Papa’s World – Writing blogs – thoughts and humor!

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Good day, everyone!

MEMORIES are thoughts of the past-

Pictures bring them to the present!

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

Little Bode and his sister Cassidy.

Cassidy is the twin sister of Taylor –

But these two should have been the twins!

Big sister is sharing her electronic book with little brother!

Meanwhile –

Taylor is in the same room –

Playing in her own way.

She is her own person.

Today – Taylor and Cassidy are Sophomores in High School –

While Bode is in his first year of Middle School!

Here are their parents, Marcus and Tammy.

Memories from the past –

Being brought back in pictures for memories of the present!

That smile says it all!

Graduating from grade school to Middle School!

Bode – into all sports –

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

Future memories to come!

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

A picture of two camels in Morocco!

What for?

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

Cindy and Buck in the forefront!

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

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

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

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

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

Pictures are for the present time in memories!

Great thoughts on golf.

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Papa’s World – Positive writing blogs!

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

Being seniors,

Life now is even shorter.

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

My beliefs are mine,

And I will vote for those beliefs.

And then go on with our life together.

Time is not on our side!

I look around each day –

The sunrise or the sunset.

The storm clouds-

And then listening to the thunder and patter of rain.

Makes me sleepy!

Gratitude, we are where we are.

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

The direction of our day –
Small trips –

Store – post office, or appointments.

The little things in life make me happy!

It has changed over the years –

Now, instead of black mulch,

Stones with a border.

But this glider and porch are my happy place.

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

A wave of a hand –

And then wait for the next one.

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

On Main Street in Eldred, Pa.

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

Sunset Beach and in the distance –

The high rise of Ocean Isle Beach!

These two beaches are our dreams!

We always wanted to be near the ocean,

And this is where we ended up!

But – in my life –

I have no regrets.

It has been a good life –

Family, work, and now retirement.

We grew up together in little Eldred, Pa.

Elementary – then 7 through 12th. grade –

And graduation.

We both went our separate ways –

But always maintained contact.

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

Once again,

The stories of youth and memories are regaled.

LIFE IS GOOD!

A big thank you to all who read my blogs!

Writing positive blogs, memories,

And pictures of friends and family for future generations to come.

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

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

Looking back to when they were little!

My smile for the day!

Taylor – now a Sophomore in H.S.

Sarah – now a Sophomore in college!

Cassidy – now a Sophomore in H.S.

It seems like only yesterday they were all together –

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

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

Cassidy is almost 5’8″

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

Is almost 5’10”!

Sherry – MORMOR – proud grandmother.

Then the other two granddaughters –

Maddy and Ella!

Mike – Sarah – MADDY and ELLA – and Debby!

The Myers family –

Saving memories –

MY GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

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

Today an Environmental Scientist for a nationwide firm.

Ella – who graduated from Randolph College –

Is now a PHYSED teacher at Leesburg Elementary school.

Following in the footsteps of her father.

Bode – the only boy grandchild.

Bode has graduated from Elementary School to Middle School!

Into all sports –

He sings in the church choir with Taylor.

Growing up fast!

My good thought for the day!

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

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LOL- Life happens – more beer please!

Sitting outback on the patio – we had a visitor!

As soon as I stood up-

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

We do have Copperheads and Timber Rattlesnakes –

However, I have never seen one in the backyard.

But I have seen Blacksnakes, and they are good.

They kill Copperheads, and I assume Timber Rattlesnakes!

I think this was some sort of water snake.

All part of where we live in Cameron Woods Community-

Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

Our grandson Bode –

Who graduated from Elementary School to Middle School!

Instead of shaking hands with the teachers –

He hugged each one!

A LOT OF LIFE!

Sunset in Cameron Woods Community-

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

THE SUN DOESN’T SET ON THEIR SMILES!

To all of you –

There is GOOD in this world.

Celebrate it whenever you encounter it!

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

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

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

Waiting for their next visit!

Sherry and our friend and neighbor, Diane.

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

On Rushford Lake in WNY!

CAMERON WOODS NEIGHBOR!

When they were little –

Maddy, Ella, and Sarah –

Sisters and granddaughters!

Taylor, Bode, and Cassidy –

Granddaughters and grandson.

IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME!

Shawn and Trisha –

Youngest son and wife.

Waiting for their next visit!

FAMILY!!!

Tammy and Marcus-

Parents of Cassidy, Bode, and Taylor!

FAMILY!

Oldest daughter –

Debby and Mike –

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

FAMILY!

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What you see here leads to future generations!

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MY BLOG SHOWS THOSE TO COME JUST WHO WE ARE!

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Papa’s World – A look around!

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Andrea and my son are life partners.

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

He can build a house from the ground up!

He got that ability not from me –

But his grandfather – my dad!

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

TROY and ANDREA – A LOOK AROUND!

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

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

But – Pandemic hit –

401K tanked –

House prices went way up –

WE SOLD!

And today live in North Carolina in Cameron Woods Community!

Near Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach!

A look back –

And now in the present –

A LOOK AROUND!

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The only boy out of six grandchildren.

Bode – graduating from Elementary School to Middle School!

Plays Lacrosse, golf, and football –

And sings in the church choir.

Growing up to be a teenager soon.

ALOOK AROUND!

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

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

ALOOK AROUND!

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

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

Called Eldred!

Grade school – High School – Sports –

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

Now – in our later Senior Years-

Golfing together –

Spending time as we did all those years ago,

SENIOR YEARS – A LOOK AROUND!

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

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Let the weekend begin – and a new beginning

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

The regional semi – final –

for James Wood girls soccer –

was on the home field of Loudoun County High School.

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

This year their record was better – they were undefeated !

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

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

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

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

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

and Loudoun County scored just before half time.

Maddy number 9 – last game as a senior

That score stayed the same

Until the 9:00 minute mark

When the second goal was scored

off a deflection from our own player into the goal.

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

Most likely – Loudoun County may repeat as State Champions !

Maddy and Ella

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

who has two years left –

and she led the J.V. ‘s –

scoring goals – and assists

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

The SEVEN seniors and their coaches
SEVEN SENIORS One last GROUP HUG – the season is over
Their Idols – the little ones so look up to them
I think Taylor – to the far right – is going to be taller than all of them !
Mother – daughters and father

Bitter sweet –

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

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

Aunt Tammy and Maddy

Now – it is graduation in less than two weeks –

and preparing for college.

Another soccer season travel begins this Fall with Ella –

and life goes on.

The end of the game

This was a close nit group –

and one final group hug at the end –

some come back –

SEVEN leave for a new life.

All to college –

two will play on –

records were set for the High School .

CLASS – in Victory or Defeat

Before each game –

and after each game –

they come and go the same way.

Led by their Captains –

a walk onto the field

and a walk off the field.

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

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

The END and the BEGINNING for both girls –

IT CAME TO A END – BUT WHAT A RIDE –

and it CONTINUES

The journey for the both of them –

Going to be a fun time in our lives.

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Papa’s World – Carolina life after NVA!

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

Here we are in the new Wegmans parking lot –

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

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

NVA was a very busy life.

The beltway around D.C.

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

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

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

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

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

From one elementary and one High School –

To multiple elementary and middle schools to FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS!

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

We watched it being built.

Walking our neighborhood in Brambleton, VA.

These three – where did we put the wine bottle!

SHERRY – CINDY and DOTTIE-

Friends for decades and decades!

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

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

Our newly constructed home –

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

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

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

This is the life we always wanted.

It took a PANDEMIC to get us here.

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

CAROLINA BEACH LIFE!

FROM THE WEGMANS PARKING LOT TO THE OCEAN ISLE BEACH!

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Papas World – Our grand kids and health- eating healthy

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Crazy as it reads
this is true
sugar is in everything

When we go to shows as a vendor-

we will demonstrate how much sugar is in

each popular drink – snack or breakfast cereals.

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

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

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

The twins
Cassidy and Taylor

This method is a eye opener –

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

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

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

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

We found Juice Plus almost 14 years ago –

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

over time in your body –

Health is not a quick fix –

IT TAKES TIME –

My regret – it has been around for almost 25 years

I wish I had been there from the start.

Taylor with MorMor
Non sugar drink

The twins were early – taken out of the womb

as Taylor was growing faster than Cassidy

At 32 to 33 weeks they came into the World.

And from day one – no complications

THEY WERE HEALTHY!

Tammy took Juice Plus for years before they were born

and all during the time she carried them.

The same for Bode
born healthy

There is a CHILDREN’S RESEARCH –

where one child is sponsored by one adult

Between the age of 4 and 19.

If the adult orders – a 4 month supply

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

and this will continue for FOUR YEARS –

as long as the adult continues!

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

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We promote health
at 70 years old

This program has all our grandchildren on it

Yes – we sell Juice Plus –

Yes – we promote health

And yes we have helped hundreds

We travel – we attend seminars on health

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

We live the talk

and – in all these years

We have seen the results

IT WORKS!

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Papa’s World -My family while growing up!

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My parents’ grave –

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

My brother-in-law Bill –

And my sister Donna’s grave.

Just a few feet from my parents’ grave.

My brother Roger shortly before he passed away.

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

All are now gone.

