come for the next generation!

My purpose for these blogs is to have a place for future generations to see and read about family and friends and our lives!

Our lives together began on 6-25-1982 when we were married-

But had dated a year and a half before that!

We combined two sets of children that day.

Her daughters and my sons.

Her daughters lived with us-

And my sons with their mother.

Those early years – we had no money, but we had family times!

My oldest son and his life partner – Andrea!

My youngest son and wife – Trisha!

Both daughters still live back in NVA –

And both sons still live back in the area they were raised in, NWPA!

FAMILY has always been important to us.

Our oldest friends since we were married-

Are Dottie and Cindy?

Here, the three of them pose much like the three musketeers!

To this day, we still try to get together every 4 to six months or sooner, as we are only 38 miles from Cindy!

FRIENDS are an important part of our lives together!

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My oldest friend from childhood is Bobby, and his wife Pam.

Along with new friend Diane, who is our neighbor but also has a cottage on Ruchford Lake in WNY-

And knows our area well, where we were first married in Portville and Olean, N.Y.

A SMALL WORLD!

Sherry and Cindy!

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September 10, 2026June 20, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

The six grandchildren –

One boy and five girls!

Family history shows –

Maddy, then Ella, and Sarah – the Myers girls.

Then the cousins –

Taylor, Cassidy, and Bode- The Krohns!

Family beach vacations.

Now Maddy and Ella have graduated from college!

Sarah is a Sophomore in college!

Taylor and Cassidy are Sophomores in High School –

And Bode is now in his first year of Middle School!

Beach vacations have always been our favorite times-

Here – Taylor sits on the deck of the beach house!

Today – she plays violin – guitar –

Sings solos in church and is an accomplished rider on houses!

She has joined the H.S. soccer team, basketball team, and flag football!

Bode on the day he graduated from Elementary school to Middle School!

Ella, after being hired as an Elementary P.E. at Leesburg Elementary School!

Cassidy and Bode –

With MORMOR –

Then Taylor, Tammy, and Marcus!

Debby – Sherry and Tammy – Mother and daughters!

Sarah and Maddy!

Granddaughters all grown up!

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September 9, 2026June 19, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Good day, everyone!

MEMORIES are thoughts of the past-

Pictures bring them to the present!

Here is the couch in Sherry’s mothers livingroom in Mount Jewett, Pa.

Little Bode and his sister Cassidy.

Cassidy is the twin sister of Taylor –

But these two should have been the twins!

Big sister is sharing her electronic book with little brother!

Meanwhile –

Taylor is in the same room –

Playing in her own way.

She is her own person.

Today – Taylor and Cassidy are Sophomores in High School –

While Bode is in his first year of Middle School!

Here are their parents, Marcus and Tammy.

Memories from the past –

Being brought back in pictures for memories of the present!

That smile says it all!

Graduating from grade school to Middle School!

Bode – into all sports –

Growing – smiling and loved by his teachers, so they tell the parents!

Future memories to come!

The journey of past memories captured in pictures for memories of the present!

A picture of two camels in Morocco!

What for?

Because I rode one of them, and Cindy North McBride rode the other! LOL

Cindy and Buck in the forefront!

We were neighbors back in Pleasant Acres Drive in the late 80s and mid 90s –

When Cindy and Buck moved to the Wilmington, N.C. area.

We maintained that friendship and have traveled the world with them on vacations.

Today, we are once again near each other, separated by 38 miles.

Here we are with our other friends who are also from our past!

Pictures are for the present time in memories!

Great thoughts on golf.

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Papa’s World – Positive writing blogs!

September 8, 2026June 18, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Being positive – helping – staying out of the political fray!

Being seniors,

Life now is even shorter.

Why waste time arguing with someone who will not change their minds?

My beliefs are mine,

And I will vote for those beliefs.

And then go on with our life together.

Time is not on our side!

I look around each day –

The sunrise or the sunset.

The storm clouds-

And then listening to the thunder and patter of rain.

Makes me sleepy!

Gratitude, we are where we are.

Blessed that we are still together and caring for one another.

The direction of our day –
Small trips –

Store – post office, or appointments.

The little things in life make me happy!

It has changed over the years –

Now, instead of black mulch,

Stones with a border.

But this glider and porch are my happy place.

A place to sit in the shade and watch the neighbors go by!

A wave of a hand –

And then wait for the next one.

Much as I did in my youth, sitting on our front porch-

On Main Street in Eldred, Pa.

That is where I got the happy memories that I have today, sitting here!

Sunset Beach and in the distance –

The high rise of Ocean Isle Beach!

These two beaches are our dreams!

We always wanted to be near the ocean,

And this is where we ended up!

But – in my life –

I have no regrets.

It has been a good life –

Family, work, and now retirement.

We grew up together in little Eldred, Pa.

Elementary – then 7 through 12th. grade –

And graduation.

We both went our separate ways –

But always maintained contact.

Now, we are well into our senior years.
Bobby and I are playing senior golf.

Once again,

The stories of youth and memories are regaled.

LIFE IS GOOD!

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Papa’s World – Good thoughts and laughs – humor!

September 7, 2026June 17, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Good day, everyone – start your day with a smile!

Looking back to when they were little!

My smile for the day!

Taylor – now a Sophomore in H.S.

Sarah – now a Sophomore in college!

Cassidy – now a Sophomore in H.S.

It seems like only yesterday they were all together –

Laughing and playing pretend. Sarah was the leader – They even had a club called “THE MERMAIDS”!

Today, Sarah is close to 5’11 and Taylor is 5’10”.

Cassidy is almost 5’8″

Sherry – their grandmother “MORMOR” – Swedish for MOTHERSMOTHER!

Is almost 5’10”!

Sherry – MORMOR – proud grandmother.

Then the other two granddaughters –

Maddy and Ella!

Mike – Sarah – MADDY and ELLA – and Debby!

The Myers family –

Saving memories –

MY GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Maddy – on her graduation day from the University of Lynchburg!

Today an Environmental Scientist for a nationwide firm.

Ella – who graduated from Randolph College –

Is now a PHYSED teacher at Leesburg Elementary school.

Following in the footsteps of her father.

Bode – the only boy grandchild.

