Karen’s birthday is the 20th of June, which falls mid week. We’ll be celebrating it the Saturday before. I cordially invite you to Ironwood Manor for a celebration of Karen’s birth on Saturday the 17th of June! Save the date!
It’s Just Some Water
I wrote this blog a few years ago, but never posted it, but I told this story several times over the last couple months. I’m not sure that the post below is written well, but it’s been sitting unposted for quite a while, so I thought it would be better to post it, than to…
14 Years
Earlier this week was our 14th anniversary. I’m a huge fan of scotch whiskeys. My favorite is the 18 year MacAllan Gran Reserva. When Karen and I married, a friend gifted us a nice young 10 year bottle of MacAllan “Fine Oak” whiskey. Karen didn’t really like the 18-25 year whiskeys that were my favorites,…
Your 2022 Invitation to Ironwood Manor
Greetings friends! I’d like to cordially invite you to join me at Ironwood Manor! Karen’s birthday is actually the following Monday (June 20), and Father’s Day is on Sunday, so we’ll be getting together on Saturday the 18th. I’d love to see you there. I’ll provide some basic snackery, and some sandwich making stuff, but…
A Testament About Who Karen Was
In just a few hours, it will be the fourth anniversary of Karen’s passing. I’d like to write a post about Karen, but will also make a separate post after, inviting you to the gathering I’m holding in remembrance of her birthday. The topics of the pieces are a bit different, so I wanted to…
A Short Note
We’re coming up on the fourth anniversary of Karen’s passing and I wanted to make a post to let people who aren’t a part of my daily life know that she’s still a huge part of many people’s lives. The business that Karen and I built is still thriving, and is accomplishing objectives that Karen…
Finding the Good From the Bad
Lousy stuff happens to everybody in life. Karen and I did our best to size up lousy situations and try to look for something good in them. This helped us in the darkest of days. Sometimes the good was really small in relation to the bad, and sometimes there was good, but we just couldn’t…
A Christmas Gift
Something I wrote on Christmas night… Tonight, I received a Christmas gift from my brother Chris and his wife Kaitlin that was rather unique, and heartwarming. It really was something that nobody else could have given me. It was very special. Karen loved doing for others. The thing she loved most about Christmas was giving…
The Holiday Season
Karen and I always spent a lot of time decorating our office for the holiday season. We put up a Christmas tree, decorated the walls, hung snowflakes from the ceiling, set up the ceramic Christmas tree (that she got from aunt Ceil), and about a million other things. Karen and I weren’t religious, but she…
Something New
I haven’t been posting as often as I’d like. It’s been a challenging year for me, and for many people. I’ve spoken with our friends, and many aren’t quite ready to start telling stories about Karen, but some are working on it. There should be some soon. My immediate family came over to my house…