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Diana wanted to play music in Orvieto Italy with Marilyn so we decided to go to Scotland and England with her and […]

We have Music Nights on a regular basis. It has its own webpage you can switch to by clicking on the link:

We met at a sit-in across from the Southern Illinois University Administration Building in May of 1969. She needed a ride to […]

After our jaunt through the Wild Animal Park we went to Balboa Park for another long walk, this time down, then up […]

Uncle Bob came from France to visit Barbara. We took him to The Wild Animal Park to see if his tush would […]

We took our first romantic weekend trip to one of the most romantic spots in Southern California, Catalina Island. Two nights of […]

2003 was the year that we moved Mom into the Hyatt Residence. She moved from a 3600 sq foot home to a […]

We have a dinner group that has had several nights where we all wore formal attire. Our first was seven people. This […]

I joined the Marines in 1969 because I had a drug problem and decided to do something drastic. My high school friend […]

Our original plan in 1978 was to tour every state in the USA. Along the way we got older and more entrenched […]

I once read a joke that said, “It’s a good wall, but…” but it really is a “Great” wall. You can’t imagine […]

It was just Perry and me and a couple of thousand tourists at The Forbidden City, seen in numerous movies through the […]

We went to Hangzhou because Perry arranged a car, driver and his friend Maggie to come along to translate. She works 7 […]