Bode has graduated from Elementary School to Middle School!

Into all sports –

He sings in the church choir with Taylor.

Growing up fast!

My good thought for the day!

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Papa’s World – A little humor and a lot of life!

September 6, 2026June 16, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL- Life happens – more beer please!

Sitting outback on the patio – we had a visitor!

As soon as I stood up-

It turned and was fast in retreating to the wood line.

We do have Copperheads and Timber Rattlesnakes –

However, I have never seen one in the backyard.

But I have seen Blacksnakes, and they are good.

They kill Copperheads, and I assume Timber Rattlesnakes!

I think this was some sort of water snake.

All part of where we live in Cameron Woods Community-

Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

Our grandson Bode –

Who graduated from Elementary School to Middle School!

Instead of shaking hands with the teachers –

He hugged each one!

A LOT OF LIFE!

Sunset in Cameron Woods Community-

And our three oldest granddaughters, after going for a run!

THE SUN DOESN’T SET ON THEIR SMILES!

To all of you –

There is GOOD in this world.

Celebrate it whenever you encounter it!

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Papa’s World – My BLOG – shows who we are!

September 5, 2026June 15, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Here is Troy and Andrea – my oldest son and his partner.

They still live back where he was raised in Eldred, Pa.

Waiting for their next visit!

Sherry and our friend and neighbor, Diane.

Not only our neighbor, but connected back to WNY as she grew up in NYS and has a family cottage-

On Rushford Lake in WNY!

CAMERON WOODS NEIGHBOR!

When they were little –

Maddy, Ella, and Sarah –

Sisters and granddaughters!

Taylor, Bode, and Cassidy –

Granddaughters and grandson.

IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME!

Shawn and Trisha –

Youngest son and wife.

Waiting for their next visit!

FAMILY!!!

Tammy and Marcus-

Parents of Cassidy, Bode, and Taylor!

FAMILY!

Oldest daughter –

Debby and Mike –

Sarah – Ella, Maddy, and Kenderick – who are engaged to be married!

FAMILY!

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September 4, 2026June 14, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Andrea and my son are life partners.

Troy is my oldest son and still lives near where he was raised in Eldred, Pa.

He can build a house from the ground up!

He got that ability not from me –

But his grandfather – my dad!

He could do the same thing, and he did while also being a supervisor for the South Penn Oil Company!

TROY and ANDREA – A LOOK AROUND!

Sherry in Brambleton’s town square in front of the theater.

We loved it here and thought it would be our final home.

But – Pandemic hit –

401K tanked –

House prices went way up –

WE SOLD!

And today live in North Carolina in Cameron Woods Community!

Near Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach!

A look back –

And now in the present –

A LOOK AROUND!

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The only boy out of six grandchildren.

Bode – graduating from Elementary School to Middle School!

Plays Lacrosse, golf, and football –

And sings in the church choir.

Growing up to be a teenager soon.

ALOOK AROUND!

Sherry on our walking tour at the gardens just outside Wilmington, N.C.

A fun day with all our friends from back in WNY and NWPA!

ALOOK AROUND!

LOL – IT VERY WELL COULD BE TRUE IN MY CASE!

Bobby and I grew up together in a little town in NWPA –

Called Eldred!

Grade school – High School – Sports –

We were at each other’s homes all the time.

Now – in our later Senior Years-

Golfing together –

Spending time as we did all those years ago,

SENIOR YEARS – A LOOK AROUND!

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Papa’s World – It came to a end – but what a ride !

September 3, 2026June 13, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Let the weekend begin – and a new beginning

Tuesday – we did not have to travel far – just 14 miles up the road.

The regional semi – final –

for James Wood girls soccer –

was on the home field of Loudoun County High School.

And – they had won the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP last year – 2018 !

This year their record was better – they were undefeated !

James Wood -Maddy 5th. from left in white – Ella – 6th. from right in white.

It was exciting for us – in our back yard so to speak –

and Ella was brought up from the J.V. team .

A lot of fans – family – traveled the 60 miles to cheer them on.

It was a hard fought game – behind 1 to 0 –

and Loudoun County scored just before half time.

That score stayed the same

Until the 9:00 minute mark

When the second goal was scored

off a deflection from our own player into the goal.

The final would be Loudoun County 2 — James Wood 0.

Most likely – Loudoun County may repeat as State Champions !

The baton has been passed – Maddy hands it off to Ella –

who has two years left –

and she led the J.V. ‘s –

scoring goals – and assists

it is going to be exciting watching her the next two years !

SEVEN SENIORS One last GROUP HUG – the season is over

Their Idols – the little ones so look up to them
I think Taylor – to the far right – is going to be taller than all of them !

Bitter sweet –

as Maddy moves on to college and soccer at University Of Lynchburg Va.

Ella – had tryouts for the Winchester United Travel Team Yesterday !

Now – it is graduation in less than two weeks –

and preparing for college.

Another soccer season travel begins this Fall with Ella –

and life goes on.

This was a close nit group –

and one final group hug at the end –

some come back –

SEVEN leave for a new life.

All to college –

two will play on –

records were set for the High School .

Before each game –

and after each game –

they come and go the same way.

Led by their Captains –

a walk onto the field

and a walk off the field.

A Class act – I hope it is carried on through the years !

For both girls – Maddy to college – Ella – to travel team

The END and the BEGINNING for both girls –

IT CAME TO A END – BUT WHAT A RIDE –

and it CONTINUES

The journey for the both of them –

Going to be a fun time in our lives.

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Papa’s World – Carolina life after NVA!

September 2, 2026June 10, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

May 2020 – during the pandemic – before we sold our home and moved to the Carolinas!

Here we are in the new Wegmans parking lot –

This store we watched being built, which was very close to where we lived in Fairfax, VA.

I would walk to a bench across the street and sit and watch the construction!

NVA was a very busy life.

The beltway around D.C.

We ended up moving a little bit further out behind the DULLES AIRPORT!

Our new neighborhood in Brambleton, Va. with 15 miles of walking trails.

Here we are walking around a small man-made lake.

We were just behind the DULLES AIRPORT, and planes were always flying in and out!

For 14 1/2 years, we watched this complete town being built-

From one elementary and one High School –

To multiple elementary and middle schools to FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS!