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

Terri is no longer with us.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Next is Sherry.

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

They all still live back in Pa.

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

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

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

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

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

As are the six grandkids.

Sherry – Bonnie and Debbie.

Her mother, Barb, and her father, Bill.

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

But our roots still remain in Pa.

This blog is a journal for the generations to come.

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

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Papas World – Social Media

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

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

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

Taylor Bode Cassidy
school canceled
a day with the grand kids

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

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

Also a way to document my life –

To put it all down in journal type writings.

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

Sometimes that is very hard to accomplish

But – I try –

You see – my life is in the later stages

I want the kids to read this after I am gone

I want them to know who I am

what I did and how I feel.

I hope I conveyed these thoughts through my blogs

I am happy with my life

And today I hope I brought us a little bit closer

SMILE – LAUGH – GOOD THOUGHTS –

You are only here a short time in the scope of all things.

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Have a blessed New Year

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Wishing you a Happy New Year

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

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

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

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

PEACE – LOVE and COLORS!

Of all human life!

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

RMN – on the political horizon.

This was the era of PEACE- LOVE and HOPE –

But also of Guns – Protests – Marches and death.

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

War came to a end – the peace sign prevailed –

All colors were accepted by majority –

And RMN who was on the horizon –

was sent packing in disgrace in the 70’s.

The Hippies eventually for the most part – became mainstream

And today – they still flash those Peace signs –

They are older now – walking slowly –

They have experience and growth

They are still teaching generations to Love –

And once again – are standing – standing for democracy.

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

Putting back on those tie dyed shirts in their minds.

We had become somewhat “Silent”

But – “WE” are moving once again –

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

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

no one wanted –

A generation that evolved with human kind in mind

A generation that promotes Peace – Love & kindness

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

We are not entitled – we are not elite –

WE ARE WE – a product of the ’60’s –

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

You have awoken a sleeping giant –

A giant that walked the streets in the 60’s

One who promotes Love – Peace –

And in my case – God – Family and Church.

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a product of the ’60’s

We stand together – as one –

We work behind the scenes to promote humankind

And justice for all is prevailing

You see – all those years ago

We helped usher in a new dawn

And we still to this day

Believe in Peace – Hope – Love

and in our case

Family- Church- Country and that peace sign.

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

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

As a senior well into our senior years-

We live each day to the plus.

Doesn’t matter what it is!

Simple trips to the store or doctor’s office.

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

Preparing for family or friends to visit.

Volunteering which we do.

All of a sudden –

Something happens to change that routine.

A unexpected fall from her bike!

As she was coming to a stop to get off –

Sherry lost her balance –

Over she went onto her left side!

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

No – She will not give up!

She spent two days in the hospital –

Then seven days in rehab.

DETERMINED!!!!!

She has got this!

She went home and had excellent grades on her progress.

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

Our daughter Debby came down!

Moral support and to help me.

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

But constant phone calls and facetimes were there daily!

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

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

“WE LOVE YOU MORMOR”!

Which in Swedish Is MOTHERSMOTHER!

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

TOGETHER as ONE!

This blog site represents that!

Its the simple things in life –

Now in our Senior years –

That trip to the doctor for follow up!

That walker and the road to Ferry Landing in OIB!

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

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

This is our life in our Senior Years!

Life starts each day with the Simple Things!

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

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

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Sherry is watching my brother, Roger –

Tee off at one of the courses in The Villages.

Shortly after we retired –

My brother, who was alone-

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

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

Growing up, he was my hero.

Those years gave us both fond memories of him.

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

I still cherish these memories –

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

The last winter we spent together!

I shall always cherish these times –

TODAY- YESTERDAY’S MEMORIES!

Trisha is married to my youngest son, Shawn-

Here with his older brother Troy!

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

All have visited at one time or another.

Looking forward to more visits!

TODAY – YESTERDAY’S MEMORIES!

Sherry – (MORMOR) – Swedish for MothersMother –

Youngest daughter Tammy and the three grandchildren-

Taylor – Bode and in front – Cassidy.

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

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

TODAY – YESTERDAY’S MEMORIES!

A long time ago in Eldred, Pa.-

Where I grew up on North Main Street-

Pictured here is my niece – Terri-

Me in the middle, and my brother Mike.

Both are gone –

But live in TODAY-YESTERDAY’S MEMORIES!

My parents’ grave-

Up Barden Brook in Eldred, Pa.

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Papa’s World – The next step!

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It was toward the end of May –

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

About five minutes went by, and my phone rang.

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

I jumped into the car and up the street.

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

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

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

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

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

We headed to the Emergency room at McLeod Hospital.

After X-rays and a CT scan –

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

But no surgery would be required.

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

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

They have been wonderful.

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

We have faith and HOPE!

This is a setback as she is 77 years old.

But – thank goodness it could have been much worse.

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

This has been the longest time we have been apart.

So – we progress to “THE NEXT STEP”!

Whatever is ahead –

We will face it together.

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

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

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

Santa knew I was naughty!

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MORMOR & PAPA

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

I do not remember what I had done –

but my older sister and my grand mother

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

My mother and grandmother were a lot alike.

Both small – grandma gentle with 11 children.

Mom had her gentleness but she was feisty!

She ruled the house!

Grandma passed when she was 85 – mom almost 98!

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

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

I hated spiders and still do to this day.

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

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

My mom was very good to me –

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

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

all red and white with a ribbon.

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

I took the ribbon off and then the wrapping paper.

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

I LEARNED MY LESSON

I opened the lid and looked inside –

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

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

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

Through the snow toward the big red barn.

And I reached the railroad tracks –

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

That was the Christmas for being bad –

I GOT A LUMP OF COAL AND A PIGS TAIL!

Funny how things remain in your head –

I had learned my lesson

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

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

And today my angel in heaven smiling down.

She couldn’t catch me – but in the end

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It was really a Utopia of a sort.

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

Very expensive to live.

The Pandemic caused the 401K to collapse –

But the housing market is about to explode!

So – we CASHED in and SOLD!

The three “LITTLE ONES” grandchildren –

Bode, Cassidy, and Taylor –

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

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

And the Pandemic resolved that issue.

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

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

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

WE WERE TRULY LIVING LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

Bode started preschool at this time.

He is an active boy –

Into all sports –

And constantly on the move –

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

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

The twins are no Sophomores in H.S.

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

And of course –

“MARLEY – THE GRAND DOG”!

A Golden Doodle!

And then the three oldest granddaughters!

Sarah, Ella, and Maddy.

Sarah is a Sophomore in College-

Ella and Maddy have graduated from college.

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

Parents – Debby and Mike.

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

Our Lake Holiday family.

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

Oicking Strawberries back in NVA!

We are living Life One Day At A Time.

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

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Ever since I can remember –

the first bird chirping –

My bedroom as I got older after my older brother

left for college –

Was right in the front of the house –

Facing East and those first rays of the Sun.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE !

I have always awoken either before those first rays

or shortly after!

I am up early each and every day –

first cup of coffee

BEFORE the morning paper hits the pavement!

And it is that way even if I force myself

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

My wife and I just had this conversation

About how over the years – we use to party –

Now it is CAN WE STAY AWAKE !

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

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

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

seems in my later years –

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

But – if I stay up –

I wake up the same time each day –

and then I feel terrible the rest of the day!

It’s like I have a internal clock

( I do not use a alarm clock)

If you tell me you want up at a certain time

I WILL WAKE YOU UP with NO alarm clock!

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

THIS IS ME!
LOL

My wife is opposite ( we do attract each other)

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

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

I think it is her phone –

She is the lead in our book club from church

and she reads the books on line –

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

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

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

read the entire paper front to back

and had two cups of coffee & ready for shower!

Morning Sunrise
I get to see this
each and every morning

Life has it’s own schedule for everyone

mine happens to be EARLY

And I can remember those mornings back to my childhood

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

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

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

In NWPA.

In the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains

I could hear the trucks going by –

and behind the house the railway tracks

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

Lulled me to sleep each night!

Opposites attract

Yes – I am up at the crack of dawn –

The dawn gets lighter

That is just who I am –

I like my morning solitude

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

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Your day is just starting – mine is hours old –

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

8:15 AM. service

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

AND I DON’T MIND AT ALL!

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

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

Our roses out front

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

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

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

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

Crepe Myrtle out front

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

Ninety five per cent comes back

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

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

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

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

Flowers and flags

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

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

and that is for my mental being.

Front steps and door

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

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

The back patio and Tower Gardens

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

which provide our vegetables daily.

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

Yesterday’s harvest from our strawberry patch

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

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

We actually grow even in Winter inside our garage.

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

it can do wonders for your mental health.

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

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

To Lynchburg University – in Lynchburg Va.

Actually – this city has FOUR UNIVERSITY’S !

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

and her dorm room !

Maddy to the left
number 13

She came in with 19 minutes left in the first half

( only two Freshman subbed in )

and she played the rest of the first half –

all of the second half and the overtime !

He has moved her to back row defense !

Her mother and sister also came down –

and we rented a airBNB for the night –

After the game we walked around the campus

and went to her dorm room

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

The coach seems to have adjusted her from midfielder

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

as a freshman !

