Papa’s World – Laughing – smiling – POSITIVITY!

November 8, 2026August 25, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL – never thought of this!!!!!

Our church – Saint Luke Lutheran Church –

In a group of churches for South Brunswick County in N.C. –

Is responsible for the second Saturday of every month for –

“THE LORD’S FOOD PANTRY” –

FEED MY SHEEP!

Sherry and I volunteer those Saturdays when we can.

Sherry does intake on the computer.

I check the cars in and tell them where to park and instruct them how to sign in.

If they can not walk to the tent-

I will place a colored sticker on their windshield and give them a large plastic number.

To be placed on their dashboard.

Other volunteers will come to the car and register them or hand out local newspapers for them to read while they wait.

Also on Friday nights –

The food pantry is open to alleviate the Saturday numbers.

The total between the two is somewhere around 120 cars.

Brunswick County, N.C., is larger than the state of Rhode Island.

This county has over a 15% poverty rate.

It is also the fastest-growing county in the country.

A lot of the poverty is among locals who have lived here for years and years.

This area of beaches has become a draw for BABY BOOMERS!

A lot of homes here are second homes, and the wealth of all these people is driving up costs, and the locals are caught –

In the increasing prices of living here.

Thus, the poverty rate is going up.

That is why we volunteer for our church to help out where and when we can.

A lot of these people who come are SENIORS.

This volunteer work is a POSITIVE in our life!

Sherry and I also volunteer in the Protection of Sea Turtles.

From mid May until mid-October –

THE OIB TEAM of VOLUNTEERS –

Are on the beach to guard the nests and enable the baby Sea Turtles –

To make their way to the water after they hatch.

Maybe this is a result of our growing up during the HIPPIE ERA!

But it is gratifying to us in volunteering that we are helping Mother Nature.

Sitting on the beach at a nest –

Talking to folks and answering questions.

Seven P.M. to Eleven P.M. each night until they hatch!

There are times that they hatch in the early hours before dawn.

Their tracks are discovered the next morning.

Some go all the way to the water

Others disappear, and Fox tracks appear.

Studies show 1 in 1000 baby Sea Turtles –

Make it to adulthood and start laying eggs at age 35.

They are becoming endangered.

DNA from the eggs shows the habits of the Sea Turtles all up and down the East Coast.

Sea turtles’ DNA shows daughters, mothers, and Grandmothers laying eggs!

WE VOLUNTEER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE,

As did that HIPPY GENERATION.

Making a POSITIVE experience.

Our lives living in this area are a positive experience.

Taylor – our granddaughter-

This past Turtle season –

Volunteering as an intern for the Protection of Sea Turtles on OCEAN ISLE BEACH.

In the family –

Passing it on to the next generations!

It was all her own idea, and she applied by herself.

We agreed to accompany her wherever she was assigned.

On her last morning at 5:45 AM-

On a Saturday –

She got called out to the beach –

A WILD NEST HAD BEEN DISCOVERED-

No one knew it was there, and the baby Sea Turtles were seen going to the water.

When that happens-

A team is dispatched and a INVENTIRY done right away.

Taylor performed the INVENTORY and got SEVENTEEN additional baby Sea Turtles to the water,

One of them did not make it –

A SEAGULL swooped in and grabbed it out of the water!

We watched as it carried the baby Sea Turtle away.

At least she was able to get 16 in the water, and who knows if any survived.

Some laughs and some smiles and a lot of POSITIVITY!

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Papa’s World – Vibes are good – Memories – priceless!

November 7, 2026August 24, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL- SENIOR LIFE – MEMORIES!

Papa and Bode- my little buddy all those years ago.

Here he is, two or three years old.

We lived about one mile from the family.

Taylor and Cassidy were in school.

His mother would drop him off on her way to her store.

We would spend the day together.

MEMORIES OF GRANDSON!

The year was 2020 – 2021 during the Pandemic.

The very first visit for the little grandkids and their mother to our rental condo in Ocean Keyes.

North Myrtle Beach.

Easter time as they are coloring Easter Eggs!

The large enclosed lanai overlooked a large lake with six water fountains.

We lived here for nine months while our new house in Cameron Woods Community –

Was being built.

We could walk from here one-half mile to the beach entrance.

In those nine months there –

We made so many memories with family and friends!

MEMORIES OF OCEANS KEY!

Tammy and Marcus came to visit, and we all went to Barefoot Landing.

Here outside Taco-Mundo on the ICW.

A family picture.

MEMORIES AT BAREFOOT LANDING!

If only I could turn back time-

CASSIDY and TAYLOR –

Fraternal Twins.

The bond they had when young.

Today they are the same but so different.

MEMORIES OF TIMES PAST!

LOL- everyone has a chair!

Papa – Solar Eclipse years ago from Tammy and Marcus’ balcony in Brambleton, VA.

We all made these glasses so we could see the eclipse.

MEMORIES IN TIME!

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Papa’s World – Writing positively, with humor!

November 6, 2026August 23, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

My blogs are positive –

I leave turmoil and politics out of them.

That was the promise I made myself when I started.

For me, they are an exercise in memory joggers!

The blogs help my memory of our life together all these years!

Laughing – the three ladies have such a good time together.

Sherry, Cindy, and Dottie!

Friends for decades and decades.

The smiles say it all!

LOL- after all these years – Sherry still loses her phone.

But she has a smartwatch and can make it ring so she can find it! LOL!!!!

Sherry and her mother, Barb.

Her youngest sister, Bonnie, and her sister Debbie.

This was taken in the side yard of their home just outside Mount Jewett, PA.

SMILE – GOOD HUMOR – LAUGHS!

Growing up with the Beatles!

Papa, Bob, Pam, and Sherry.

Bob and I went to school together back in Eldred, PA.

GOOD TIMES – MEMORIES!

My two sons, Troy and Shawn.

Both still live back in PA, where they were raised.

POSITIVITY IN MY LIFE!

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Papa’s World – Memories, thoughts, and humor!

November 5, 2026August 22, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

For six years, we traveled to Lynchburg, VA.

Maddy and Ella played college soccer there at different colleges.

Both were on the same team for travel early in their lives.

Ella was number 10 while Maddy was number 13!

In college, they carried the same number.

Here – above is when they played each other in college.

Both were captains for their teams.

MEMORIES growing up!

THOUGHTS and HUMOR!

Our past is ripe with pictures of memories!

THOUGHTS of life together!

We have been living our senior years for a very long time now!

But continue to gather memories.

HUMOR is part of our lives together.

Cindy, Dottie, and Sherry.

Friends since the mid 80s.

Their time together is spent talking, laughing, and just being together.

Here – on a recent “GIRLS LONG WEEKEND” –

They stayed at our house while Jim and I stayed with Buck, who has Parkinsons.