A quiet countryside farm area has become a completely new small city.

We watched it being built.

Walking our neighborhood in Brambleton, VA.

These three – where did we put the wine bottle!

SHERRY – CINDY and DOTTIE-

Friends for decades and decades!

In July, 2021, we moved into Cameron Woods Community, Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina!

Here is my view watching the houses being completed as construction moved down the street from our new home!

Our newly constructed home –

This would be our last move unless it is to assisted living.

We are in the Carolinas after living in Pa., NYS, and Va.

CAROLINA BLUE – endless skies, just a few miles to the ocean and beaches.

This is the life we always wanted.

It took a PANDEMIC to get us here.

We lost money in our 401K but gained in the housing market and sold.

CAROLINA BEACH LIFE!

FROM THE WEGMANS PARKING LOT TO THE OCEAN ISLE BEACH!

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Papas World – Our grand kids and health- eating healthy

September 1, 2026June 8, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Crazy as it reads
this is true
sugar is in everything

When we go to shows as a vendor-

we will demonstrate how much sugar is in

each popular drink – snack or breakfast cereals.

We do this by taking the total amount of grams of sugar

and dividing it by three – which then equals a 3 gram sugar packet

Like you find on tables to sweeten your coffee – tea etc.

This method is a eye opener –

for parents to see just how much sugar is in a can of soda!

Or a packet of skittles – a candy bar – a snack bar!

Little children do not know and it becomes a addiction – SUGAR!

Our small grand children
all were born with their
mother taking Juice Plus

We found Juice Plus almost 14 years ago –

and were hooked when we read the research and what it does

over time in your body –

Health is not a quick fix –

IT TAKES TIME –

My regret – it has been around for almost 25 years

I wish I had been there from the start.

The twins were early – taken out of the womb

as Taylor was growing faster than Cassidy

At 32 to 33 weeks they came into the World.

And from day one – no complications

THEY WERE HEALTHY!

Tammy took Juice Plus for years before they were born

and all during the time she carried them.

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The child will also get a 4 month supply ( free – just pay shipping)

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And this apply’s to college students also ( you know how they eat)!

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We promote health
at 70 years old

This program has all our grandchildren on it

Yes – we sell Juice Plus –

Yes – we promote health

And yes we have helped hundreds

We travel – we attend seminars on health

Sherry is a certified Health Coach ( from Dr. William Sears)

We live the talk

and – in all these years

We have seen the results

IT WORKS!

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Papa’s World -My family while growing up!

August 31, 2026June 9, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

My parents’ grave –

Up Barden Brook just outside of the Boro of Eldred, Pa.

My brother-in-law Bill –

And my sister Donna’s grave.

Just a few feet from my parents’ grave.

My brother Roger shortly before he passed away.

My younger brother Mike’s grave is just a few feet from the rest of my family!

All are now gone.

My niece Terri, my brother Mike, and I are in the middle.

Terri is no longer with us.

Not here is my nephew Rick, who passed away, and Kelli, who still lives in Donna and Bill’s house.

So, almost everyone I grew up with has passed away.

Jamie and Brandi – my niece Terri’s daughters – my great nieces!!!

Jamie lives in Portville, and Brandi lives in the home I was raised in.

This home has been in the family for, I guess, 82 years!

My oldest son, Troy, and his partner, Andrea, still live back where they were raised in Pa.

Next is Sherry.

Then Trisha, my youngest son Shawn, and Trisha’s daughter Autumn.

They all still live back in Pa.

The day Sherry and I were married – 6-25-1982.

While my family is mostly still in the area I grew up in-

Sherry is all alone here in the Carolinas with the exception of her one sister, Debbie.

Most of the family she grew up with remains in Pa.

Her daughters are back in NVA, where we transferred to.

As are the six grandkids.

Sherry – Bonnie and Debbie.

Her mother, Barb, and her father, Bill.

Today, we are scattered, or most have passed away.

But our roots still remain in Pa.

This blog is a journal for the generations to come.

To know us, our families, and who we were.

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Papas World – Social Media

August 30, 2026June 5, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

I have some criteria that I follow when posting on Facebook.

We are constantly bombarded by WHAT IS WRONG on the media today.

Negative vibes – where are the good things to be written about?

Taylor Bode Cassidy
school canceled
a day with the grand kids

So – I decided a long time ago – I would share smiles –

Good thoughts – Family – Friends and day to day happenings.

Also a way to document my life –

To put it all down in journal type writings.

I try to stay away from politics – as I have friends from all sides.

Sometimes that is very hard to accomplish

But – I try –

You see – my life is in the later stages

I want the kids to read this after I am gone

I want them to know who I am

what I did and how I feel.

I hope I conveyed these thoughts through my blogs

I am happy with my life

And today I hope I brought us a little bit closer

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Papas World – As the World turns – so do I!

August 29, 2026June 4, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

As we get older – we seem to become more set in our ways!

However – I am from perhaps the most vivid generation to ever exist!

THE 60’s – growing up in both turmoil and a revolution of –

PEACE – LOVE and COLORS!

Of all human life!

We had new music – and new Icons – JFK – MLK – and not so liked –

RMN – on the political horizon.

This was the era of PEACE- LOVE and HOPE –

But also of Guns – Protests – Marches and death.

And – the outcome – my generation won against the above.

War came to a end – the peace sign prevailed –

All colors were accepted by majority –

And RMN who was on the horizon –

was sent packing in disgrace in the 70’s.

The Hippies eventually for the most part – became mainstream

And today – they still flash those Peace signs –

They are older now – walking slowly –

They have experience and growth

They are still teaching generations to Love –

And once again – are standing – standing for democracy.

Now known as also Baby Boomers – casting a eye at the Capital.

Putting back on those tie dyed shirts in their minds.

We had become somewhat “Silent”

But – “WE” are moving once again –

As it was in the 60’s – turmoil has once again raised it’s ugly head.

A generation that lead the nation with protest out of a war

no one wanted –

A generation that evolved with human kind in mind

A generation that promotes Peace – Love & kindness

Yes – we are old – we are set in our ways

We are not entitled – we are not elite –

WE ARE WE – a product of the ’60’s –

As it was said by a Nation at war in the 40’s

You have awoken a sleeping giant –

A giant that walked the streets in the 60’s

One who promotes Love – Peace –

And in my case – God – Family and Church.