The end of the playoff game

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

We stayed the night with her mother and sister there

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

( they won 4 to 0 )

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

With dinner and cake.

We toured this on Sunday with Maddy

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This Cemetery dates back to the late 1700’s

On the historical register

with over 20,000 graves.

We got to spend time with Maddy

And share a morning and early afternoon and lunch.

Set up her TV.
Hang some block out curtin’s
in her dorm room
Share her favorite bundt cake
Maddy Ella Debby

We got to share family time

ELLA & MADDY
look who has gotten taller !
Maddy and Ella
together once again
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Papa’s World – all he wanted was his cousin – ELLA !

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The birthday was earlier in the week – turning five –

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

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

BODE & ELLA
at Top Golf

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

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

BODE & ELLA

And she is so good with him –

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

Cheering her on and she in turn can hear him.

I do not know how to explain this –

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

The other two – Taylor and Cassidy –

form that same bond only with Sarah –

Ella’s younger sister.

We are a family of mostly girls
mother and daughters
Bode the lone boy
Bode and his father Marcus
instructions on golf

It was Bode who asked to go here

It was chilly – 35 degrees –

but we kept warm with the overhead heaters.

Debby – Tammy – Sherry
Mother and two daughters

We had a fun time – over two hours –

It is always fun when you spend time with family.

Sarah after a shot
Debby and Ella

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

Bode and Ella
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Papa’s World – Forgotten memories – always together.

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We have always spent a great deal of time together.

Exploring wherever we are!

The places no one finds unless they happen upon them!

Life together – helping one another.

Creating memories that become forgotten and resurface for my blogs!

FORGOTTEN MEMORIES – ALWAYS TOGETHER!

Life not in the fast lane –

But slowly looking and watching as we go by!

It does not have to be exciting –

We can make do with whatever comes our way.

Here we are in Northern California at a vineyard.

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

FORGOTTEN MEMORIES – ALWAYS TOGETHER!

Before they moved their training camp to South Florida-

We visited the spring training camp for the Washington Nationals.

We both love sports –

And try to see games in all sports-

But most assuredly – on TV!

FORGOTTEN MEMORIES- ALWAYS TOGETHER!

COVID – 2020 –

We were isolated at our home.

Tammy and the three grandkids would visit –

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

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

It was a hard time in our lives –

But we faced it together –

Making memories such as these!

FORGOTEN MEMORIES – ALWAYS TOGETHER!

When the three little ones would come to stay overnight!

Before Covid –

We would always pick them up from school.

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

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

FORGOTTEN MEMORIES – ALWAYS TOGETHER!

Today they have grown up.

But FORGOTTEN MEMORIES – ALWAYS TOGETHER in our hearts!

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

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

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

Three years ago –

She graduated from college with a degree in Environmental Science-

And works for a large national firm on the environment.

Times forgotten, but memories still shared.

Twenty years ago –

We started our Juice Plus Business from home!

Every six months, we attended a JP conference-

Held on the East Coast or the West Coast-

We have made hundreds of friends –

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

Creating many forgotten memories, but always present when revisited!

Sherry, Buck, Cindy, and Papa.

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

Portville, N.Y.

Since then –

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

In 1996!

We remained friends and in contact.

We have traveled the world with them on vacations.

Now, we live 38 miles from them.

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

Oftentimes, just for dinner.

Decades of memories –

Revived when we meet up!

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

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

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

This is where Sherry lived and was raised.

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

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

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

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

Allows you to walk out there-

Me – No Thanks! LOL

A must-see if you are ever in NWPA –

Land of the Seneca Indians –

The reservation is nearby with a Casino!

A picture of a memory revisited!

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Papa, Jim, and Buck!

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

Today – we still get together –

Friendships that have lasted for decades are still going!

Memories revisited in a picture!

LOL!!!!

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Papa’s World – Looking at TIMES PAST!

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

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

We have not been back since –

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

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

Sherry in Washington, D.C-

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

Cold but fun with the grandkids!

Two are just behind her, and also Tammy!

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

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

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

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

Christmas decorations at our home in Brambleton, VA.

Every year, we decorated the two-story home.

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

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Sherry and I visited a farm with miniature cows!

They were like miniature horses!

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

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

Someplace in Spain –

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

LOOKING AT TIMES PAST!

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

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When all the grandkids were younger –

We all went to the county fair.

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

And a time to come-

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

Gone by times are memories!

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

Sherry, Jo, and Paul.

Who came for a visit several years ago.

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

A first for them and one of many for us!

Gone by times are memories.

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

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

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

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

He was also accompanied by Radoslav Lorkovic –

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

World-renowned from Croatia.

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

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

Rad travels the world playing his music!

Gone by times are memories!

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

The cluster of buildings on the lower left –

Are the Eldred- WWII museum.

A bucket list to see!

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

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

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

The building to the upper right-

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

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

All my early dental work was performed there.

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

The home I was raised in –

Is just beyond the big white house-

And now my great niece lives there.

That makes for 82 years of family living there.

Gone by times are memories!

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Papa’s World – Special places!

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

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

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

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

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

When Maddy was just able to walk –

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

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

And the White House in the background –

Hanging on our wall.

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

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

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

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

Here we are at the Martin Luther King Memorial!

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

We all had friends’ names on that wall.

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

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

Strling , VA.

Our last service here before we moved to the Carolinas.

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

Pastor Annebbelle presides.

Notice the masks on everyone.

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

Our car with the grandkids is in the background.

We were soon to leave –

SPECIAL PLACES!

Our longtime special friends –

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

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

Here we are on the ICW at Vareen Gardens –

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

Hoping we can visit once again!

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

Watching the game –

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

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

Maddy and Ella are shaking hands.

Maddy was a senior and Ella a Sophomore.

SPECIAL PLACES!

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Papa’s World – Events in a lifetime!

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July 2nd. 2021 –

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

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

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

The one requirement I had in this home –

Was a front porch with a covered, shaded glider.

Here you see that front porch and glider!

Today it is a bit different in the landscaping!

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

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

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

Saying hello or waving as neighbors go by.

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

Other than me trimming the plants and bushes –

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

EVENTS IN A LIFETIME!

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

Above are our growing systems of Tower Gardens –

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

And it has been producing ever since.

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

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

Every couple of weeks – add tonic and nutrients –

Just water in the base and no dirt.

It grows about 30 % faster and has no pesticides!

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

And now in N.C. –

We can grow outside all year long!

After starting in three to four weeks –

You can have salads every night!

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

THE TOWER GARDEN-

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EVENTS IN A LIFETIME!

Sherry and Papa –

On our tour with friends in Northern California.

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

Sherry, Buck, and Cindy.

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

About 38 miles from us.

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

We have had many traveling the road together worldwide!

Here we are in OHAU –

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

Cindy and Buck are at Lake Tahoe with us.

Friends for decades and decades.

Many, many – LIFETIME IN EVENTS with them!

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Papa’s World – Memories of life.

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

Here are the twins –

Taylor on the left and Cassidy on the right!

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

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

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

Our favorite pastime –

Playing golf while we still can.

Here is the course at Brickyard Landing –

The finishing hole along the ICW!

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

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

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

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

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

And watch the boat traffic!

Folks write on seashells and hang them from the trees!

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

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

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

Bob, Pam, and Sherry!

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

They are leasing a home near us-

Time will tell.

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

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When friends meet up –

Jim, Dottie, Sherry, Buck, and Cindy.

We go back to the early 80s.

Still get together at each other’s homes.

Now, all of us are in N.C.

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

Papa and Jimmy.

We played softball together in the mid 70s-

And worked together in American Olean Tile Co.

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

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

Today they live in NNC and we in SNC.

MEMORIES OF LIFE!

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

Mike and Debby – the oldest daughter and her husband.

MEMORIES IN LIFE!

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Papa’s World – A look at the memories!

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

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

Right on the beach and main street of NMB!

The band was “JIM QUICK AND COASTLINE”!

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

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

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

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

Four times a year –

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

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

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

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

During one of those festivals –

Outside of “FAT HAROLDS” on NMB mainstreet-

We came across this truck and a tent booth selling both long sleeves and short sleeves shirts-

Of the BAND JIM QUICK AND OOASTLINE” –

Which, since we saw them that first time, we have followed.

YES – I BOUGHT A LONG SLEEVED SHIRT –

And Sherry bought a short-sleeved shirt with “FAT HAROLDS” dance club on it!

Once a week at this club, which you enter through what looks like a JUKE BOX-

Are lessons for the public – cost Ten Dollars a person –

And you learn how to “SHAG DANCE”!

The dance requires you to maintain contact with your dance partner the entire time.

It is a beautiful thing to watch and so graceful.

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We took our daughter and granddaughters to “FAT HAROLDS”!

Inside “FAT HAROLDS” and sitting beside the dance floor.

It is like stepping back into history inside the building –

Which has been operating since the 60s!

Almost always, folks are dancing here!

Main Street of North Myrtle Beach –

Spanish Gallon and the radio station 94.9 – THE SURF – sits to the left of the Arch.

Here we are just past FAT HAROLDS, and DUCKS sits right across the street, and up from that is DECKERS.

There are more clubs –

This intersection is shut down on I think Thursday nights and live music from the Arch with bands-

The whole street becomes a parking lot for golf carts and hundreds of folks sitting in lawn chairs.