They visited CAUSEWAY 59 just across the bridge to OIB!

Sherry and I go here for coffee – tea or breakfast and lunch!

It is a local hangout and fun to be there.

You can sit outside and overlook the marina and boats coming and going to the ICW!

There is always “HUMOR” when these three get together.

LOL – just kidding!

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Papa’s World – The weekend the STARS came out!

November 4, 2026August 21, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

We had the pleasure of hosting two stars in our home overnight back in Brambleton, VA.

Above is renowned international musician Radoslav Lorkovie.

He has traveled the world with his music and played before huge crowds.

Movie star Ronny Cox – shown here in his role in Deliverance in the dueling banjo-guitar scene.

Rad and Ronny posing before they left in our driveway with Sherry!

The event was sponsored by our church in Sterling, VA.

They stayed at our house overnight and regaled us for a couple of hours in the kitchen about their careers!

Sherry talking to Ronny and Rad at the kitchen counter.

The stories they told – the people they met and the stages they played all over the world.

The cast of Deliverance, the movie.

Left to right-

Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Burt Reynolds, and Jon Voight.

Ronny told us that he and Ned remained close friends for life.

This movie started his career, which included over 150 movie and TV appearances over the years.

Papa, Ronny, Sherry, and Rad.

Rad has performed on stage all over the world with his piano, organ, and accordion.

Miracles do happen –

We never dreamed this.

THE NIGHT THE STARS CAME OUT!

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Papa’s World – Living life to the plus!

November 3, 2026August 17, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Over twenty years ago –

Sherry became a CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH –

Entering courses by Dr. William Sears – author of dozens and dozens of children’s books and health studies.

Sherry has guided me through my health crises, including my heart attack and four bypasses in 2013.

I am here today because of that guidance.

LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS!

Sherry and daughters Tammy and Debby –

Founded “TEAM GENERATIONS” years ago –

To pass down healthy eating to family generations.

For twenty years, this has been our goal in life.

Along the way on this journey –

Up and down the East Coast –

TEAM GENERATIONS GREW.

Here are a few team members.

LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS.

We have been retired for some thirteen years –

Yet it goes on and on.

Our goal today is to maintain the healthy side of our lives.

We remain active in these senior-plus years!

Our journey continues –

Twenty-plus years –

LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS!

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Papa’s World – Life as we live it!

November 2, 2026November 2, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

A long time ago –

In a small town far, far away-

Sherry and I played co-ed volleyball and one year won our division!

Papa to the far left, and then Sherry and the “BEACH CLUB” team.

You see, even back then we had the “DREAM” of Sun, Sand and Surf.

Those were times we have always cherished.

LIFE AS WE LIVE IT!

Mount Jewett, PA.

Above is the “KINZUA BRIDGE” before it was partially destroyed by a Tornado.

Today, only half of it remains.

The left half and the middle are a viewing platform some 300-plus feet above the forest.

Locomotive steam engine trains ran across this, carrying coal from the coal mines in Pa.

Sherry lived near here, and this valley, “KINZUA,” is a native american name.

From the Native Americans who occupied this land

Hundreds of years ago.

Her father, long past, would ride a snowmobile across the bridge!

LIFE AS WE LIVE IT!

Sherry with the wine for communion at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

A LIFE AS WE LIVE IT PICTURE!

Mother and daughters.

Swedish genes run deep!

LIFE AS WE LIVE IT!

Tammy and Sherry – mother and daughter running a five K –

Coming across the finish line at Portville H.S.

Sherry ran right up to she was 70-plus years old!

A LIFE AS WE LIVE IT!

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Papas World – The life in a small town.

November 1, 2026August 13, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Now that I am old or older –

I guess when we hide the eggs –

we hope in time we shall see them once again.

The same is true – as we age – that once again –

through memory – we can still see into the past!

Today – in this picture – I see much of my past.

For this building was just down the street from where I grew up.

At that time – it was Slavin’s Furniture store

Today – it part or the WWII museum –

and if you have not been there

YOU SHOULD GO!
It is fantastic! It is in a very small town in Eldred Pa. 16731!

Just to the left is the corner of the building.

And the wall came out far enough – that you could sit there and not be seen!

It became my fortress of solitude back then!

I was young – 7 or 8 years old.

Sometimes I would be by myself -and this is where I would go.

Sit in the dirt – back against the wall

And play jacks –

And wonder what the World looked like

Back at that time – I thought it ended just down the road!

Other times – we -my brother and I –

Would sneak out back of this store

for that is where they put the large – card board boxes

The ones that stoves – washers and dryers came in

And at that time they were waxed!

Which made them real slippery

to ride down the grass on the hill across from our house!

Today – I remember – growing up – memories.

I grew up in a small town where everyone new who you were!

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Papas World -when I was young – growing up Eldred

October 31, 2026August 13, 2026 / Tom / 1 Comment

My childhood was spent in the early years

on the side yard – backyard

and some close neighborhood yards.

There were Four apple trees

spaced out in those yards.

Two were crab apples

And two the most tasty Yellow Apples!

The crab apples were good for throwing –

many a train box car I pitched them at.

But those Yellow apples –

Just to sit down and eat – and gather for my Mom

to make one of her apple pies!

There were honey bees all over the ones on the ground.

And both trees stood side by side in a neighbors yard.

Behind old Mr. Dennings house ( might have been Dennis)

And the other in the Winsor’s back yard.

We played kick the can in those backyards –

four plus yards in total.

This was on North main street in Eldred Pa.

The railroad track bordered the one side-

The other side had the houses then the sidewalk and the main street!

We played early morning to dusk –

we had a lot of kids from North Main Street.

Both sides of the street.

Anyone time there would be 7 to 15 kids.

Both boys and girls.

We had a two story farm barn in our back yard.

My brother and his friends made a basketball court upstairs.

Just one basket – or might have been two?

But it had wood planks for the floor.

My dad has fish heads nailed to the front

from all the Pike and Walleye he caught in Canada.

I really do not remember anyone watching us like we do today with kids.

We hit the house to eat and then we were outside.

Winter and Summer.

I can remembering gathering corn silk

and putting it into a pipe

There was a window on that second floor of that old barn

And I would try to light it – it was not dry! LOL

Once I got my bike
then I was at the park all day!

I never realy got into smoking until I was maybe 22!

And then – I did not inhale!

It was a staus thing I think –

The guys I worked second shift with smoked and chewed!

I only would smoke at work and a little bit at home.

And a pack would last me a couple days!

I quit when we got married – I think I was 32!

I would walk those tracks downtown and to the swinging bridge.

It was on the other side of the tracks just beyond

The Whitehawk Beef Company’

It spanned a small creek – Barden Brook – that flowed into the river.