We stand together – as one –

We work behind the scenes to promote humankind

And justice for all is prevailing

You see – all those years ago

We helped usher in a new dawn

And we still to this day

Believe in Peace – Hope – Love

and in our case

Family- Church- Country and that peace sign.

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Papa’s World – In life, we live it one day at a time!

August 28, 2026June 6, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Good morning or whatever part of the day you read this.

As a senior well into our senior years-

We live each day to the plus.

Doesn’t matter what it is!

Simple trips to the store or doctor’s office.

Stopping at a big box store to find a little thing we might need.

Preparing for family or friends to visit.

Volunteering which we do.

All of a sudden –

Something happens to change that routine.

A unexpected fall from her bike!

As she was coming to a stop to get off –

Sherry lost her balance –

Over she went onto her left side!

She fractured her pelvis in two spots on that left side.

No – She will not give up!

She spent two days in the hospital –

Then seven days in rehab.

DETERMINED!!!!!

She has got this!

She went home and had excellent grades on her progress.

Now it is up to her with my help to progress!

Our daughter Debby came down!

Moral support and to help me.

Tammy could not come with three young children in school and her business to run.

But constant phone calls and facetimes were there daily!

Marcus and Tammy and Marley and the three kiddo’s!

The kids sent a card and flowers made out of pipe cleaners!

“WE LOVE YOU MORMOR”!

Which in Swedish Is MOTHERSMOTHER!

Our time together has always been these past 44 years plus-

TOGETHER as ONE!

This blog site represents that!

Its the simple things in life –

Now in our Senior years –

That trip to the doctor for follow up!

That walker and the road to Ferry Landing in OIB!

The ramp up to the deck at the Community Center on OIB –

To sit and just watch the beach, the ocean, and busy people!

This is our life in our Senior Years!

Life starts each day with the Simple Things!

She is healed and now we continue in living life one day at a time.

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Papa’s World – Today – Yesterday’s memories!

August 27, 2026June 3, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Sherry is watching my brother, Roger –

Tee off at one of the courses in The Villages.

Shortly after we retired –

My brother, who was alone-

Wanted us to visit him and keep him company during the Winter months.

We did that for half a dozen years before he passed away.

Growing up, he was my hero.

Those years gave us both fond memories of him.

He wanted us to sell and move down with him full-time.

I still cherish these memories –

Great times – golfing and “HAPPY HOUR” with him.

The last winter we spent together!

I shall always cherish these times –

TODAY- YESTERDAY’S MEMORIES!

Trisha is married to my youngest son, Shawn-

Here with his older brother Troy!

They still live back in Pa. in the area they grew up!

All have visited at one time or another.

Looking forward to more visits!

TODAY – YESTERDAY’S MEMORIES!

Sherry – (MORMOR) – Swedish for MothersMother –

Youngest daughter Tammy and the three grandchildren-

Taylor – Bode and in front – Cassidy.

They have all visited numerous times since we moved to N.C.

Here we walk around the waterfront of Barefoot Landing in NMB!

TODAY – YESTERDAY’S MEMORIES!

A long time ago in Eldred, Pa.-

Where I grew up on North Main Street-

Pictured here is my niece – Terri-

Me in the middle, and my brother Mike.

Both are gone –

But live in TODAY-YESTERDAY’S MEMORIES!

My parents’ grave-

Up Barden Brook in Eldred, Pa.

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Papa’s World – The next step!

August 26, 2026June 2, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

It was toward the end of May –

Sherry told me she was going to ride her bike up to the clubhouse!

About five minutes went by, and my phone rang.

A male voice asked if I was Tom – I said yes- “Your wife has had an accident with her bike – can you come to the clubhouse”?

I jumped into the car and up the street.

There she was – in the parking lot – lying on her back beside her bike!

A man, a child, and a woman stood there and said she had fallen sideways and onto her left side.

As I kneeled down, I asked her if she had hit her head, and she said no.

We were able to get her up and seated sideways in the back seat.

The man said he would wheel the bike to our address and put it on the front porch.

We headed to the Emergency room at McLeod Hospital.

After X-rays and a CT scan –

She fractured her pelvis on the left side in two places-

But no surgery would be required.

Two days in the hospital, and she was transferred across the street to the Tides rehab center.

Here she has had to undergo extensive rehab and learn to walk again.

They have been wonderful.

As of this writing, she has been there for almost seven days.

We have faith and HOPE!

This is a setback as she is 77 years old.

But – thank goodness it could have been much worse.

We have been together for over 44 years, married for almost two years before that.

This has been the longest time we have been apart.

So – we progress to “THE NEXT STEP”!

Whatever is ahead –

We will face it together.

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Papas World – A chunk of coal & a pigs tail!

August 25, 2026May 30, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

I guess I was maybe 6 or 7 – and it was the morning of Christmas.

I had been bad – so bad that I was told –

Santa knew I was naughty!

That previous Summer – I had run from my mother in the backyard.

I do not remember what I had done –

but my older sister and my grand mother

were watching me from the front porch – looking over the side railing.

My mother and grandmother were a lot alike.

Both small – grandma gentle with 11 children.

Mom had her gentleness but she was feisty!

She ruled the house!

Grandma passed when she was 85 – mom almost 98!

That day she chased me in the yard – I made it to the front porch

and I crawled in as far as I could go – spider webs and all!

I hated spiders and still do to this day.

She managed to coax me out – but I got a licking from her.

As I get older – I look back in fondness at those times.

My mom was very good to me –

That morning of Christmas – all my family was sitting in the living room.

And for my first present they handed me a wrapped box-

all red and white with a ribbon.

I was excited – my little brother was maybe 2 years old

I took the ribbon off and then the wrapping paper.

It was like a shoe box and I could rattle it by shaking it!

I opened the lid and looked inside –

I did not say anything – but I bolted for the door –

No shoes or boots and out I went in my PJ’S!

Down the side yard – I ran as fast as I could –

Through the snow toward the big red barn.

And I reached the railroad tracks –

And with all my might I threw that box as far as I could.