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Papa’s World – Vibes – thoughts and memories!

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My two sons and their families!

Troy, with a beard, is the oldest.

Andrea, his partner –

And then Shawn – the youngest –

With Trisha and her daughter, Autum.

A fun visit, and we showed them as much as we could in the time they were here.

Looking forward to when they can come back.

FAMILY – memories!

The oldest grandkids and their parents- Debby and Mike.

Today – Maddy and Ella have graduated from college-

Sarah is a Sophomore in college.

They – Debby and Milke –

Still live in Lake Holiday in VA.

FAMILY – memories!

We live life one day at a time!

FAMILY – VIBES and MEMORIES!

The three youngest grandkids – Taylor, Cassidy, and Bode-

And their parents –

Marcus and Tammy.

On one of the many trips they have made to see us!

FAILY – GOOD VIBES!

In our life together – Church and its teachings-

Play a big part in our lives!

Be kind – Smiles are free!

Help when you can and be forgiving!

OH – if I could just have a “MIRACLE” on every swing! LOL!!!!!

Sherry – standing in front of our home and neighborhood!

We are settled here.

Life is good, and we are happy.

MEMORIES are being made here!

GOOD VIBES!

Looking forward to another football season coming up!

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Papa’s World – Looking around at LIFE!

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LIFE is full of so many wonders and memories!

Above sits the KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX!

This is on Bird Island, but really the far end of Sunset Beach to the Western End.

From the pier-

About a two and one half mile walk through sand and surf if you so choose.

The surf keeps you cool on a hot day in the sun.

Decades ago, two free-spirited hippies –

Carried tools and a mail box –

Along the shore of sand and surf-

To this spot on a high dune.

Here it has stood all those years –

Being replaced as the weather and sun have beaten down on it!

Today, two benches have been installed with plaques.

And behind on top of the sand dune-

Sits a large piece of driftwood with plaques also on it.

The names of those two hippies are there to read!

The Kindred Spirit Mailbox is there for you to write in the journal your thoughts, prayers, or just a sounding board!

The quiet solitude of just the sound of the surf and birds-

Occasionally, another soul approaches –

You write, sit, and then leave those thoughts in the journal as the next person-

Takes a seat on the bench and writes their thoughts on the journal pages.

For decades and decades, this has been going on, and the journals were saved at a University to be preserved.

Papa and Sherry –

At the pier with The Kindred Spirit MAILBOX, a few miles away.

Our walk in life has also lasted decades and decades since we were married on 6-25-1982!

We have walked those few miles to the mailbox numerous times –

Alone and with family!

As the Sun rises each day –

Here is Sherry at the sunrise of a new day!

LIFE begins another new day.

Together, we navigate that day.

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Our journey continues.

Our LIFE together continues.

A chance conversation brought us together –

And that one moment in time has led to LIFE as we know it!

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Papa’s World- Humor – some thoughts and positivity!

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Sherry and I sometimes watch a friend’s two Corgis!

Here is the smallest one named DAX!

He likes to sit by me as close as he can get.

He is the youngest of the two –

The other one is larger and named DUKE!

We take them for walks three times a day-

Feed them twice a day –

And sometimes just relax like here and sit and pet them.

They have gotten to know us quite well.

MY GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

POSITIVITY!!!!

Papa- ELLA, the second oldest granddaughter, and Sherry.

Here at sunset in our backyard.

She has graduated from college and is now teaching in school.

A POSITIVE AND GOOD THOUGHT!

Oh, to step back in time to when these grandkids were young!

Here are Cassidy, Bode, and Taylor!

A POSITIVE AND GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

One of my favorites – George Carlin!

Sherry, Buck, and Cindy!

Friends for decades and decades.

Still get together once or twice a month.

Still go on vacations and explore together.

A POSITIVE IN OUR LIFE TOGETHER ALL THESE YEARS!

LOL- some humor and smiles for the day!

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Papa’s World – My blogs – sharing life about family-friends!

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Papa – on the streets in either Norway, Sweden, or Denmark!

Not sure, as this was maybe 20 years ago!

I write these blogs as a journal to read by future generations.

Instead of photo albums –

They will have these blogs.

We made this trip with her mother and sister.

A ten-day trip covering 1400 miles by bus!

Sherry’s grandmother was born in Sweden.

It was a whirlwind trip –

Exciting and memorable.

Wish I had been better at labeling the picture of who, what, and where!

Sherry and I are in a Moroccan restaurant in Morocco!

We made the trip with Buck and Cindy to Spain.

And then an airboat ride across the short distance to Africa and Morocco.

It was an experience – not sure I would ever do that again!

Spain was great –

But they took our passports on the way over to Morocco-

And would not give them back until we returned!

We had a guide, and she did not seem to know what to do about it!

While in Morocco –

Cindy and I rode these camels.

Best advice – HANG ON TIGHT as they get up and down.

When they get up –

You are almost face down as they use their back legs to rise up!

And when they lay down –

It is the reverse.

I can now say I rode a camel – but never again! LOL

My blog as a journal continues –

Here, I believe we were in a restaurant after finding our rental house in Malaga, Spain.

This was at the bottom of the long drive up to the house that overlooked a golf course-

And from the rooftop terrace-

We could see in the distance –

THE ROCK OF GILBRALTOR!

Interesting – our luggage did not land with us, and we had to go back the next day to claim it!

This was before GPS, and our phones would not work over there.

We had map quests printed out and navigated our entire trip that way.

It was crazy, but a wonderful trip in which we did over a thousand miles of exploring.

Here I am standing on a Roman bridge over a 400 to 1000-foot drop into a chasm in RHONDA SPAIN!

This span is a couple of thousand years old, and I wonder just how they built it that long ago?

We were way up in the mountains and eventually made our way to a bull-fighting arena-

That was also very, very old!

Memories for this blog all those years ago.

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Papa and Sherry in Sapin at a fountain.

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Today we live in retirement at Cameron Woods Community in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

Our globe-trotting is likely over –

But our close friends Buck and Cindy live just 40 minutes away.

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Papa’s World – Good humor and happy thoughts!

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LOL – Truth is here!

This is one of the reasons I blog!

Storing pictures brings back so many memories for me –

And helps me to keep my mind sharp!

The pictures are a memory jogger for me.

And these blogs are like a journal for future generations to see and read who we are!

A little humor and a smile to start your day!

The day our oldest granddaughter, Maddy, graduated from college.

She graduated with an Environmental Science degree-

And works for a national Environmental firm.

She recently became engaged, and the wedding is scheduled for sometime in 2027!

GOOD HUMOR AND HAPPY THOUGHTS!

A good thought for the day!

What everyone thought to be a Coyote –

Actually turned out to be a RED WOLF!

This was taken up by the front gate!

We heard that the N.C. Wildlife had reintroduced them back into the wild as they were no longer in N.C.

But that was up toward the Outer Banks!

This was seen here over a year ago and has not been seen since, to the best of our knowledge.

Interesting how it made its way so far south from where it was introduced into the wild!

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LOL- some more smiles!

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Papa’s World – Good times and memories.

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Sherry – “Grandma” and “MorMor”!

The older granddaughters call her “Grandma”!

The younger granddaughters and grandson call her”MorMor.”

Which is in Swedish – “MOTHERSMOTHER”!

Sherry’s mothers mother was born in Sweden.

Both are endearing names, and all love her!

GOOD TIMES AND MEMORIES!

All the grandchildren –

She lives for them.

GOOD TIMES AND MEMORIES!

He is gone but not forgotten.

My older brother, Roger.

He was my hero growing up.

Ten years older than I.

He graduated H.S.and then went away to college.

After college, he went into Officer Training School for the Navy.

Later, he married and never came back to his hometown of Eldred, PA.

Other than to visit every few years.

In his later years, we became close.

After we retired, we would spend time with him in The Villages of Florida.

Those are my precious memories of an older brother whom I considered my hero.

GOOD TIMES AND MEMORIES!

Mine would read “Tom hit this ball too short and to the right- now it is yours”!

Great friends –

Cindy and Buck!

Our neighbors back in Portville, N.Y. late 80s and to mid 90s.

Now we live about forty minutes from them.

We still get together –

We still golf together.

And we have traveled the world with them.

Creating – GOOD TIMES AND MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Times with Family and Friends!

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When Maddy and Ella played college soccer in Lynchburg, Va.-

Many times, we made trips there to watch them play.

Ella on the left and Maddy on the right during their pre-H.S. soccer days!

They both played on the same travel team when they were younger.

Both were midfielders.

In the picture on the right –

Ella in her uniform for Randolph College and Maddy in her uniform for The University of Lynchburg.

Both schools are in Lynchburg, VA.

Maddy is two years older than Ella-

And in this picture –

Both were captains for their teams.

We used to call Ella “tiny”!

But here she is, about 5’10 and Maddy 5’7!

Those are memorable years –

Times that are priceless to us.

Today – Maddy is an Environmental Specialist, and Ella is an Elementary teacher.

TIMES WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

The youngest sister is Sarah –

On the right for her first day riding the bus and her first day of school.

On the left – graduating as a senior and today a Sophomore in College!