It was held up by steel cables

and we would get on it and start jumping up and down

It would bounce and then you sort of caused it to sway

back and forth.

Hence we called it the Swinging Bridge.

This is but a short part of my childhood

one I think back to.

One that has a lot of great memories and people.

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Papa’s World- Pictures from the past.

October 30, 2026August 14, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

We attended a Juice Plus Conference close to where my brother Roger –

Who lived in The Villages in Florida.

He came and stayed with us during the conference and attended the public program.

Here we are sitting outside at a bar at the resort we were at.

Another memory in a picture I have of him.

PICTURES FROM THE PAST!

When they were little.

Before the Pandemic-

We lived about a mile from Tammy and Marcus and the three younger grandkids.

We got to be a part of their lives every day.

Here are the three of them as we went shopping.

I do not think Bode could walk at that time.

Bode and Cassidy were inseparable.

To this day –

They are more alike than Taylor and Cassidy.

Except – if I am not in the same room –

I get Taylor and Cassidy mixed up when they talk.

And from a distance, at certain times in pictures-

They look alike!

PICTURES FROM THE PAST!

Sherry and Cindy at “VANISH”!

A brewery not far from where Marcus and Tammy live outside Leesburg, VA.

They are always laughing when together.

Esp. back when we golfed “GUYS vs GALS”

And they would beat Buck and me.

PICTURES FROM THE PAST!

One time we were golfing with the McBrides, and Sherry hit her drive.

From the ladies’ tee box-

The hole was a little over 320 yards!

Here you can see the green and people on it putting out!

Maybe 50 yards away.

That is her golf ball where it ended up!

It hit the cart path and kept bouncing forward.

It was almost a 300-yard drive!

PICTURES FROM THE PAST!

TRUE-TRUE-TRUE!!!!!!

This is the new Wegmans store near where we lived.

We could walk to it in Fairfax. Va.

I would walk up to it from Ridgetop Commons.

Sit on a bench

Across the road –

And watch the construction!

When they opened –

They took a picture of all the folks waiting to get in from the parking lot!

We are in that picture.

Here – Sherry and I visited a Wegmans during the Pandemic!

We had to shop and choose which Wegmans to go to.

PICTURES FROM THE PAST!

Our longtime friends from back in Portville, N.Y.

Elaine and Steve –

Who paid us a visit in our new home at OIB!

Just this past summer, they sold their home in Portville, N.Y.-

And moved to Lynchburg, Va., to be near family!

Many, Many happy memories with these two when our children were growing up.

Volleyball, golfing, and picnics.

PICTURES FROM THE PAST!

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Papa’s World – A chance conversation – OVERHEARD!

October 29, 2026August 11, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

American Olean Tile Co. – Dal Tile Co. – in Olean, New York

I worked here for 32 years, and Sherry worked here for 17 years before we transferred to Northern Va.

The upper right-hand corner is the shipping department where I worked.

The upper left-hand corner is where I started in 1967!

Sherry worked in payroll, and I had to go through there to the traffic manager’s office to discuss shipping and billing.

One day I was on my way back through payroll when a lady named Grace stopped me.

She asked me if she could ask a question, and I said sure.

A very old picture of where I lived in Eldred, PA. –

Near the church with the steeple upper right of this picture.

I lived about a block from the WWII museum.

She said, ” I understand you are getting a divorce”?

I answered, “That is correct.” –

And I did not know what I was going to do or where I was going to live.

It was a short conversation, and I went on to my desk next to the shipping bays.

About ten minutes later –

The door opened, and Sherry came out with a handful of shipping bills and packing slips.

She said she had overheard my conversation with Grace and that she was also going through a divorce.

A CHANCE CONVERSATION that showed we both had something in common.

We talked, and I asked her if she would like to have a drink in the next few days!

She said yes, and that was how we got together.

Our divorces became final, and a year and a half later we were married.

6-25-1982!

A CHANCE CONVERSATION – OVERHEARD –

I did not know about her divorce, nor she about mine.

FATE intervened.

Now, 45-plus years later after that conversation –

We live here in Cameron Woods Community.

We retired from American Olean Tile- Dal Tile with 79 1/2 years of service-

Between the two of us.

All because a CHANCE CONVERSATION OVERHEARD –

Brought us together.

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Papa’s World – Memories with family!

October 28, 2026August 10, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

As each day draws to a end-

It is always a happy thought that it begins over again at sunrise.

Before, it was vacation time, and the countdown started the day you arrived.

So many days – hours and minutes until you had to leave.

Our dream is now a reality –

We live here, and FAMILY comes to visit!

On a recent visit –

Tammy and Bode came for a long weekend to take Taylor back home.

Here – we have a bite to eat at 59 Causeway on OIB!

Marcus and Cassidy did not make the trip.

Thus creating FAMILY TIME!

This sign hangs on the front wall of the porch.

We had always dreamed of living near the ocean and beaches.

Now – over the recent years-

We have had FAMILY TIME with the whole family here!

While this is a past memory –

Our wish is to have them all visit again!

FAMILY is important to us!

It was with “GIGI” –

Sherry’s mother, who loved her great-grandkids!

Today, she is gone but never forgotten, even with them.

Sherry – grandma-MorMor with her grandchildren!

Life as a family passes on.

FAMILY!

Our HOME is here now.

They all come to visit, and we also go back home.

This is my blog for the day.

MEMORIES OF FAMILY!

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Papa’s World – Living our lives and having friends!

October 27, 2026August 9, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

The day we were married – 6-25-1982!

We each had been married before.

Sherry had two young daughters ( Debby and Tammy) –

And I had two young sons (Troy and Shawn).

We blended the family together –

And lived way out in the country –

That was the start of a marriage –

That back then we had no money.

Back to front –

Jim and Dottie.

I grew up in Eldred with them, and I played softball with Jim.

I went to their wedding way back in the 70s.

Jim also worked for American Olean Tile, as did Sherry and I!

Then there is Sherry, followed by Buck and Cindy!

They were friends with Jim and Dottie –

We occasionally saw them –

Then in the late 80s-

We sold our house in the country –

And moved to Pleasant Acres Drive-

Right across the street from Cindy and Buck!

We became closer friends and neighbors.

We all raised our children together –

And vacationed together.

Cindy and Buck and Sherry and I –

Have traveled the world together.

Jim and Dottie now live in North Carolina, as do the four of us.

We still all try to gather at one another’s home for long weekends!

FRIENDS!

Papa, Sherry, Elaine, and Steve.

They became our friends also, and we played co-ed volleyball with them for years.

We also raised our children together.

Having dinners at each other’s homes – picnics and social gatherings!

