Looking at some old pictures.... I found that in summer 1973, my family traveled  to Washington State to visit my grandparents and other relatives ( Read more... )

And now... it's time... to induct another recording artist or group to my Recording Artist Hall of Fame ( DRAHoFAnd it is.... Flatt & Scruggs ( Read more... )

A quick rundown of the month of September 1986 in my life ( Read more... )

30 years ago in my journal ( Read more... )

For the Democratic Super Tuesday Primaries... here are the results:

Bernie Sanders won in four states:

Vermont 86%
Minnesota 62%
Colorado 59%
Oklahoma 52%

Hillary Clinton won in seven states:

Alabama 78%
Georgia 71%
Arkansas 66%
Tennessee 66%
Texas 65%
Virginia 64%
Massachusetts 50%

I like to keep track of the primary results, so here they are from earlier in the week ( Read more... )

Right... I've had this project that has been on hold for several months... documenting what I did, where I was, etc. based on my old journal books which go back to 1986. Anyway, today I've got it in my head to try to do some more.... maybe catch-up a little and eventually I'll have all that info in here ( Read more... )

From the Chicago Tribune, a wrap-up of what happened yesterday voting-wise:

Alaska

Caucuses: 27 delegates

Romney won this state, a longtime GOP stronghold, in 2008. Sarah Palin, the former governor and vice presidential nominee, showed up to vote at a caucus on Tuesday.

Georgia

Primary: 76 delegates

Gingrich, who represented a Georgia district in ( Read more... )

15 years ago in my journal, was anything happening ?  Let's find out...

March 1995

- Living in Beverly, MA and working at Teradyne in Boston...

- Nephew Michael is crawling all over the place...  almost 8 months old.

April 1995

- F and I take a mini-vacation up in Vermont....  We stay in Burlington at a nice hotel overlooking Lake Champlain...  Visit ( Read more... )

The recent Icelandic volcano eruption and subsequent effect on Britain has made me think of this, below...  Also, my father remarked the other day that this 1816 event prompted one branch of my family (the Clarks) to move away from Vermont and start anew in Iowa.... (info below excerpted from Wikipedia):

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The Year Without a Summer (also known as ( Read more... )