I’m going to date myself with this one… The subject of luggage came up the other day at the office when Ellen shared that she’d recently purchased a carry-on with…
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My old journal is in pretty good shape considering what it went through all those many years ago. Onto the very first page of the pocket-sized 6-ring binder, I…
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Got up at 3:01 A.M. on Thursday so I would not miss my 6:30 A.M. flight. (If you’re one of the few people in my life who are unaware of…
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J2106773. 422069098. Never have I been any good at remembering random numbers – but these are two that are etched in my memory forever. No, they’re not passwords. They’re…
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It was 273 days. Or, put another way, it was: 8.98 months (I coulda had a baby!) 39 weeks 74.79% of the year 6,552 hours 393,120 minutes That’s…
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The story continues . . . My younger brother, Ron, has lived in Japan for 24 years but has made it a point to return to Michigan and California almost…
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Saginaw, Michigan is my hometown. I couldn’t wait to move away from there, which I accomplished in 1980. I never looked back. I return periodically for weddings or funerals or…
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While Marilyn is busily escorting her happy travelers around beautiful Croatia, those of us in the office are filling in on this week’s blog. A common pastime of ours in…
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It was January 26, 2000 when I had a lunch appointment with a prospective new hire. I’d already scheduled two in-person interviews, checked references, provided my references (since employment is…
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I don’t know when Saginaw hit its peak. Maybe in the 1800s when it was a thriving lumber town. Or maybe the 50s when post-war manufacturing was booming. But it…
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My company was founded in 1977. Not by me. (I didn’t get hired by CTP until 1981.) But that makes 2017 our 40th-anniversary year! Whoot, whoot! Cue the confetti! I…
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This is the traditional end-of-year post when I get all teary-eyed and write about gratitude. It’s also the time of year when I begin to lay out a photo book…
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“Your memories will be deleted on December 05, 2016.” That’s an attention-grabbing email subject line. “What memories?” I wondered, thinking of how my memory bank has dimmed – even before…
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It was April 1979 when I boarded my Iraqi Airways 747 in New Delhi. I was finally returning home after having left Saginaw, Michigan eight months before to embark on…
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Once upon a time, travelers used to send postcards back to friends and family. Searching through a trunk of photos and mementos recently, I found a stash of old postcards….
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