They have been to visit us and just recently relocated to the Lynchburg, Va. area to be close to their children and grandkids.

Back in those Portville, N.Y. years –

We all played golf.

And later we played Girls vs Guys scrambles.

They always wanted strokes, but it could only be a few because even up, they would almost beat us!

Those volleyball years –

16-team league – and competitive-

You always had to be on guard, or you would get spiked in the head.

One year we won our division!

FRIENDS!

Bob and Pam ( PJ) –

Bob and I went to grade school and graduated together from Otto-Eldred H.S. and lived in Eldred, PA.

Childhood holds many memories for us both.

This is also a second marriage for them. Twenty-plus years.

They retired and went on a 6 1/2 year journey criss-crossing the country, towing a car behind their RV!

East to West Coast and North to South.

We lost contact other than class reunions, and about 10 to fifteen years ago renewed it!

This past year, they leased a home near us.

And now they are trying to sell their condo in N.H. and deciding where to settle.

RV life may be the past.

Time will tell –

But these past few years we have gotten together and golfed!

Relived those memories of growing up.

We hope they settle down near us.

Only time will tell!

Dottie – Cindy and Sherry –

A lot of funny memories and good times are here.

Our lives have been good, and I would not change them!

FRIENDS have always been a part of that life.

We are blessed!

Buck and Cindy – Papa, Carol, Mike, and Sherry.

Carol and Mike were also our neighbors.

We played many a joke on one another.

Today, they have sold that home – built a new one –

And still live in WNY.

Owning and operating a nationwide painting company –

Traveling the country painting and contracting for gas and oil lines.

They recently visited Buck and Cindy, and we all got together.

They also own a home on a lake.

Cindy, Papa, Sherry, and Carol on the back of their boat cruising that huge WNY lake.

FRIENDS!

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Papa’s World – geraniums – potato’s – Tower Gardens

October 26, 2026August 7, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

It has been just a little over one month –

since we replanted the Geraniums-

that are now 4 or 5 years old !

For the first time – we have planted Potato’s !

We also have for the second year –

a flower called –

THE EVENING PRIMROSE !

What is unique about that –

is it ONLY BLOOMS AT NIGHT !

The Tower Gardens are now in production for almost 5 weeks.

We have been eating lettuce since the end of week two.

It will not be long as we have flowers for Tomato’s – Squash and Cucumbers

And Egg plant – herbs – other greens.

We have a total of 8 Potato plants –

this is the first time we have ever planted them !

We never had Green Thumbs

until we bought our first Tower Garden eight years ago !

And – really – it is so easy –

just make sure it has WATER & NUTRIENTS!

Now – I have learned – these are her babies –

she is known as the –

TOWER GARDEN QUEEN !

She has quite the following !

And – you can tell by the results –

I in turn – make sure they have WATER –

They have NUTRIENTS and the vines have a place to climb !

Our Geraniums – I pull up in the Fall –

shake the dirt off –

Stick them right side up in a five gallon pail –

and hang them from ceiling in our unheated garage !

In the Spring – we pull them out –

clean the dead leaves off –

And pot them – water them and just watch them come back.

I am in charge of the lawn outside – that is my time to just relax –

I rather like mowing – making it look nice and neat !

We had a irrigation system put in two years ago –

and finally – this year –

It has recovered and grown in nice and green !

I have a lawn service and have lime spread in the Fall.

All in all – growing vegetables – seeing the colors of our flowers –

Is a form of stress relief for me.

The two Tower Gardens – all the Geraniums and Potato Plants

If you have any questions on the growing system

or bringing back the Geraniums from year to year –

Feel free to ask.

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Papa’s World – Grandkids – watching them grow up!

October 25, 2026August 8, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

There are six grandchildren: Maddy, Ella, Sarah, Taylor, Cassidy, and Bode.

The three oldest – two have graduated from college, and the third is a Sophomore in college.

The younger grandchildren

Two are sophomores in high school, while the youngest is in 6th grade.

We have watched sports for the past twenty years.

Seeing them excel and trial and error –

We are well into our senior years now.

Our life has been full of joy –

Enjoying living life through their youthful experiences.

Living life through pictures brings back so many memories.

Here – Sherry is to them – “MORMOR”!

Which in Swedish is “MOTHERSMOTHER”!

Sherry’s grandmother was born in Sweden.

Bode, Cassidy, and Taylor – the three youngest.

Sherry with the three oldest – Ella, Maddy and Sarah.

Sherry and her two daughters – Debby and Tammy – mothers of the six grandkids.

Our life for all these years since we were married.

Revolves around family!

Our senior years are filled with memories.

Closing in on 45 years of marriage.

Together a year and a half before that.

This has been and still is an important part of that life with memories1 “FAMILY”!

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Papa’s World – when Old Friends visit – we celebrate

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

All those years ago –

I am guessing 1988 or 1989 –

We – Sherry and myself – started playing volleyball in a 16 team league.

This was not your typical back yard game –

but you had better be ready –

Or you would get smashed in the face with a spike !

It was Co – Ed – and almost everyone was good –

A lot played in tournaments in NYS – Pa. and surrounding states.

This past three days – our friends of old – spent their long weekend with us.

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where good feelings – good thoughts -health & smiles happen !

THE BEACH CLUB – 1989
Left to right
Tom – Sherry – Steve – Elaine – Deb – Steve – Chris – Mike

We were known as ” THE BEACH CLUB ”

fitting because we all took our vacations to what ever beach we loved.

Ours – Sherry and myself – was the Outer Banks since 1981 !

Steve and Elaine Starks – from Portville N.Y. – came for a visit-

And – after all these years – still are playing volleyball !

Although those years are past for us – we still get together – play golf –

Play cards ( last night we played a card game called GOLF)

And explore the NVA – DC area –

we have taken them almost everywhere the past twenty years !

Our LOVE of life has stretched for over 32 years –

Vacations to Myrtle Beach – graduations – birthdays and holidays.

And always a get together when we visited back home

Along with playing golf at our favorite courses when we lived there.

Our close friends
Sherry -Elaine – Steve – Cindy and Buck

Friendships that last years and years –

Even though distance is between us –

The excitement of those times we are together –

Enhances the fun – the GALS vs. GUYS –

And sometimes – it is us vs.them – as in Elaine and I –

Steve and Sherry – last time they beat us good !

The years go by – we remain friends –

there is a group of us –

Four couples – SWNY – NVA – Va. BEACH – & Wilmington N.C. –

Who stay in touch – plan golf – and visit – play cards – sing a little –

Have a shot or two of fireball –

And Laugh –

That is who we are – PAST MEMBERS OF THE BEACH CLUB !

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Papa’s World – Taylor – a week as an intern.

October 23, 2026August 6, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Two years ago, Taylor spent a week here with us.