That was the Christmas for being bad –

I GOT A LUMP OF COAL AND A PIGS TAIL!

Funny how things remain in your head –

I had learned my lesson

My mom taught me well – until she passed- we laughed about this.

She was tiny – she was gentle – she was my mom.

And today my angel in heaven smiling down.

She couldn’t catch me – but in the end

She taught me a lesson in life that I will always remember!

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Papa’s World – Living life one day at a time.

August 24, 2026June 1, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Sherry is at the Brambleton Town Center in front of the theater.

We lived here in this neighborhood for 14 1/2 years until the Pandemic came along!

We had our retirement home built and watched as this neighborhood went from one High School-

To FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS when we sold in 2020 and moved South!

They built an entire town with shopping, restaurants, etc.

Once here, you did not need to go back out to the extremely busy NVA traffic.

It was really a Utopia of a sort.

But – being in NVA and within 30 miles of D.C. –

Very expensive to live.

The Pandemic caused the 401K to collapse –

But the housing market is about to explode!

So – we CASHED in and SOLD!

The three “LITTLE ONES” grandchildren –

Bode, Cassidy, and Taylor –

Had moved away – not far – but enough that we no longer picked them up from school or walked to their home.

It made no sense that we remained in an ever more expensive area to retire in –

And the Pandemic resolved that issue.

We lived with them after we sold and went back and forth to the other daughter’s family in Lake Holiday, VA.

We were able to help out with the three little ones to homeschool until they got situated.

This was when the schools closed for the pandemic, and they did everything online.

WE WERE TRULY LIVING LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

Bode started preschool at this time.

He is an active boy –

Into all sports –

And constantly on the move –

So it was hard for him by himself to do online schooling –

But he prevailed, and today he is a good student and in his first year of middle school.

The twins are no Sophomores in H.S.

Today – Cassidy, Bode, and Taylor with their parents, Marcus and Tammy.

And of course –

“MARLEY – THE GRAND DOG”!

A Golden Doodle!

And then the three oldest granddaughters!

Sarah, Ella, and Maddy.

Sarah is a Sophomore in College-

Ella and Maddy have graduated from college.

Ella is an Elementary School Teacher, and Maddy is an Environmental Scientist.

Parents – Debby and Mike.

Sarah, Ella, Maddy, and her engagement to Kendrick.

Our Lake Holiday family.

Our grandkids and “MORMOR.”
SWEDISH of “MOTHERSMOTHER”!

Oicking Strawberries back in NVA!

We are living Life One Day At A Time.

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Papas World – some say I am not normal – & I know that!

August 23, 2026May 26, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Ever since I can remember –

the first bird chirping –

My bedroom as I got older after my older brother

left for college –

Was right in the front of the house –

Facing East and those first rays of the Sun.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE !

I have always awoken either before those first rays

or shortly after!

I am up early each and every day –

first cup of coffee

BEFORE the morning paper hits the pavement!

And it is that way even if I force myself

To stay up and watch the BALL DROP for NEW YEARS!

My wife and I just had this conversation

About how over the years – we use to party –

Now it is CAN WE STAY AWAKE !

And – I am good with 7 to 71/2 hours of sleep –

BUT – it has to be when I am tired ( 8 to 8:30 PM. )

If I go to bed then – I SLEEP – solid –

seems in my later years –

I always wake up once to go to the bathroom! LOL

But – if I stay up –

I wake up the same time each day –

and then I feel terrible the rest of the day!

It’s like I have a internal clock

( I do not use a alarm clock)

If you tell me you want up at a certain time

I WILL WAKE YOU UP with NO alarm clock!

I do not know how that works – but it does for me!

My wife is opposite ( we do attract each other)

She likes to stay up later – somewhere around 10 to 11:30 PM.

She will wake up from 5 to 6 am. and read her phone –

I think it is her phone –

She is the lead in our book club from church

and she reads the books on line –

BUT – after a half hour or so – SOUND ASLEEP AGAIN! LOL

7:30 to 8:00 AM. she is up and ready to go-

Me – I have done all my face book – email – and my writing

read the entire paper front to back

and had two cups of coffee & ready for shower!

Morning Sunrise
I get to see this
each and every morning

Life has it’s own schedule for everyone

mine happens to be EARLY

And I can remember those mornings back to my childhood

That bedroom not only faced East – but had huge maple trees

with lots of birds – all chirping with the first rays of Sunshine.

There was the main highway as we lived on the main street of a small town

In NWPA.

In the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains

I could hear the trucks going by –

and behind the house the railway tracks

The ” Click – Click ” as the wheels of the train as it passes

Lulled me to sleep each night!

Yes – I am up at the crack of dawn –

That is just who I am –

I like my morning solitude

My quiet time – my time to write – think and read.

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Your day is just starting – mine is hours old –

So Sunday mornings – I get dressed and head to church –

8:15 AM. service

By that time – my day is well on it’s way –

AND I DON’T MIND AT ALL!

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Papa’s World – eating healthy is not the only thing – flowers

August 22, 2026May 26, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

We walk – we eat healthy – but the mental part is also important !

A healthy body also has to have a healthy mind – at least mine does !

So – when we moved into our house thirteen years ago –

I started digging up – replanting – moving – shrubs – putting in trees

( 3 Crepe Myrtles ) and numerous rose bushes – flowers that came back year after year.

I had to dig these trees on my hands and knees – being so many rocks ! With that being said – when they bloom a bright ruby red – I just love them – and it all was worth it !

Flowers and color do a lot for my mind and peaceful thoughts.

But – as you get older – weeding kills your back – at least mine !

So – this year – I bought the mulch from the boy scouts – and actually paid them to spread it around – 25 bags !

It was well worth it and half the cost of anyone else.

These roses will bloom off and on until Fall – most everything in the beds comes up each year.

Walking home – when coming in sight of the house- gives me a great calming thought – seems like any stress just goes away –

and that is for my mental being.

Sherry always plants the planters around the house – in back -the patio and the front porch.

So – when people visit – the visual of flowers – the welcome mat – sitting on the front porch or in the enclosed patio – brings calm – that is why we do it .

Each year – in the back – we plant flowers and the Tower Gardens –

which provide our vegetables daily.

