RichC | December 13, 2025
AFTER a photo from my daughter, who was very proud of her husband, and his “Teaching Excellence” award a few days ago (we are very proud of you too, Drew) … I’m going to comment on happiness in America (see previous personal post). First, and for the record, my family makes me happy, very happy. Perhaps […]
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RichC | December 13, 2025
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RichC | December 9, 2025
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RichC | October 22, 2025
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RichC | October 21, 2025
More to come, but a new to us 2019 Tesla Model 3 now replaces Brenda’s 2010 Acura RDX. We are as excited about having a Tesla, as is the seller for us “finally” owning a Tesla (aka: Drew).
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RichC | September 30, 2025
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RichC | August 17, 2025
The Little Critter book title reads … “Just Me and My Dad” (the photo above just a few years ago) … but as I mentioned a decade ago after DadC’s memorial service … he planted the wisdom of Proverb 22:6 in the way he lived his life. “Train up a child in the way he should go: and […]
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RichC | August 17, 2025
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RichC | July 15, 2025
Let’s start the archive of weekend photos with our immediate family selfies. Taylor, Megan and Gigi were over to cool off in the pool (before the strong storms hit on Saturday afternoon) while KDAE were up in Michigan for a extended weekend having summer vacation-ish fun. It would be difficult to find a much more […]
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RichC | July 6, 2025
If you want to know what Brenda and I did to celebrate the 249th birthday of our country, my answer would be … not all that much. I ended up spraying our lawn for those sod webworms that has become a recent problem (the last 5 years) and then relaxed in the pool with my […]
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RichC | July 2, 2025
A Kindle book on hold at the library arrived just as I finished the last book (checked out twice), so the timing for a summer read was perfect. Likely I’ll be slow in reading “Kent State: An American Tragedy” published in 2024 and written by Brian VanDeMark, but I will do my best. First off […]
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RichC | June 26, 2025
If we are to be honest … every once in a while we notice quirks in our own personalities and habits. I caught myself this past weekend while my son-in-law Drew and I were putting away the dishes from the dishwasher. He has been around long enough to know where we keep plates, bowls, glasses […]
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RichC | June 22, 2025
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RichC | June 15, 2025
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RichC | June 11, 2025
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RichC | June 3, 2025
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RichC | May 28, 2025
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RichC | May 14, 2025
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RichC | May 8, 2025
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RichC | April 22, 2025
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RichC | April 3, 2025
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RichC | January 22, 2025
We saw way too many family photos being exchanged over the long MLK Jr. weekend, but I’m including a couple for the blog archive. First I’ll start with an interesting and as Katelyn called it, “blogworthy” techie kind of space selfie project photo. Both Katelyn and Drew are on top of today’s technology oriented projects. […]
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RichC | January 1, 2025
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RichC | December 17, 2024
It is that time of year … time for Christmas photos … with children and pets? Well a “dog” in the case of Megan and Taylor, but our granddaughters in the case of Katelyn and Drew. In both cases these 2024 photos belong on in the My Desultory Blog archive. Here’s one of Gigi with […]
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RichC | December 3, 2024
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RichC | November 30, 2024
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RichC | November 12, 2024
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RichC | October 29, 2024
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RichC | September 25, 2024
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RichC | September 4, 2024
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RichC | August 22, 2024
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RichC | June 27, 2024
Storm Clouds mid-June over Mankato MN After our enjoyable and busy week with our granddaughters, I wanted to archive a few photos that have been piling up in the “maybe” for the blog folder. Above are some of the storm clouds in Minnesota that caused flooding in the midwest in mid-June — ominous! For us, […]
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RichC | June 5, 2024
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RichC | May 28, 2024
My son-in-law Drew sent a photo (below) of the Oostra family after spotting a Tesla Cyber Truck in Toledo, Ohio over the weekend … and knowing his consistant interest, I won’t be surprise to see one in their garage someday! He has been “ogling” them since Elon Musk first announced the new truck in 2019 […]
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RichC | May 22, 2024
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RichC | May 14, 2024
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RichC | March 7, 2024
Thanks for the great night photo after the completion of your homebuilding project, Drew and Katelyn!
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RichC | March 6, 2024
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RichC | March 3, 2024
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RichC | February 15, 2024
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RichC | January 16, 2024
Although the temperatures around the US have taken a deep dive and have brought a cold and snowy winter to much of the country, our family is making the most of it. Taylor and Megan spent the long weekend skiing with some in her extended family in Utah and KDAE made the most of the […]
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RichC | December 13, 2023
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RichC | November 14, 2023
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RichC | October 31, 2023
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RichC | October 25, 2023
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RichC | September 6, 2023
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RichC | August 14, 2023
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RichC | August 8, 2023
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RichC | July 19, 2023
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RichC | July 8, 2023
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RichC | June 13, 2023
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RichC | May 24, 2023
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RichC | May 1, 2023
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RichC | April 27, 2023
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RichC | April 16, 2023
Has it really been TEN years? My daughter Katelyn and her husband Drew (now a family of FOUR), have been married for 10 years! Wow!!! They are celebrating their anniversary by taking a quick getaway trip to Miami, Florida. Congratulations to the both of them … and may they have many more years of health […]
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RichC | April 11, 2023
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RichC | March 5, 2023
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RichC | February 15, 2023
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RichC | December 29, 2022
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RichC | December 23, 2022
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