She attended a “TURTLE TALK” –

With her “MORMOR” – Sherry.

At this informative event, she learned about being a summer intern for the Protection of Sea Turtles.

She remembered that an application had to be filled out and turned in at a certain time.

She did just that – on her own.

This past summer, she came to visit us for a week.

We had to accompany her whenever she participated on the beach!

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Permit – 26ST02

On her last day, an alert came across Sherry’s phone at 5:55 AM.

The turtle verification team was alerted that a “WILD TURTLE NEST” had been found and the hatchlings had hatched.

No one knew it was there.

A person walking on the beach had observed the little turtles coming up out of the sand-

And making their way to the water.

Here is a picture of Taylor and Sherry walking East on OIB at sunrise that day.

Early morning walks on the beach are one of the favorite things we like to do!

At the “WILD NEST” site in the dawning of a new day!

A fast improvised “WALKWAY PATH” was made for any remaining little turtles to make it to the water.

As a first-year “INTERN” – Taylor was given the job to excavate the nest –

Since it was a “WILD NEST” –

We were directed to bring up any remaining turtles and take an inventory.

Above is Taylor on the left being instructed by Sue on how to do this.

In the week that she interned –

She got to participate in TWO INVENTORIES after the five-day waiting period.

She was the person that the remains were handed to and put into a grouping of 10 to gather the information –

For The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Permit 26ST02.

This part was a first for her, and she was so excited to do it.

Here, Taylor is trained to see the inside of an egg that was not hatched –

Allowing light to shine through the egg –

And it proved not to be viable.

This internship program is valuable in that the next generation learns how to preserve Sea Turtles from extinction.

Only 1 in 1000 live to be adults and reproduce at 35 years of age.

She dug out 17 live baby sea turtles.

And we got all of them to the water.

However, while one was swimming about 50 feet out –

A Seagull swooped down and plucked it out of the water and carried it off!

The egg chamber after the excavation.

It was a success –

While we do not know exactly how many made it to the water-

With the birds, foxes, ghostcrabs – cats and dogs-

We do know how many were in the nest.

That is what the information to be passed onto the Commission tells from the excavation.

Wild nests are rare.

We have teams that go up and down the beach with an ATV to look for SeaTurtle Tracks early in the mornings!

On the East end, we have volunteers to walk the beach to search for tracks.

When found, a 24-hour verification team is called in to find the nest.

If it is below the tide line-

It is dug up and moved.

The eggs must be put back the exact way they are taken out!

Exact measurements are taken of the chamber from top to bottom.

And a new chamber is dug from the measurements – Image a upside down lightbulb as the chamber.

Male or female turtles are determined by the location in the nest.

The top of the chamber is hotter than the bottom.

Because of the Sun on the sand.

The bottom tends to be male, while the upper portion is female.

Thus the females are hot, and the males are cool!!!!

TAYLOR – INTERN – the smile says it all!

She is coming back next year, and her sister and brother have expressed a desire to become interns.

This life lesson has now been passed to another generation.

When asked, “WHY” do we do this?

Well – the world has changed.

There now are factors that did not exist years ago,

Preservation of a species –

Is what this is all about for Sherry and me.

This is our way to help them exist.

After all, only one in 1000 survives.

That Seagull got one –

Sixteen made it to the water.

At least we got them that far,

Maybe one of them is the one to survive!!!!

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Papa’s World – Family visits FERRY LANDING!

October 22, 2026August 5, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

This is for both daughters –

Tammy and Debby! LOL!!!!

We took Tammy, Taylor, and Bode to Ferry Landing.

This is where I took Sherry (MORMOR) during her rehab from the fall of a fractured pelvis!

Decades and decades ago –

A ferry ran here for cars and people to access the island!

We could sit in the shade and watch the boat traffic on the ICW!

In the distance – a secluded beach where dozens of boaters –

Pulled up to shore and hung out for the day!

Here is a view of the boats anchored on the beach shore,

We would spend an hour or two here –

Just watching the fishermen fish from shore or the pier.

When we arrived –

Hardly anyone was here.

We stayed maybe a half hour!

Sherry ( MORMOR) swede for MOTHERSMOTHER –

And Taylor and Bode sitting on a bench in the shade.

You can see the walkway and the fishing pier beyond them.

Across the water is Brickyard Landing and boat ramp

The Ferry would go back and forth here!

Today, it’s a huge parking lot, and here is where boats are launched into the ICW!

Later we went to Causeway 59 for lunch!

Here is a marina and canal leading to the ICW!

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It was a long weekend, and we packed a lot into it!

These are just two of the places we visited!

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Papa’s World – Kayaking – Taylor and Bode with their mother, Tammy!

October 21, 2026August 3, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

GOOD DAY!!! A little smile to begin your day!

A view of the beach at Sunset Beach with OIB and the tall building in the background!

Sherry and I live six miles from this beach on the mainland, and OIB is less than that!

We often have family visit us –

And this occasion was when Taylor came and stayed for a week!

She was an intern for the protection of Sea Turtles for OIB!

That meant that Sherry and I had to be with her at all times as she performed and trained as an intern!

When she is at home in NVA-

Taylor works at the horse barn and rides horses.

She has been riding since she was four years old!

Near the end of her week with us –

Her mother and brother, Tammy and Bode-

Came down to spend a long weekend and take her home!

LOL- However – we have a good life – I am happy!

On a break from the internship after they arrived from NVA-

Our dear friend Jim – who lives on the island-

Invited them to come over to his canal house-

And do some KAYAKING!

Taylor on the paddleboard in the canal of OIB.

Bode to the left and Taylor on the paddle board-

Tammy in the other Kayak!

They were out for almost one hour.

Never leaving the canals-

Even saw a Sea Turtle while they were out there!

I want to thank Jim for his generosity –

His invite was very much appreciated by the family!

ON THE CANAL OF OIB-

BODE and Taylor and their mother TAMMY!

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Papas World – Blogging – sharing the positive

October 20, 2026August 1, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

I never knew I was going to blog –

My wife – Sherry – told me in 2011

” You need to get on face book “

All your friends keep asking about you!

This is so true
I remember my mother buying
me what was then called “Blue Jeans”
They were so baggy
and the “IN” style then was
skin tight
black or red socks
and high top
black and white
tennis sneakers!

So – I signed up for my site

and began writing short daily happenings

I called them ” JUST ANOTHER DAY IN MY LIFE”

And numbered them from the day I started in sequence!

This is true in our oldest
daughters house
open a cupboard
and there are all these
containers with no lids!

I started to accumulate “Friends” outside my old friends.

And they were from all over the Country

and some from the World!

Most I did not know personally

But through our “Home Business”

I was too much for some people
but I wrote about my life
and the lives of my loved ones
and the lives of my closest
and dearest friends.