Here she is hugging her grandma, Sherry.

She has ended up as the tallest of the three girls.

Sherry is almost 5’10!

We do not know, as of now, what she will pursue in her career-

But she is very gifted as an artist and works many jobs to earn her way through school.

TIMES WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

Ella, Maddy, and Sarah.

Time gone by –

Memories to reflect back on.

PRICELESS!

We have had a core group of friends since just before we were married on 6-25-1982.

Jim – Dottie – Sherry – Papa – Cindy and Buck.

We try to get together every four to six months at each other’s homes.

Today we all live in the state of N.C.

So it makes it easier to travel to each other’s homes.

Friends are a priceless commodity.

All are now retired and living as seniors.

Sherry and Papa.

Living life one day at a time!

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Papa’s World – A young woman – in college – playing soccer – Maddy

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Good Morning
Two months ago
she left in the
middle of August
to attend the University Of Lynchburg

We had not seen or talked to her in that time –

She was at University – early – for the women’s soccer team.

She had been training all Summer –

running – she had to run two miles in under 12 minutes !

Team bonding
late Summer

The coach – Dr. Todd Olsen – is a motivator –

Team bonding – both mental and working together –

achieving a goal placed before them.

His teams have reached the NCAA Division Three playoffs

TWELVE STRAIGHT YEARS !

Winning the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in 2014.

Losing in the Quarter finals last year

Being involved
building that trust
in one another

I have watched from afar

His program is the real deal

” WE DO NOT REBUILD – WE RELOAD ” !

is what he says !

The Team
bonding on the field
Becoming one
Maddy second from top left

Today they are in second place in their conference

out of fourteen teams

having won the conference last year

with a 23 – 3 – 1 record

Today they are 9 – 3- 1 having played a power early schedule

Playing the number two team in the country

to a 1 to 1 tie.

Not bad for having graduated TEN SENIORS from that team.

University of Lynchburg Va.
HORNETS

Maddy as a freshman – does not start -very few do –

But she has played in 90 % of the games

They are stacked at Mid fielders –

So – he has moved her to defense

back line in front of the goalie !

Maddy
protecting the goal

When she first started playing soccer

that is where they put her

because of her quickness and speed

Later – because of her ball skills and passing

they moved her to Midfielder.

Maddy defending

When you play this level in college

everyone is quick and fast !

With her time playing midfield
she brings to that back line
the ability to advance the ball
and draw in the defense
Maddy
bringing the ball
up field
Drawing the defense
opens up the lane

I could see that she adjusted well –

She has the skill

She played a total of 25 minutes

He has 33 players on the team

With 11 being seniors !

Maddy is one of 10 Freshmen !

He subs in and out – keeping them fresh.

Maddy’s number 13
was passed down to her
from a senior from last year
who assists the team this year
saying
” She wanted that number’s tradition passed down “

As a Freshmen – Maddy finished 5th. overall in the two mile

She finished first among the Freshmen.

Maddy bring the ball

She has handled the switch extremely well

She loves the team – the coaches and the school

A scavenger hunt designed for team building
Each team had a color theme
The coach does this team building
once a week
and twice a week in the off season
Every FOUR years
he takes the Team to
Puerto Rico
To do social work
Helping others in need !
Maddy – after the game
with her three little cousins
and Bode screamed the entire time
she was playing
“MADDY – MADDY “
Sarah 13 sister Debby (mother) Maddy & Ella 17 sister

We brought her home to sleep in her own bed

after two months being in a dorm room

but more important –

for her Mother’s birthday

and spend time with her sisters & family.

Mike ( father ) Sarah and Bode
Maddy and Sherry ( grandmother)

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Maddy

She is excelling – she is happy – she is now a “HORNET ” !

For University of Lynchburg , Va.

Women’s Soccer team.

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Papa’s World – just THINGS in my life!

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GOOD MORNING

We have been busy the last year –

Friends have visited – almost all of them –

at different times –

So we have toured D.C.

Played golf ( 2 different times – different friends)

We have just sat back and talked –

We entertained overnight a Movie Star

and a World class musician on the piano – accordion and organ.

We have traveled the country –

A DAILY PRACTICE

We both are into health –

Sherry is a certified Health Coach

after a life of Lab Tech – Office payroll – Billing – Manufacturing –

Manager – Logistics – Outside Sales –

And now a SSC ( Senior Sales Coodinator )

for Juice Plus Company

We travel – her team is countrywide.

I DO ! Both in vows
and now in life

We live life for ourselves – our friends – our family

and our kids and grand kids.

OUR FAITH
AND CHURCH

We do many things at our church and for our church

Book club ( Sherry has monitored for NINE YEARS !

Wednesday night social ministries

Altar guild

Communion assistants

SAS committee ( Steward ship for all Seasons )

Icon class

Photography

Editorials

We belong and practice our faith.

OUR LIFE IS FULL
And many people fulfill the above

I live life one day at a time – to the fullest –

I have experienced in my life

Four times of near death

I therefore look ahead one day at a time

This is but a few moments in our daily lives

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Papa’s World – get me going in the morning – flavored !

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A little wine does this

Sometimes you drink a little wine – you do silly things – but you always smile – but – to start my day before some wine is ” COFFEE ” !

My favorite time of the morning

For those of you who do not know me – I have always gotten up EARLY !

Like I am up by 5:00 AM. every morning – I only need 6 to 7 hours of sleep and then I am wide awake.

Have been this way since my youth ! I would wake up – my bedroom was the front upstairs bedroom – and right outside the two windows – was a huge Maple tree.

It would be full of birds chirping in the morning -and that bedroom faced East.

So – the combination of Sun light coming in and the birds singing – well -that was my favorite before I was old enough to drink coffee !

My grand father David & my grand mother Nora

I was raised in my early years by my grand ma – she was a widow and had moved in with us.

My very first time I can remember having coffee – was when she made me ” COFFEE SOUP ” for breakfast – as she called it !

During the depression when she had her farm and family -11 kids – they had to improvise to feed everyone.

And one of the staples living on a large farm was -they had milk from the cows –

they bought barrels of flour ( homemade bread ) – big bags of sugar – and raised pigs for side pork !

So – ” COFFEE SOUP ” became a norm for them – coffee being a treat for the whole house – and she would make bread and rolls – pies and cakes all day long.

She would slice me a big thick piece of home made bread – put it on a plate – a piece of side pork that she fried –

then pour coffee on top of the bread – a little milk and sprinkle sugar on it !

BEEN THERE DONE THAT

To this day I remember that and how good it tasted with that side pork !

That was my introduction to COFFEE all those years ago.

And – another lunch time feature from the depression years – was Milk off the farm and white crackers and sugar mixed together !

Although I have never had either since – I was raised that way !

Today – first thing is fix my coffee – a little flavored cream –

and I try to have flavored coffee – not strong – I tend not to like strong flavors – beer included –

and I do not really like wine unless it is a little sweet !

Nothing better than to sip coffee in public and people watch

Sipping my coffee while blogging –

sitting in public with a coffee and people watch –

between church services – getting a cup of java and talking.

Those are the little things in life that as you get older – you cherish.

Much like I do in my memory of my grandma.

COFFEE became a staple in my life along time ago – and since I am up before dawn –

it is all the more tasteful in the quiet space of peaceful thought !

Sherry does not like COFFEE – she is a TEA drinker

My wife – Sherry – does not drink COFFEE –

she is a TEA drinker – I think that is the SWEDE coming out in her !

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a little bit of nothing on nothing !

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Papa’s World – Life- love- family and friends!

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Grandkids- five granddaughters and one grandson.

Today, Maddy and Ella have graduated from college.

Sarah is now a sophomore in college.

Taylor and Cassidy are Sophomores in H.S.

And Bode is in his first year of middle school!

Now – Marcus with Tammy –

Taylor, Cassidy, and Bode.

Family is important to us.

While Maddy could not join us here-

Ella, Sarah, and Debby did.

For her first year in college –

We all went to Saint Augustine.

Something Sarah had wanted to do.

Ella is now teaching in school.

Family times!

Friends – Cindy and Papa!

Both pointing to their tee shots on a par three!

Both putted for birdies.

Cindy had a hole-in-one here a few weeks before!

Friends in our lives.

Bob and Pam –

Bob and I went through school together and were raised in the same small town of Eldred, Pa.

They have recently had their 21st. wedding anniversary.

Friends in our lives together.

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Sons with their families!

Family is important in our lives.

Friends – we all moved from NVA to within 30 miles of each other here in N.C.

Friends for life!

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Papa’s World – Senior living!

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Sherry and Papa – our life in our senior years –

This is what we dreamed of doing all those years ago.

Trying to remain active – volunteering –

Walking – taking in events and staying in contact with family and friends.

We are well past retirement and in our final senior years.

We have close friends –

But we have always done things together.

I am not much into involving myself with others when not in the company of Sherry.

That is just who I am.

Sherry likes to be involved in lunches, crafts, and meet-ups with lady friends.

That is just fine with me.

I use my time to read –

Write my blogs and do chores around the house or outside.

Opposites attract!

We enjoy settling down in the late afternoon –

Eat dinner and then watch our favorite series together.