In front of these are the other two Crepe Myrtles that I hand planted – all the trees and bushes here I also planted.

Yesterday’s harvest from our strawberry patch

We also grow our own strawberry’s – enough to provide us each morning for breakfast while they last.

Living a healthy lifestyle – to reduce stress – we plant – we grow and produce vibrant colors all Spring – Summer and Fall.

We actually grow even in Winter inside our garage.

For a stress relief – try flowers – smell them – watch them grow –

it can do wonders for your mental health.

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Papa’s World – First visit to dorm room of grand daughter

August 21, 2026May 26, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

After two and one half months – we went South 3 1/2 hours

To Lynchburg University – in Lynchburg Va.

Actually – this city has FOUR UNIVERSITY’S !

We were here to watch her play soccer and also to see the campus

and her dorm room !

She came in with 19 minutes left in the first half

( only two Freshman subbed in )

and she played the rest of the first half –

all of the second half and the overtime !

He has moved her to back row defense !

Her mother and sister also came down –

and we rented a airBNB for the night –

After the game we walked around the campus

and went to her dorm room

Maddy bring up the ball
in a playoff game
on Monday
which they won 4 to 0
This game she played
almost the whole game

The coach seems to have adjusted her from midfielder

to defender – which then has her playing 75 % of the game

as a freshman !

We took a tour of the waterfront in the old part of town.

We stayed the night with her mother and sister there

and then they had to leave early as Ella had a travel soccer game

( they won 4 to 0 )

We went back to the air BnB to celebrate Maddy’s 19 th. birthday

With dinner and cake.

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This Cemetery dates back to the late 1700’s

On the historical register

with over 20,000 graves.

We got to spend time with Maddy

And share a morning and early afternoon and lunch.

Hang some block out curtin’s
in her dorm room

We got to share family time

ELLA & MADDY
look who has gotten taller !

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Papa’s World – all he wanted was his cousin – ELLA !

August 20, 2026May 26, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

The birthday was earlier in the week – turning five –

His one request – ” I WANT ELLA TO GO TO TOP GOLF ” !

This is a five year old who adores his sixteen year old cousin !

For the last few years – he has been fascinated with her.

Going where she is and asking her to play with him.

And she is so good with him –

You can hear him yelling ” ELLA – ELLA ” when she plays soccer !

Cheering her on and she in turn can hear him.

I do not know how to explain this –

only that he became attached to her when he was between 2 and 3 .

The other two – Taylor and Cassidy –

form that same bond only with Sarah –

Ella’s younger sister.

We are a family of mostly girls
mother and daughters
Bode the lone boy

Bode and his father Marcus
instructions on golf

It was Bode who asked to go here

It was chilly – 35 degrees –

but we kept warm with the overhead heaters.

Debby – Tammy – Sherry
Mother and two daughters

We had a fun time – over two hours –

It is always fun when you spend time with family.

A cold night – but a time he wanted to spend with Ella

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Papa’s World – Forgotten memories – always together.

August 19, 2026May 27, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

We have always spent a great deal of time together.

Exploring wherever we are!

The places no one finds unless they happen upon them!

Life together – helping one another.

Creating memories that become forgotten and resurface for my blogs!

FORGOTTEN MEMORIES – ALWAYS TOGETHER!

Life not in the fast lane –

But slowly looking and watching as we go by!

It does not have to be exciting –

We can make do with whatever comes our way.

Here we are in Northern California at a vineyard.

Making lifetime memories of places we have been and places to come!

FORGOTTEN MEMORIES – ALWAYS TOGETHER!

Before they moved their training camp to South Florida-

We visited the spring training camp for the Washington Nationals.

We both love sports –

And try to see games in all sports-

But most assuredly – on TV!

FORGOTTEN MEMORIES- ALWAYS TOGETHER!

COVID – 2020 –

We were isolated at our home.

Tammy and the three grandkids would visit –

I would put a tarp down, and they would sit on it at the end of our driveway.

We would sit on chairs in our garage and talk back and forth.

It was a hard time in our lives –

But we faced it together –

Making memories such as these!

FORGOTEN MEMORIES – ALWAYS TOGETHER!

When the three little ones would come to stay overnight!

Before Covid –

We would always pick them up from school.

Bode would come and stay with us as he was not in school.

Overnights were counted by them in “SLEEPS” left before they came!

FORGOTTEN MEMORIES – ALWAYS TOGETHER!

Today they have grown up.

But FORGOTTEN MEMORIES – ALWAYS TOGETHER in our hearts!

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Papa’s World – Memories that may have been forgotten!

August 18, 2026May 22, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Here is Little Maddy – on her father’s back –

She is the first grandchild and is engaged to be married today.

Three years ago –

She graduated from college with a degree in Environmental Science-

And works for a large national firm on the environment.

Times forgotten, but memories still shared.

Twenty years ago –

We started our Juice Plus Business from home!

Every six months, we attended a JP conference-

Held on the East Coast or the West Coast-

We have made hundreds of friends –

Our business today has traveled with us in our move to OIB, N.C.

Creating many forgotten memories, but always present when revisited!

Sherry, Buck, Cindy, and Papa.

In the mid to late 80s, we met and became neighbors at Pleasant Acres Drive-

Portville, N.Y.

Since then –

They moved to the Wilmington-Leland area, N.C –

In 1996!

We remained friends and in contact.

We have traveled the world with them on vacations.

Now, we live 38 miles from them.

We still get together for golf, entertainment, and small trips together.

Oftentimes, just for dinner.

Decades of memories –

Revived when we meet up!

MEMORIES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN – BUT REVIVED IN PICTURES!

Sherry’s grandmother was born in Sweden! LOL!!!!

The Kinzua via-duct bridge just outside Mount Jewett, Pa.

This is where Sherry lived and was raised.

This bridge is historic and preserved now in a State Park.

Built in the 1800s and is some 310 feet high!

A tornado came through years ago, and half of it tumbled down.

Today – a viewing platform on the end where you can look straight down through glass –

Allows you to walk out there-

Me – No Thanks! LOL

A must-see if you are ever in NWPA –

Land of the Seneca Indians –

The reservation is nearby with a Casino!

