My Desultory Blog

RichC | April 3, 2021

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RichC | March 13, 2021

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RichC | March 2, 2021

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RichC | January 20, 2021

While talking with a customer on the phone today and talking about when I’ll be traveling to NE Ohio again, they asked me when they could get the Covid-19 vaccine? See Covid-19 Vaccination Program – LINK. So I figured it would be appropriate to include a screenshot from an Ohio-based health care provider in our […]

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RichC | December 29, 2020

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RichC | December 15, 2020

It has been a challenging year to say the least with the Coronavirus still raging in the US and around the world. So many lives, businesses and plans have been forever changed. Brenda and I just feel blessed to be surviving the pandemic and able to function in a day to day matter. We hear […]

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RichC | December 13, 2020

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RichC | December 1, 2020

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RichC | November 12, 2020

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RichC | November 4, 2020

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RichC | November 1, 2020

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RichC | October 27, 2020

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RichC | October 17, 2020

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RichC | September 22, 2020

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RichC | August 11, 2020

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RichC | August 9, 2020

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RichC | July 26, 2020

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RichC | July 10, 2020

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RichC | June 30, 2020

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RichC | June 25, 2020

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RichC | June 21, 2020

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RichC | June 9, 2020

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RichC | May 17, 2020

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RichC | May 14, 2020

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RichC | May 8, 2020

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RichC | May 3, 2020

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RichC | April 19, 2020

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RichC | April 8, 2020

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RichC | April 1, 2020

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RichC | March 17, 2020

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RichC | March 5, 2020

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RichC | March 1, 2020

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RichC | February 27, 2020

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RichC | February 22, 2020

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RichC | February 20, 2020

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RichC | February 19, 2020

Although I have not sought Katelyn’s approval to include her rounded “personal coffee table” or her pregnancy photo (cough, cough – one in the same) to MyDesultoryBlog, but I’m boldly going out on a limb by posting it. The longer I post daily, the more I find myself wanting to archive family milestones … as […]

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RichC | February 8, 2020

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RichC | January 4, 2020

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RichC | December 17, 2019

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RichC | December 12, 2019

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RichC | November 30, 2019

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RichC | November 10, 2019

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RichC | November 3, 2019

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RichC | October 26, 2019

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RichC | October 23, 2019

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RichC | October 14, 2019

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RichC | October 8, 2019

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RichC | September 24, 2019

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RichC | September 16, 2019

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RichC | August 21, 2019

We have always shuffled our “fleet” (as my son-in-law calls it) and strive to keep the loss through depreciation on vehicles to a tolerable level … while still driving reliable vehicles. Thankfully our current and recent vehicles have served us well and regularly hit the quarter million mile mark before we retire them. In my […]

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RichC | August 20, 2019

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RichC | August 8, 2019

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RichC | July 9, 2019

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RichC | July 7, 2019

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RichC | July 6, 2019

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RichC | June 29, 2019

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RichC | June 26, 2019

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RichC | May 18, 2019

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RichC | April 28, 2019

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RichC | April 27, 2019

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