During the Turtle Season – we are volunteers for the Protection of Sea Turtles-

We are on the beach from mid-May to the beginning of October.

Here I am talking to tourists and explaining what we do and why we do it!

You can see the Turtle ramp that extends to the water.

This is for the baby sea turtles to make it into the water when they hatch.

Our jobs are to keep people back –

And from picking up the little turtles.

To educate folks on the survival of the little turtles.

Only one in a thousand survives to adulthood.

It is a magical moment to see them scurry to the water –

And keep the people back and the children so that they can see this moment in nature.

These times are now part of our senior lives together.

Sherry is on the back patio with Ella to the left and her mother, Debby!

Ella has graduated from college and is teaching elementary children in Va.

Here – we have a fire in our Solo Fire pit!

LOL – I like “PBR”!

And down here –

You can get a bottle for less than $3.00!!!!

Which is good for me!!! LOL

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I truly believe in this –

Having had 13 years ago –

Open heart surgery –

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Papa’s World – Life near the beaches!

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For nine months in the Pandemic year of 2020 to 2021-

We had this view from our living room and master bedroom –

At Ocean Keyes in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

A fourth-floor condo with two elevators right outside our door!

This was a large lake with 780 condos-

Six swimming pools and tennis courts.

A workout area and a half-mile walk to the BEACH!

It was three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

A kitchen, dining area, laundry, and living room.

The lanai was screened in and was across both the living room and the master bedroom.

A half-mile walk to NMB main street and all the entertainment and shopping!

BUT – although we loved it – we needed our own home with a garage and storage space.

The home we had built in Cameron Woods Community, some sixteen miles from the condo, but in N.C.

And the garage we wanted.

Here it is, full after we moved “STUFF” from our storage unit!

Later, we arranged everything –

It has overhead storage with a drop-down ladder and covered flooring!

However, after three years of moving Christmas storage tubs up and down the ladder –

We only store what we seldom use up there.

As seniors, it became more and more difficult to move stuff up and down the ladder!

For resale, it is a great selling point to have that additional storage!

But, hopefully, that is down the road.

Papa is at the entrance to our community.

From here, we have access to three beaches –

Plus two more –

Oak Island and North Myrtle Beach-

All within ten to forty-five minutes!

Our happy place is beach walking.

We can now do this every day if we want to.

Just driving over the two causeway bridges –

Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach –

We can be on the sand or walkways in ten to fifteen minutes.

Just sitting on the benches, smelling the salt air and listening to the sounds of the birds and surf.

THIS IS “LIFE NEAR THE BEACHES”!

It has been five years since we moved into our new home.

Today we have all the landscaping done –

We contract out the upkeep of the lawn –

Mowing – trimming – (I trim the bushes and trees)

Aerating and composting –

Weed and feed.

We sold all of our outdoor lawn maintenance when we sold our house in NVA!

We are happy living the dreams we have always had.

Maintaining our health as we age into Senior Living at the beach.

To help maintain the “EDGE” in retirement and senior aging and living-

We have taken these supplements for over twenty years.

Left to right-

Nutrients in powdered form – and Gummies if you have problems swallowing capsules!

Proven to go immediately into your bloodstream-

BERRIES – FRUITS – VEGETABLES –

And the Orange are OMEGAS –

Made from ALGAE and not Fish oil.

THIRTY fruits – berries and vegetables.

OMEGAS – 3,5,6,7 and 9!

I do not like the FISH taste of Omegas –

These taste like cream sicles if you bite into them.

If any of this interests you –

Sherry has been a distributor for over twenty years.

The following is her website-

No obligation – email and phone number included if you so choose to contact.

Or you can just order what you want in four-month supplies ( it takes over 90 days to change your cells!)

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Sherry in the living room of our home in OIB.

We are both nearer to 80 than 70!

Still living our dream of being in the South and near the beaches.

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Papa’s World – This is my life!

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My mother – “MARY” – was almost 98 years old when she passed away.

Here she is with “Skeet,” a childhood and adult friend of my brother Roger.

Mom loved “Skeet’ like he was just another son.

He would spend all holidays at our home and come to dinner often.

You can see from this picture just how much they adored each other.

“THIS IS MY LIFE”!

This is how I was raised- my mother was a lot like this!

This is my life –

I have taken this supplement for over twenty years.

As a senior, I want to age as healthily as I can.

I find this to be of great help in achieving that goal.

Today we both take this supplement.

Building our IMMUNE SYSTEMS –

Eating healthy.

Giving up fast food –

Eating more fruits and vegetables.

These berries act together –

After a high-fat meal –

Keep the arteries from shrinking –

And allowing the blood to flow.

THIS IS OUR LIFE that revolves around aging as healthily as we can.

Both of us are closer to 80 than 70!

We want to enjoy our senior years together,

Our path to health –

This works for us.

THIS IS OUR LIFE!

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Papa’s World – Life in our senior world!

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Here we are – “FRIENDS” but all retired and all “SENIORS”!

In our world of being a “SENIOR”-

Sherry and I have many, many of what we consider “FRIENDS”!

Above – front to back –

Cindy and Buck!

Our neighbors in the late 80’s until they moved to N.C. in the mid 90’s.

But – we stayed in contact and visited back and forth –

Plus, we have traveled the world with them on vacations!

Today, we all live “THE LIFE IN SENIOR WORLD”!

Next is Ingrid and Les.

While we have not known Ingrid as long as Les-

He played softball with me back in Eldred in the mid – 70’s!

We have stayed in touch all these years and periodically see one another.

They are now full-time RV’ERS!

Every other year, they swing by to see us!

FRIENDS – BUT LIFE IN OUR SENIOR WORLD!

Next on the left side, Pam and Bob!

They have been married for 21 years.

Bob is my oldest friend.

We grew up together in Eldred, Pa.

Grade school and High School –

Sports and staying at each other’s homes.

Today they are resting in a rental near us after 6 1/2 years traveling the country in an RV!

They are trying to find out if they should sell their condo in N.H. –

And like this area, but also if 6 1/2 years of RVING is enough!

Time will tell –

But for now – FRIENDS IN SENIOR WORLD!

Debby – Jim and Dottie – Cindy – Sherry and Buck and Papa.

Close friends and now all retired seniors!

To have these friendships –

Jim and Dottie, I grew up in Eldred, Pa.

To have these friends is a blessing to us.

Debby is a friend of Jim and Dottie, and we have gotten to know her.

All of us are retired and are FRIENDS IN THE SENIOR WORLD!

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Our neighbors and friends in Cameron Woods Community!

We are a mostly retirement community!

Some folks still work, and some work from home.

Here are visitors and family.

We have new friends developed here –

And a lot have become – FRIENDS IN THE SENIOR WORLD!

We are now living in the beach life of Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach.

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Papa’s World – Good times with friends.

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Most of us are from the Portville-Eldred area and have been friends for decades.

Here we gathered at Inlet View for dinner.

Great time and great friends.

FRIENDS – GOOD TIMES!

Family – we try to get together, but busy lives, school sports, and just everyday life get in the way.

But moments such as this are what we live for!

FAMILY – GOOD TIMES!

Through the years –

Cidy, Dottie, and Sherry.

FRIENDS – GOOD TIMES!

Nancy and John –

Although they live close to Charleston –

Over the years, we still manage to get together.

FRIENDS – GOOD TIMES!

A lot of TRUTH in this!

Something we have taken for over twenty years!

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My two great nieces –

Jamie and Brandie.

My own family growing up is almost all gone.

They still live back in the area I grew up –

Jamie in Portville and Brandi in Eldred.

FAMILY – GOOD TIMES.

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Beach time with Sherry!

FAMILY – GOOD TIMES!

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Papa’s World – Our health – Supplement!

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To be healthy, we had to give up many unhealthy eating habits!

I no longer drink sodas (pop) or energy drinks.

Mostly, I drink ice water.

I will occasionally have a beer when out with friends.

I no longer drink milk, which I used to consume in large amounts!

I cut way back on sweets – if I have cake, I generally do not eat the frosting.

I am borderline diabetic and have been taking medication for the last nine years.

I love fruits and vegetables – boiled dinners.

I rarely have fast food anymore –

I was a fast food junkie!

That is mostly on long trips.

We have made a dramatic change over the past twenty years.

Living life like this is not easy, as temptations are forever present.

We do take a supplement and have taken this for over twenty years.

We went to a health vendor show in Washington, D.C. –

At the convention center –

And was called “NBC FOR YOUR HEALTH,” the TV network!

While there, Sherry came across a booth that asked-

“If you could get 30 fruits and vegetables in a capsule that goes directly into your bloodstream – would you”?

Sing me up Sherry said – I don’t like vegetables!

She bought a three-month supply but was told this is only the beginning!

It takes 90 days for every cell in your body to regenerate!

And if you put all these nutrients from these capsules into your bloodstream-

Then in the second 90 days, you have regenerated more healthy!

That made sense to both of us-

And we have continued for over twenty years.

We are now both closer to 80 than 70!

One of the changes in better health with JP is skin tone!

Finger and toe nails and hair grow faster.

We “FEEL” healthy.

Being a senior makes you slow down.

But – at a slower pace, we feel.