I determined that from reading the daily paper

and watching the news

That I would bring POSITIVE – FUNNY

and GOOD thoughts to my site.

There fore I very seldom do anything Political.

I keep it pretty much as I stated

Which is getting hard to do with

everything going on.

I so believe this
and hope one day
that we all can be nice
to each other

Then – my wife found a site that will publish

your face book writings for certain time periods

and publish them in a book form.

My one desire is to write a book on memories I have.

She choose a six month period and had it printed

It is so cool – with my picture on the front –

However – I had written so much –

That if I had them all printed –

there would be TEN full books!

I most likely in my younger years
could of truthfully stated this!
LOL

And she said this would be too expensive

You need to write and put it down

where we can all read it!

So , I did , eight years ago –

I started a blog – I wrote a lot but then for some reason

I quit and believe it or not – I LOST IT somewhere

IN THE CLOUD!

I could not find it again and had never written down the site!

All those things were gone
but she told me she had met a friend
through networking
named Belinda
who could get me started again
on a new site and a new blog!
A BIG HUG TO BELINDA

So – we met – and she was talking me through the startup!

When lo and behold – we found one of the two old sites!

Yes – I had two sites and we stumbled over one of them.

It had 4 blogs and I was on my way!

That was last April – and today –

I have written over 200 blogs

and have accumulated 180 FOLLOWERS!

From all over the WORLD!

I have finally found my passion
writing – family – friends
and sharing my life

The main thing is –

When I am gone – my memories will linger on.

I have no one left that I grew up with as family

except two niece’s – three great niece – and great – great niece and nephews.

My two sons – but the rest are gone.

No one remembers that life of or came before!

Today I am the eldest
the one whom they call
when they want to know
about family
Today I am all that is left to remember
to put it all down

So – I write – everyday – I put down thoughts

I put down memories

I put down current events and family

THIS IS MY BOOK !

I have lived a good life – ups and downs –

Almost gone

but still here.

I record trying to stay true to my beliefs

FAMILY- CHURCH- GOD – FRIENDS – COUNTRY

” DO THE RIGHT THING”

” DO ALL THE LITTLE THINGS RIGHT – AND THE BIG THINGS –

WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES”

That is how I have lived my life.

I leave you with a quote –

“It’s not for me to question why? But for me to do or die”

When you get married – I think you both need to think about this!

Sherry and Tom
almost 38 years being married!

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Papa’s World – the day they grow up – graduate – 18 yrs.

October 19, 2026July 31, 2026 / Tom / 4 Comments

Soon – that word – meaning like just around the corner – is about to happen!

Our little grand daughter Maddy – with her “PIGGY” – which went everywhere she went. Just outside Sherry’ s parents home.

She now is 18 and about to graduate and start a brand new journey at The University of Lynchburg, Va. And signed a letter of intent to play soccer.

Maddy sitting next to her sister Ella at Raquet Lake N.Y.

She has grown into a beautiful young lady – who maintains a 4.10 GPA. Playing soccer at a high level.

Here she is with her two other sisters and her twin cousins. With GIGI who sadly passed away last November – Sherry’s mother.

Through the years – when she was almost as small as the soccer ball – she played – co-ed and then onto two travel teams. One in Winchester Va. and then – to better herself- she traveled 60 miles each way three times a week to practice with the Loudoun RED soccer team.

The years have swiftly marched by – all the games in and out of state have passed – memorable only in so many pictures taken. Now – she is about to take the final walk on stage – graduate and then go on.

Her drawing years ago of her ” PIGGY” as she called it – so innocent on a swing – memory of sweet youth.

The memory of the little girl – always smiling – always so small – everyone else was so much bigger until the growth spurt of the last few years. Today – she is almost as tall as her grandmother Sherry who is 5 ‘ 9″ !

She has grown into her role as starting midfielder the last four years.

Three sisters – the start of college – leaving the home – and two behind.

The years have gone by so fast – the other two will be left behind at home – but her presence will always be felt – her favorite “PIGGY” on top of the stuffed animals – her MANATEE blanket on the wall. The trampoline will only feel the bounce of the younger two. The sound of the soccer ball will be down to one – her memory will remain – but her journey begins.

Her determination – all conference – signed letter of intent- to play college soccer

Today I blog not a end or an old story – but the beginning of a new book – a new chapter and a new page about to open up – the little one has gone into memory – but the image still lingers in my mind – PACA – is what she called me – I think because she couldn’t quite say PAPA – but she made my World – and I look forward to the travel to watch once again. The memory shall always be with me – the little foot striking the big soccer ball -and then the smile and off she would go.

I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did writing it – my tribute to the little one – the soccer ball almost as big as she is.

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Papa’s World – the day they grow up and turn 18 .

Papa’s World – cleaning up the desk – one day in my life

October 18, 2026July 30, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

EARLY TO BED – EARLY TO RISE – so do not text me past 8:00 PM.

I will answer at 5:00 AM.

Our daughter( Tammy ) and her husband ( Marcus ) – celebrated 14 years of marriage yesterday –

and one year of her store which she is standing in front of – 529KidsConsignment !

Very proud of them both – and her taking the leap of faith and running with her dream.

Although he is gone – I will remember him always – his wit and humor –

his nick names for everyone – he was my friend.

Two in the morning – none at night – makes sleep just right – MILD !

Maddy -middle under coach Donavan – white shirt

Through the years – Maddy – and once again last night – a playoff win –

advancing to the final Thursday night – against Handley –

and guaranteed a spot in Regions next week .

At least two more games in H.S. before graduation –

then on to University of Lynchburg – Va. to play soccer !

We once had a dog named Samantha – Sam for short –

Now we have a salamander – in our Strawberry patch – courtyard –

So – I named him / her Samantha or Sam –

Anyway – IT eats BUGS – so it works for me !

I picked these yesterday – this is the 5 th time of picking !

I take the strawberry plants out of the Tower Garden in the Fall –

and plant them in THE PATCH beside the house – and they spread –

And we have Strawberry’s each Spring !

My wife and best friend – Sherry –

called MORMOR by the three youngest grand kids –

MORMOR means MOTHER’S MOTHER in Swede !

Just cleaning up my desk – odds and ends of another day in my life.

I have a LOT of stories and blogs here – and mostly deal with my life

and that of family and friends.

Health – nutrition – lifestyles –

Up beat and positive – good news – bringing a smile –

But most of all – after I am gone – a place for family to go and read.

A place that I call home and a place of memories.

I hope you enjoy a little piece of that.

Here’s to you ! ” CHEERS ” !!!!!

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Papa’s World – Out and about!

October 17, 2026August 2, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

My go-to for a quick nutritious breakfast or lunch.