A picture of a memory revisited!

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Papa, Jim, and Buck!

We have all been friends since d the late 70s!

Today – we still get together –

Friendships that have lasted for decades are still going!

Memories revisited in a picture!

LOL!!!!

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Papa’s World – Looking at TIMES PAST!

August 17, 2026May 20, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Sherry and I are at the parade in Raleigh with family!

This was in 2019, and I believe it was around Christmas time or Thanksgiving!

We have not been back since –

But it was a super good time and a large parade.

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

Sherry in Washington, D.C-

To see the Christmas tree and decorations around the White House.

Cold but fun with the grandkids!

Two are just behind her, and also Tammy!

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

A decoration we had in our home in Brambleton, VA.

Santa and a rocking chair used by all the grandkids when they were young!

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

Christmas decorations at our home in Brambleton, VA.

Every year, we decorated the two-story home.

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

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Sherry and I visited a farm with miniature cows!

They were like miniature horses!

I am not exactly sure where this is, but I think some place in N.C.

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

Someplace in Spain –

Papa and Sherry on one of our trips with the McBrides!

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

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Papa’s World – As time goes by- Memories!

August 16, 2026May 19, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

When all the grandkids were younger –

We all went to the county fair.

We are as Sherry’s shirt says- “BLESSED”!

And a time to come-

Ella’s Shirt – SKIP A STRAW – SAVE A TURTLE!

Gone by times are memories!

Walking the streets of Washington, D.C. with our friends from AZ.

Sherry, Jo, and Paul.

Who came for a visit several years ago.

We toured all of D.C. for three days and took the Metro.

A first for them and one of many for us!

Gone by times are memories.

We had the honor of hosting Ronny Cox – movie star and TV actor –

His first role was in Deliverance, and he became a star.

He came to ur church through a program, and we gave him a place to stay overnight.

We sat around our breakfast table for a few hours, and he regaled us with his life in Hollywood and other stars.

He was also accompanied by Radoslav Lorkovic –

An accomplished musician in his own right on the accordion and piano –

World-renowned from Croatia.

Here is Radoslav and Ronny Cox packing up to leave with Sherry in our driveway.

It was a fun 24 hours, and both were exceptional in gratitude for our hosting them.

Rad travels the world playing his music!

Gone by times are memories!

North Main Street in Eldred, Pa., where I was raised and lived for 30 years.

The cluster of buildings on the lower left –

Are the Eldred- WWII museum.

A bucket list to see!

Many tour buses from all over stop and explore the history contained inside its walls.

And yes, that is a real Tank bursting through the wall!

The red building, lower right, was the fire hall as I was growing up.

The building to the upper right-

Was the Masonic Temple- a dentist’s and a doctor’s office as I was growing up.

It was there I went, where I broke both my arm and finger at separate times.

All my early dental work was performed there.

If you see the car in the main street, upper left-

The home I was raised in –

Is just beyond the big white house-

And now my great niece lives there.

That makes for 82 years of family living there.

Gone by times are memories!

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Papa’s World – Special places!

August 15, 2026May 18, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Sherry is lighting a candle at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

We spent almost 21 years living about 30 miles from the capital.

Oftentimes, becoming sort of tour guides for family and friends.

Taknin both family and friends into the city by car or the Metro line.

We had Metro passes( still do), and the little ones loved riding the rails!

When Maddy was just able to walk –

We took her and the stroller and pushed her all over D.C.

We even have a picture on the wall of her standing outside the fence-

And the White House in the background –

Hanging on our wall.

Sherry with Jo and Paul – friends from Arizona – who visited our home in Brambleton, VA.

Jo graduated behind me in the same H.S. in Pa.

And Paul graduated from the same H.S. that Sherry attended.

Both have been long-distance friends, and we have visited their home in AZ.

Here we are at the Martin Luther King Memorial!

Reflections of Paul, Sherry, and Jo at the Vietnam Memorial Wall.

We all had friends’ names on that wall.

Bode, Taylor, and Cassidy in the back of our car-

This was during Covid, and the services were outside in the parking lot of Community Lutheran Church –

Strling , VA.

Our last service here before we moved to the Carolinas.

Here is Sherry and Papa saying goodbye to the congregation we attended for our years in NVA.

Pastor Annebbelle presides.

Notice the masks on everyone.

It was a bittersweet moment for us as we were involved in the church here.

Our car with the grandkids is in the background.

We were soon to leave –

SPECIAL PLACES!

Our longtime special friends –

Steve and Elaine, from back in WNY, who recently moved to Lynchburg, VA.

We raised our families together and played co-ed volleyball together for years.

Here we are on the ICW at Vareen Gardens –

A special place for us to walk on the ICW at the borders of N.C. and S.C.

Hoping we can visit once again!

Family time at one of our AIRBNB trips to Lynchburg, VA, to watch either Maddy or Ella play college soccer.

Watching the game –

I believe this is the game where Maddy(white), captain of the University of Lynchburg-

And Ella – (black) was the captain of the Randolph College soccer team.

Maddy and Ella are shaking hands.

Maddy was a senior and Ella a Sophomore.

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Papa’s World – Events in a lifetime!

August 14, 2026May 17, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

July 2nd. 2021 –

After nine months of living in Ocean Keyes, North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

We moved into our home, which we had built in Cameron Woods Community, OIB! N.C.

Some 30 minutes from Ocean Keyes but in N.C.

The one requirement I had in this home –

Was a front porch with a covered, shaded glider.

Here you see that front porch and glider!

Today it is a bit different in the landscaping!

Gone is the mulch; in its place are stones, rocks, and border stones.

We did this to cut down on the weeding and how it enhances the property.

It still is my place to sit after all these years.

Saying hello or waving as neighbors go by.

This is one of the major events of our life together as most likely the last house we build.

Other than me trimming the plants and bushes –

We have a company come in and mow-trim -weed and feed the yard.

EVENTS IN A LIFETIME!

Papa is walking in our old neighborhood of Brambleton, VA.

Above are our growing systems of Tower Gardens –

We sold all except one, which we installed in July 2021 on our back patio here in Cameron Woods-

And it has been producing ever since.

We were one of the earliest to invest in the country in these home-growing systems.