We are busy –

Volunteering – going to the beach –

I look at my watch to see what day it is! LOL

These are the basics for Juice Plus.

I have never missed a day in twenty years.

I guess what is most important for me –

Is how I feel!

I know it works for ME!

And in the days of Covid and the FLU –

Building your IMMUNE system –

I may get sick- but not as bad as I used to.

We are aging beyond into our SENIOR YEARS.

We remain active –

We watch what we eat.

And I CRAVE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES NOW!

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We “FOUND” this over TWENTY YEARS AGO!

Our only regret is that it existed 13 years before we found it –

And wish we had known!!!!

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Papa’s World – Looking back to the past!

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Back in the early to mid-90s-

Sherry and I worked with Adam –

I worked for Adam as a Process Facilitator.

Sherry was a supervisor in the Mounting Department.

We got to know Peggy, his wife –

And Adam worked at the Olean Plant for about a year and a half.

In this picture are Adam, Peggy, and Sherry-

On the main street of North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Adam and Peggy spend a week on vacation here each year.

Peggy is from this area of S.C.

We have gotten together when they are here and spend a day in conversation and memories-

From our time at American Olean Tile-Dal Tile in Olean, N.Y.

When Sherry and I came to S.C. looking for a house to buy-

We stayed a half mile from the main street of North Myrtle Beach for nine months.

During that time, we had a house built in Ocean Isle Beach in N.C., sixteen miles away.

We still come here to walk and see the SHAG SOS events that happen every 3 to 4 months!

THE SHAG is a national dance that has been around since the 40’s and started here.

It is a dance that combines many dance moves, and seldom do you lose contact with your partner.

Carolina Beach Music was born here, and even Alabama had a hit song-

“SHAGGING ON THE BOULVARD to top the country charts

They started out in Myrtle Beach.

We sat outside an ice cream place called THE MELT-

Just a few stores from FAT HAROLDS and across the street from DUCKS!

FAT HAROLDS has been here for over 60 years, and it is like walking back into the past when you go through-

The front doors look like a giant JUKE BOX!

It is here where national contests are held for both senior and junior SHAG competitions nationwide.

North Myrtle Beach is known as the SHAG CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!

Our time spent with Adam and Peggy is a memory of times gone by!

Adam is a big problem solver and a consultant for companies nationwide in Process Improvements.

Asked if retirement is in the immediate future-

“NO WAY” – I am having too much fun!

PAPA’S WORLD – LOOKING BACK TO THE PAST!

Thank you, Adam and Peggy, for still making us part of your lives when you come to visit.

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Papa’s World – Living our lives – positive thoughts!

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Sherry and I both lived this era of our lives.

We did not know one another and have different memories of that time.

In 1974, I bought a motorcycle and rode for six years.

She, in turn, had a pull behind the camper and did the camping bit!

After six years, I sold the motorcycle and never rode again.

I rode to Wheeling, West Virginia, several times.

Along with trips to Buffalo and Erie.

That was a part of life I shall always remember.

I no longer have the desire to own a motorcycle, a boat, or a camper.

The lesson I learned was to always watch out for the other driver!

Sad but true!

I have a rough time REMEBERING names.

I try to associate them with things of my past.

Sometimes it works, and other times it doesn’t.

I think it might just be a “SENIOR” thing?

Oh well- at least I try!!!!

Andrea and my oldest son – Troy!

On the visit they made a few years ago.

They still live back in NWPA!

Troy can and does build houses from the ground up!

He must have gotten that from my father and not me! LOL

This is Juice Plus capsules and gummies!

The orange is Omegas, not made from fish oil, but Algae.

Fish eat Algae to make Omegas.

In the capsules and gummies are 30 different fruits, vegetables, and berries.

The Omegas contain different kinds!

The gummies – I use them in place of candy and sugar.

These enhance your IMMUNE system.

Over 40 different studies and research prove all the benefits of taking Juice Plus.

And – it immediately goes into the bloodstream.

The combination prevents arterial constriction during and after a high-fat meal.

There is so much more that they do!

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JUICE PLUS – our supplement of choice for over twenty years!

Makes our skin youthful!

Sherry and I follow the BILLS!

We have been Bills fans since the mid-80s!

“THE BILLS MAKE YOU WANT TO SHOUT”!

I believe this to be true!

My youngest son, Shawn, and Papa!

He and Trisha still live back in NWPA!

Son and Father – priceless.

Family – living life to the plus!

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Papa’s World – In my world – good thoughts and humor!

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TRUE – LOL!!!!!

Good day, everyone – WELCOME to Papa’s World.

A place for positive writing!

This site is my journal on life for our family of generations to come-

To see who we are – where we have lived-

And how we were married in June of 1982 –

Combined two sets of children into the family we have today!

June 25th, 1982 – our wedding day!

Now, all those children are on their own with children of their own.

Someday, there will be grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

We will be gone –

But this journal and the many blogs will show how we lived and what we lived for.

FAMILY – FRIENDS and positive writings to pass down to generations to come.

Our life together has traveled the road to where we have ended up-

Cameron Woods Community –

In Ocean Isle Beach!

Sherry – standing on Sunset Beach –

The other beach we are close to.

Sherry on our honeymoon in the Dominican Republic!

We were supposed to go to the Bahamas-

But the travel agency called and said the resort was under renovation!

They gave us a Jack Tar Village and all-inclusive as a second choice.

The first one was not all-inclusive.

We had such a good time, and it was the first time being out of the country for both of us.

LOL – that will never happen for me!

Our front porch –

My “HAPPY” place to sit and watch folks go by!

Today, we are well into our senior lives!

Years into retirement.

Living life to the fullest and living one day at a time.

We maintain our daily health with a supplement.

At no obligation –

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Papa’s World – In today’s world, positive writing!

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A little humor for seniors to start the day! LOL

GOOD ADVICE!

In today’s constant turmoil in the news –

This captures the way I feel.

I keep my opinions to myself –

And I do not want to talk about all the problems right or left.

I AM INDEPENDENT and can form my own ideas.

What do you name that chair!!!!!

A new drink by Juice Plus – Strawberry!

To go along with French Vanilla and Dutch Chocolate.

I mix mine with water, ice, and almond milk.

I also use it as a replacement for breakfast or lunch to watch my weight!

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Retirement is this way –

Also – trying to remember what day of the week it is!

MARLEY and CASSIDY!

Our granddaughter and their Golden-Doodle – MARLEY!

My two sons – Troy and Shawn –

Still live back in NWPA where they grew up!

LOL – A LEFT OVER FROM THE PANDEMIC YEAR! LOL

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Papa’s World – How about some good thoughts and humor!

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Helping when we can –
volunteering –

Our now senior lives are full of the above!

When family visits –

We go to the church on OIB-

And take a picture across the marsh at sunset!

Cassidy – a handstand-

At the church on OIB at sunset across the marsh!

TRUE – TRUE and TRUE! LOL

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Our ride in N.C. has been since 2021.

After spending nine months in S.C., until our house was built!

WE ARE SENIORS –

More toward 80 in age than 70!!!!!!!

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Papa’s World – Positives in blog writing!

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A positive to us!

Hello everyone –

This is Papa and Sherry.

For the second time for both of us –

We were married on 6-25-1982!

Our wedding day all those years ago.

We keep the positives in our lives together.

Raising two sets of children –

And now we live near Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach in N.C.

We hit a lot of dirt paths in those early years.

We had no money, but we made do with what we had.

LOL – later – after the children were all gone –

We took up golf together.

Another positive in our lives.

Twenty years ago –

We came across a supplement that we both started taking to age healthily.

Today, we have never missed a day.

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My blog today is on positive feelings and results.

Our life is in the senior years of our life.

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Papa’s World – Vibes – thoughts and humor!

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A new JUICE PLUS PRODUCT!

I have been using JUICE PLUS for over 20 years.

When I need to substitute a meal –

My go-to is the DURCH CHOCOLATE drink.

I take the powder one scoop-

Mix it with ice, water, and almond milk –

Put it in the blender, and it is like an unfrozen Wendy’s frozen drink.

Then with a piece of toast – that is my breakfast or lunch.

Now, they have produced a third flavor – STRAWBERRY!

And the other flavor is FRENCH VANILLA –

Which,

I sometimes add a teaspoon of peanut butter.

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MY GOOD VIBE AND THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

A little humor!

June 25th. 1982 –

Over 44 years ago –

The day we were married!

Time has flown by –

But we still share LIFE together –

BEST FRIENDS!

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Today, as in every day of our life together –

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Always my way to start a new day!

COFFEE – one cup a day, but always look forward to it!

Creating a GOOD VIBE FOR THE DAY!

At my grandson’s wedding –

A moment in time is never forgotten.

GOOD VIBE FOR THE DAY!

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Papa’s World – Positivity – blogging!

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POSITIVITY!

Sherry was a runner – me – not so much! LOL

I was the SUPPORT TEAM!

In one of her competitions, she placed first in the age group 60 to 64!!!!

She ran the Cherry Blossom 10 milers several times through the streets of Washington, D.C.

The most memorable time was when her daughters –

Debby and Tammy ran with her.

They all crossed the finish line together, holding hands!

THAT WAS A PRECIOUS MOMENT IN TIME!