Being busy – not often do we make breakfast or lunch.

Instead, just grabbing a Chocolate Shake – with water, ice, and Almond milk!

In a blender and run for twenty seconds –

It is fast, and I really like it!

Making it fast and easy –

OUT AND ABOUT!

Sherry and Cindy on one of our golfing days out!

I just like being on the course –

Sometimes a really good shot brings me back.

OUT AND ABOUT!

A favorite OUT AND ABOUT –

Is going over to the Sunset Beach Park on the mainland.

Taking our chairs and just sitting in the shade-

Watching the boat traffic on the ICW!

OUT AND ABOUT!

June 5th. 1967 –

Where I started my career at American Olean Tile Company in Olean, New York

47 1/2 years later in Dulles, Va. –

I RETIRED!

A lot of memories in this picture, for I worked there for 32 years!

OUT AND ABOUT!

At our granddaughter’s house for Halloween!

She loves this time of year.

Sarah – the youngest of the Myers granddaughters!

OUT AND ABOUT!

The Causeway Bridge over the ICW to Ocean Isle Beach.

We live about a ten-minute drive from here without traffic!

Our current life.

OUT AND ABOUT!

Maddy to the left.

Papa in the center.

Ella to the right.

At Arlington Cemetery.

Living near D.C.

We often took the grandchildren into the city to explore.

OUT AND ABOUT!

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Papas World – just clearing up my mind on thoughts!

October 16, 2026July 28, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Now – I wish I was as quick in my mind

for this to be a come back to someone!

But I think this is oh so true!

This reminds me so much of our two granddaughters

Sarah – the youngest of three

she is something and will be someone

when she is on her own.

Love her independence!

And then there is Cassidy –

smallest of the twins

But – independent – LOVES HER MORMOR!

She also will be someone when she grows up!

I know of one household where this seems to exist!

Now – in the recent past –

I managed to suck up a sock

while running the vacuum cleaner

my fault entirely

but at one of our kids homes

the tupperware situation

A hundred lids- and you have to sort

to find the containers

But – I may suck up the sock and replace it

Finding lids is something I am not good at!

And last but not least

This sign needs to be displayed in the Halls of Congress

and in the Chambers pf the Senate

However – there has to be someone bright enough to GET IT!

Too many LAMBS

Too much watching out for oneself

There needs to be TERM LIMITS!

But – again – it will not happen.

Just some clearing the mind

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Papa’s World – We are SENIORS!

October 15, 2026July 29, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

We most certainly do! LOL

While not that profound-

I do tell the days of the week by when I put the garbage out the night before!!!!

Now how do I always remember that?

Tuesday night it goes out, which means I empty all the little trash cans in the house-

One in each bathroom and two in the office!

Then make sure the main one in the kitchen is empty and a new one is put in!

Then about 5pm. –

Wheel it out from the garage and look to see if the neighbors have theirs out!

YES! It is the right day!!!! LOL!

So that day was Tuesday, and the next day they stop and dump it- WEDNESDAY!!! GOT IT!

That most likely is about right for everyone –

However, I have an internal clock!

I have never in my life set the alarm.

Just tell me what time I have to get up, and I am right there!

So – Tuesday and Wednesday are noted.

Saturdays – “ARE WE GOING TO CHURCH IN THE MORNING?” I will ask!

I know it is Saturday because I have a watch that tells me the time, day, and date! LOL!

And on my desk is my CALENDAR!

I compare my watch with that CALENDAR!

And I have my phone – SO GOES THE LIFE OF A SENIOR!

NO ALARMS, but in great need of PHONE, WATCH, and CALENDAR!

One thing I do remember and have for over twenty years –

Is my Chocolate Shake!

Crushed ice – some water – one scoop of Dutch Chocolate and then Almond milk.

Blend it, to me is like a Wendy’s Frosty!

I drink this in place of breakfast or lunch.

I find it filling enough to skip a meal and help control my weight!

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This was a common occurrence for me during the Pandemic! LOL

LIFE AS A SENIOR –

For us walking the beach.

Volunteering for Protection of Sea Turtles.

And having our granddaughter – Taylor- intern for a week in July to assist in the protection – inventorying the nests and helping get the baby turtles to the water.

Here is Taylor in her last performance in a play.

Today, she plays soccer, basketball, and flag football.

Now sixteen years old –

She has ridden horses since she was four years old!

Taylor – her first time ever on a horse, and it continues to this day.

She now rides and jumps obstacles!

LIFE AS A SENIOR has given us opportunities to be with all the grandkids as they mature.

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Papa’s World – Visiting a friend – I met “WINNIE”!

October 14, 2026July 27, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL- the reason I blog is to tell these stories for future generations!

On a recent trip back to NVA to visit family –

We left the beach scene and traveled to Winchester, VA.

This was the first trip Sherry had made since her accident on the bike.

Trying to dismount ( The seat was too high) –

Losing her balance – falling over-

And fracturing her pelvis in two areas.

She has fully recovered.

While in the area –

We visited a friend at VALLEY HEALTH HOSPITAL!

This is an enormous facility outside Winchester, VA.

I like it to a very large COLLEGE CAMPUS!

LOL- very true as you get older!

We went to the South Tower – fourth floor, and it was here I met “WINNIE”!

Unexpected, but I was amazed!

“WINNIE” – the automated robot who transfers samples – items of interest –

Among doctors and staff on the different floors and to the labs.

“WINNIE” summoned the elevator!

There are SEVEN of these robots!

They are programmed to travel all over –

And actually go to the elevator and push the floor they want and get on when the door opens.

Then they select what button and floor to get off!

As you can see, they view the room numbers before they go back to the elevator.

“WINNIE” was one of two I saw.

The other was “CHESTER”!

Innovation – robots going floor to floor delivering whatever to persons of interest!

I was both surprised and amazed at their function.

Staff seem not to even see them anymore.

They are just there performing the jobs that have been commanded to do!

Just another interesting day in our life together.

Meeting “WINNIE” at a hospital.

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Papas World – my youngest son – Shawn – & Trisha – wife

October 13, 2026July 26, 2026 / Tom / 1 Comment

Today they live “BACK HOME” in NWPA!

In the mountains of McKean County –

Close to the oilfields of Bradford Pa.

He is now married to Trisha and they run his two business’s!

Shawn started out working for Northern Tier Energy –

And worked his way up from Crew leader to Inspections and Audits.

Working and taking as many classes and training

as he could to get certified.

They were married and he continued his education –

Then he left that company and moved to Clear Results –

Running their warehouse and going out and doing audits –

He started sub-contracting –

And decided to take the plunge and start up his own company.

With Trisha by his side – she ran the paperwork – taxes – office

While he traveled North from Erie Pa.