We can grow anything that does not grow on a tree in this self-watering system.

Every couple of weeks – add tonic and nutrients –

Just water in the base and no dirt.

It grows about 30 % faster and has no pesticides!

For about fifteen years, we have been growing our own produce-

And now in N.C. –

We can grow outside all year long!

After starting in three to four weeks –

You can have salads every night!

We had five, and now we’re down to just one that feeds us every day!

THE TOWER GARDEN-

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EVENTS IN A LIFETIME!

Sherry and Papa –

On our tour with friends in Northern California.

We have traveled the world with Buck and Cindy, who were our neighbors back in Portville, N.Y.

Sherry, Buck, and Cindy.

They live in Magnolia Greens just outside of Leland, N.C.

About 38 miles from us.

We often get together to golf, or just have dinner or see entertainment together.

We have had many traveling the road together worldwide!

Here we are in OHAU –

We rented a car and explored almost everywhere we could drive together.

Cindy and Buck are at Lake Tahoe with us.

Friends for decades and decades.

Many, many – LIFETIME IN EVENTS with them!

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Papa and Sherry in Morocco.

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Papa’s World – Memories of life.

August 13, 2026May 16, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

I wish we could turn back time and revisit these days!

Here are the twins –

Taylor on the left and Cassidy on the right!

Now here they are with their parents and their brother, Bode.

They are now Sophomores in High School, and Bode is in Middle school.

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

Our favorite pastime –

Playing golf while we still can.

Here is the course at Brickyard Landing –

The finishing hole along the ICW!

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

The Dominican Republic – our honeymoon in June 1982 – Sherry.

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

Sherry and I are on one of our many walks in Vareen Gardens, just across the state line in S.C.

This is right on the ICW and a good place to go – sit in the shade-

And watch the boat traffic!

Folks write on seashells and hang them from the trees!

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

Pam and Sherry are on the Leopards Chase golf course across the street in Ocean Ridge.

One of the many times we have golfed with Pam and Bob!

Bob, Pam, and Sherry!

They are still trying to find a place to settle down from RVING!

They are leasing a home near us-

Time will tell.

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

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When friends meet up –

Jim, Dottie, Sherry, Buck, and Cindy.

We go back to the early 80s.

Still get together at each other’s homes.

Now, all of us are in N.C.

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

Papa and Jimmy.

We played softball together in the mid 70s-

And worked together in American Olean Tile Co.

Both transferred within the Company, as did Sherry to Va.

Sherry and I to NVA and Jim and Dottie to Va. Beach.

Today they live in NNC and we in SNC.

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

Mike and Debby, back when they did the Tough Man Marathons.

Mike and Debby – the oldest daughter and her husband.

MEMORIES IN LIFE!

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Papa’s World – A look at the memories!

August 12, 2026May 13, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

When we lived for nine months in Ocean Keyes in North Myrtle Beach –

We attended a night of music at the Beach club known as “THE SPAINISH GALLON”-

Right on the beach and main street of NMB!

The band was “JIM QUICK AND COASTLINE”!

Little did we know that this band is a fan favorite up and down the N.C. and S.C. beach coast!

NMB is the home to “SHAG DANCING,” which started there in the 1940s!

The high water tower has a painted picture of a couple doing “THE SHAG” as it is known.

The dance has a national competition for both adults and young adults!

Four times a year –

A week of dancing is sponsored in the many clubs along the beach.

The band “ALABAMA” had a hit song in the 90s-

Called “SHAGGING ON THE BOULAVARD” that crossed the charts as a major hit!

All based on the “SHAG” dance up and down the COASTLINE!

During one of those festivals –

Outside of “FAT HAROLDS” on NMB mainstreet-

We came across this truck and a tent booth selling both long sleeves and short sleeves shirts-

Of the BAND JIM QUICK AND OOASTLINE” –

Which, since we saw them that first time, we have followed.

YES – I BOUGHT A LONG SLEEVED SHIRT –

And Sherry bought a short-sleeved shirt with “FAT HAROLDS” dance club on it!

Once a week at this club, which you enter through what looks like a JUKE BOX-

Are lessons for the public – cost Ten Dollars a person –

And you learn how to “SHAG DANCE”!

The dance requires you to maintain contact with your dance partner the entire time.

It is a beautiful thing to watch and so graceful.

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We took our daughter and granddaughters to “FAT HAROLDS”!

Inside “FAT HAROLDS” and sitting beside the dance floor.

It is like stepping back into history inside the building –

Which has been operating since the 60s!

Almost always, folks are dancing here!

Main Street of North Myrtle Beach –

Spanish Gallon and the radio station 94.9 – THE SURF – sits to the left of the Arch.

Here we are just past FAT HAROLDS, and DUCKS sits right across the street, and up from that is DECKERS.

There are more clubs –

This intersection is shut down on I think Thursday nights and live music from the Arch with bands-

The whole street becomes a parking lot for golf carts and hundreds of folks sitting in lawn chairs.

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Papa’s World – Vibes – thoughts and memories!

August 11, 2026May 11, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

My two sons and their families!

Troy, with a beard, is the oldest.

Andrea, his partner –

And then Shawn – the youngest –

With Trisha and her daughter, Autum.

A fun visit, and we showed them as much as we could in the time they were here.

Looking forward to when they can come back.

FAMILY – memories!

The oldest grandkids and their parents- Debby and Mike.

Today – Maddy and Ella have graduated from college-

Sarah is a Sophomore in college.

They – Debby and Milke –

Still live in Lake Holiday in VA.

FAMILY – memories!

We live life one day at a time!

FAMILY – VIBES and MEMORIES!

The three youngest grandkids – Taylor, Cassidy, and Bode-

And their parents –

Marcus and Tammy.

On one of the many trips they have made to see us!

FAILY – GOOD VIBES!

In our life together – Church and its teachings-

Play a big part in our lives!

Be kind – Smiles are free!

Help when you can and be forgiving!

OH – if I could just have a “MIRACLE” on every swing! LOL!!!!!

Sherry – standing in front of our home and neighborhood!

We are settled here.

Life is good, and we are happy.

MEMORIES are being made here!

GOOD VIBES!

Looking forward to another football season coming up!

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