Mother and daughters-

Debby, Sherry, and Tammy!

Sherry – holding Cassidy’s hand –

Sarah is next to Cassidy.

Tammy is holding Taylor and Maddy, scooping sand.

On a beach vacation.

A moment in time –

Today, the twins are Sophomores in H.S.

Maddy has graduated from college, and Sarah is a Sophomore in college.

MEMORIES IN TIME WITH POSITIVE THOUGHTS!

Ella and Maddy at their confirmation in the Lutheran church in Winchester, VA.

Time has passed –

A sweet memory –

POSITIVE THOUGHTS!

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After their marriage and before their three children.

Marcus and Tammy!

At Debby and Mike’s house in Lake Holliday!

A PICTURE AND MEMORY IN TIME!

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Papa’s World – More positive blogging!

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Tammy and Marcus with the twin girls – Taylor on the left and Cassidy on the right!

Today they are almost 16 years old!

Here is the family on a recent spring break to come and see us.

Cassidy and Bode –

First boy grandson and almost 12 years old.

Sherry was standing next to Taylor, who had a fractured arm from playing soccer.

Then Tammy and Marcus.

The years have passed since the twins were little, and now they have Bode.

MORE POSITIVE BLOGGING FOR MY SITE!

This is a ruler from the Western Auto store in Eldred, Pa.

My father was a part-owner – Fitszsimmons-
Growing up, he was a supervisor for South Penn Oil Company!

Before he passed away from cancer-

He retired from that job and started working in the store.

This ruler is a memory from that time.

A POSITIVE BLOG FROM MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD!

A way to have a healthier drink –

From Juice Plus Complete drink –

Dutch Chocolate or French Vanilla.

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Cindy, Dottie, and Sherry-

Have been close friends for decades – since the mid 80’s!

Along the way, they all had daughters.

Sherry has Debby and Tammy.

Cindy has Sandy –

And Dottie has Katie.

All the mothers and daughters are true BUFFALO BILLS FANS!

In the 2025 NFL season-

The Bills played against the Carolina Panthers, and they all got together-

To rent an Airbnb and go to the game.

HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS BILLS MAFIA FOR THAT GAME!

Another Positive thought for a positive blog!

A positive dream come true-

BEACH LIFE!

Now well into retirement –

Living OIB and SUNSET BEACH –

All positives in our life together.

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Papa’s Good and Happy thoughts!

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My most HAPPY thought for the day- MY MOTHER!

She passed just before her 98th birthday!

My father died when I was 19, and later she remarried.

My stepfather’s name was John –

And he passed before she was 90.

She lived alone before she could no longer take care of herself at age 96.

She was kind, funny, and an excellent baker.

She made pies and cakes for a restaurant.

She retired from what we always called ALCAS KNIVES –

Later renamed as “CUTCO”!

She would sit on her front porch on Main Street in a little town called Eldred in Pa.

Countless cars would go by, and horns sounded.

Across the street would come from rolled-down windows-

“HELLO MARY”!!!!!

She would just laugh when I would ask who that was.

“I DON’T KNOW,” she would reply.

Everyone loved her.

Mary – she is gone now – but this picture makes me smile, and memories come flooding back!

LOL – Writing blogs – seeing pictures and the memories come back.

My blogs are a lifetime page in a journal about family, friends, and stories I remember for generations to come.

This picture is of the WWII museum in Eldred, Pa.

The tank is real and looks like it’s about to burst through the wall of the old Frisbee Insurance building!

But this is but a small fraction of the whole museum.

It expands way behind this in the old Slavins two-story furniture building, with a connecting building to this one.

While I was growing up –

Behind this building was a parking lot-

Used as STORAGE for Penn Electric and their trucks and poles.

Today, busloads of people stop here and tour the museum –

Which in my opinion, to find better, you would have to travel to Washington, D.C.

I suggest you make this a bucket list thing to explore in NWPA –

In the Alleghany mountains, once home to the Seneca Indian nation.

The reservation is now just across the border in Salamaca, N.Y., with a casino!

ANOTHER SMILE FOR THE DAY and GOOD THOUGHT!

SMILES and GOOD THOUGHTS for the day!

When they were young –

Maddy and Ella –

Both are now graduated from college.

What draws me to this picture is how Maddy looks at her grandma- SHERRY!

And “TINY,” as we called her – Ella – has that faraway look.

Maddy has her little arm around Sherry.

GRANDMA AND TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS –

A MOMENT IN TIME FOR SMILES AND GOOD THOUGHTS!

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So true – we volunteer to make other people comfortable!

Our life is to help where we can.

We give what we can afford and a helping hand to those in need.

MY SMILE AND GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Sherry and Papa –

Sometime around June 1982, when we were married.

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Papa’s World – Positive blogging!

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Life for me is I live it one day at a time!

I look around and see beauty –

All weather-

Although I do not like ice or cold and snow! LOL

But they still have beauty to them!

Life to me is amazing, and I am a history buff.

WRITING A POSITIVE BLOG!

So true – however, it most likely does not work out for me! LOL!!!!

Friends – besties –

When friendships last for not years –

But DECADES and DECADES!

PPOSITIVE FEELINGS!

Cindy, Dottie, and Sherry.

FRIENDS FOREVER!

Choosing a life of being grateful for what we have and how we live!

Giving is not only material –

But time and effort.

Helping – aiding others not as fortunate.

Making Positives in lives!

A freehand drawing from Cassidy when she was 10 or 11 years old.

We had it framed, and it sits on a dresser in our bedroom.

A PRECIOUS memory for both of us.

LOL – writing Positive blogs with some humor!

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Life is full of POSITIVES!

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Papa’s World – Humor – laughs and good thoughts!

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To remain fun in golf-

I follow the above!

Plus – there is always that one shot – putt that brings a smile and back for another round!

BEER – FOR ME IT WILL BE BEER! LOL

Needless to say – “WE DIDN’T WIN”!

But – to dream –

Most likely – if I did –

I would not know what to do with it!

Boating is like owning motorcycles- snowmobiles- or RVs –

Just not my thing! LOL

Be yourself and love your life!

When family comes to visit!

My sons and their families!

My good thought for the day!

LOL- never thought of this – “BUT”!!!!!!

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A walk on the beach –

Water on your ankles-

Sand between your toes-

Straw hat-

LIVING LIFE TO THE MAX – ONE DAY AT A TIME!

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Papa’s World – The life we live!

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Sherry and I have always lived our lives to protect the environment and help others when we can.

Almost everywhere we have lives –

We have planted “TREES”!

We live for our families, our church, and the life we have chosen in this turmoil in everyday life.

It makes me sad to see what is happening now in this world.

Life now is a road full of pitfalls.

But life to us is also full of volunteering –

Trying to help where we can.

About two miles from the Sunset Beach Pier toward the SE –

Sits a mailbox that has been there for over four decades!

This is a place of solitude-

A place to sit and gaze out over the ocean or over the dunes and marshlands.


“THE KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX,” as it is called.

A journal is placed within with a pen or pencil

You are encouraged to write –

Leave a message or just a thought!

It is monitored daily and removed and replaced when full.

Years and years worth of journals.

I am not sure, but I have heard they are preserved at a university.

After decades and decades, it is still there.

A peaceful setting still preserved, and our kind of thoughts –

This is what we live our lives for.

We choose our lifestyle –

One of hope and helping!

Not everyone understands this –

But we are what we are.

We are stronger together for this.

Sherry – in the rising of the sun on the shore of OIB.

I hope this blog explains how we feel and think.

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Papa’s World – Together – Life and Fun!

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Our life together has been for decades and decades –

Involved both Dottie and Cindy.

I knew Dotie before we were married, and I attended her wedding to my long-time friend Jim!

We all grew up in Eldred, Pa.

Cindy knew Jim and Dottie before we were introduced to her and her husband, Buck, by Dottie and Jim.

This was all in the early and mid-80s.

We raised our children together –

Took vacations and traveled the world together.

Today, we still meet up several times a year, and we live 38 miles from Cindy and Buck!

TOGETHER – LIFE and FUN!

Cindy – Buck and Sherry –

Last year, on a trip to Florida with them.

The six of us are watching a Buffalo Bills game together.

TOGETHER – LIFE and FUN!

Before they could walk –

Tammy and Marcus with Taylor and Cassidy – THE TWINS!

Today – Taylor on the left and Cassidy on the right with Tammy!

They are now Sophomores in H.S.

Each is their own individual.

Cassidy does competitive cheerleading –

And H.S. cheer.

Taylor plays the violin and rides horses.

Cassidy chose not to continue the violin, and she was first chair.

Taylor sings and composes her own songs!

The twins are different –

But if I hear them talk when out of sight-

It is hard for me to tell who is who!

The same but so different.

TOGETHER- LIFE and FUN!

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Our long-time friends from the church in NVA!

Nancy and John –

Who moved before we did to Charleston, S.C.

We still keep in touch and meet up.

Long-time friends Nancy and John.

TOGETHER- LIFE and FUN!

Taylor was in her last performance in a play.

She loves to sing, dance, and act.

Cassidy – in the high middle – H.S. cheer!

TOGETHER- LIFE and FUN!

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