All the way South to Uniontown Pa. just outside Pittsburg.

Born were two sides to his business

FITZSIMMONS ENERGY AUDITING May 2015

and

SHAWN FITZSIMMONS INSULATION June 2018

With contracts from Penna.

and energy companies from the state of Penna.

Along the way the business expanded

Shawn was working seven days a week and could not keep up.

He decided to expand to the other side – insulation –

and has hired his brother Troy to run and manage that side.

Troy for years and years has built houses and remodeled them.

His years of experience and work ethic were a ideal fit.

They work well together and Troy is now working on his certificates

To where he can work on the other side doing audits!

They work well together – brothers.

He still is working long weeks and long days

But the contracts are coming in more and more

His main business is auditing houses for elderly

who in turn get reimbursed from the state to winterize their homes.

The state and energy companies pay him to do this

and they subsidize the money for the elderly.

A win – win for staying warm during the harsh winters.

The trailer
for the insulation
side of the business

And – by the way – Shawn also is a renown POOL PLAYER!

Playing in tournaments all over the country!

He has won his way to Las Vegas numerous times

in singles – doubles and teams.

I wish I could say I taught him

but other than to hand him a cue stick

that was about it!

He is very good and if he breaks he can run the table

a couple times in a row!

All in all – he has made his name known

and his company in demand.

Proud of this young man & his older brother who watches over him.

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Papa’s World – Our life in retirement.

October 12, 2026July 26, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Our close friends since the late 70s and early to mid 80s.

Buck and Cidy.

Sherry and Papa.

Dottie and Jim.

All of us have retired – yet we get together a couple of times a year.

We are the oldest –

But the laughter is still there.

Friends for life.

OUR RETIREMENT LIFE!

LOL – life moves on!

My mother “Mary”!

She was almost 98 years old when she passed.

Kind- funny – baker- retired from CUTCO ( Alcas Cutlery) .

Everyone loved her all day long –

As she sat on her front porch-

The horns would honk and that “HELLO MARY” would come from rolled-down windows!

That was my mother!

OUR RETIREMENT LIFE!

TRUE!!!!!

Maddy and Papa-

Standing in the waves of the surf.

Nowadays – this is too deep for me.

The surf around my ankles is just fine.

Senior living –

OUR RETIREMENT LIFE!

Sherry and her mother Barb-

Barb’s mother was born in Sweden.

The Swedish genes run deep in the family!

OUR RETIREMENT LIFE!

Mike – Sarah – Maddy – Ella and Debby!

The Myers family –

Oldest granddaughters and their mother and father.

OUR RETIREMENT LIFE!

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Papas World -Living life – one day at a time – my way.

October 11, 2026July 25, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

I am now in my 70’s – and six years ago – it almost came to a end!

Today – I am here – and have found that when you experience

a awaking such as I did –

At least in my frame of mind –

I live life one day at a time

and I am doing it my way –

With guidance from my wife!

IT IS NOT FOR ME TO QUESTION WHY

BUT FOR ME TO DO OR DIE!

That just about sums it up!

We have been married 37 years and together 38 years!

That is a long time!

When I had my heart attack – she had already changed our lifestyles.

But – for me – I had not done very well in what I ate –

drank or just in general lived!

My past caught up with me –

I had lived pretty much as this quote!

Then we changed – and I reformed –

lucky that I did – because I should of died!

A Widow Maker Heart Attack should do that!

They told me they had never seen someone

who had a massive Heart Attack – so healthy!

Made me feel good – but did not change the fact

I DID THIS TO MYSELF –

and – If I had not changed when I did

I wouldn’t be here!

Very sobering!

I learned a lesson – the hard way !

You get one chance at life –

I consider myself as having a second chance.

I am not wasting it this time –
I had my six year check up –

A nuclear test and a ultra sound

and a stress test.

I passed all with flying colors after six years!

I still have scar tissue on my heart

I have to take med’s because of the heart attack.

But – I am following the course Sherry has sent me on.

After SIX YEARS – I have no signs of hardening of the arteries!

After FOUR BY PASSES – I am well –

I AM LIVING MY SECOND LIFE CHANCE

ONE DAY AT A TIME!

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Papa’s World – IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME !

October 10, 2026July 25, 2026 / Tom / 2 Comments

It was dark – only the street lights were on – cold wind – we were bundled up

We started our walk down the street – I was 9 – my brother 5.

It was a cold Winter day – pre dawn –

and we walked behind my mother.

You – see – my parents both worked –

my dad had already left for the oil fields

My Mom – she would be picked up by Oscar and Glady’s in twenty minutes

We – in turn –

would walk to my sister’s apartment –

Where we would lay back down and sleep until breakfast !

So it went – those early years –

my sister and brother in law –

lived a few houses away .

If I could turn back time –

I would love to see them again.

She was the kindest person you could ever meet –

And Bill ( Willy ) –

one of the funniest men you would ever know.

After my grand ma passed away –

it was Donna who watched over me.

She was fifth teen years older than I –

I wanted to be where ever they were.

This was Donna –

always seeing both sides

and understanding .

Bill – was a meat cutter –

truck driver –

police chief and Mayor !

He also played first base on our town team base ball squad.

That is where I first remember him –

as my dad was the manager.

He was fair in what ever he did –

all my friends –

could of been in trouble –

But he wisely led them straight .

He has a nick name for every one of us –

except me –

he called me Tommy –

which endeared me to him.

My gratitude to the both of them is endless –

Both – were always there for me –

Many times –

in H.S. she would talk with me –

( She cut my hair until I was in my twenties )

As would Bill –

It was a small town –

everyone knew your name –

If I could turn back time for just one day –

They all are in heaven now –

I am the last –

But –

The abundance of life comes through the love they gave me –

If I could turn back time –

Just one more hug –

one more smile –

Today –

this is my story –

my thought –

IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME

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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

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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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Not completed

one spot left

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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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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!

THROUGH THE YEARS – FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

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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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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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This is a fact – it is a journal of thoughts and pictures of memories –

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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.

It will be kept on WordPress on my blog site: PAPA’S WORLD – livinglifedoingitmyway.blog –

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.

A PICTURE TURNS INTO A STORY AND A MEMORY!

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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.

A PICTURE TURNS INTO A STORY AND A MEMORY!

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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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When taken with liquid –

They dissolve and go immediately into the bloodstream.

Research proves the healthy effects of these capsules on your body.

There are two conventions a year –

One on the East Coast and one on the West Coast.

We have attended many and learned what over 40 published studies and research have proved for this supplement.

.For over twenty years –

This is what I take every day!

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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!

FAMILY HISTORY AND MEMORY!

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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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Papa’s World – Family history – looking back!

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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