Saturday, December 20, 2014
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Sunday, December 7, 2014
I recently discovered accounts of the Battle of Leyte Gulf on YouTube. In one titled The Battle of Surigao Strait, the Aulick is mentioned as part of Destroyer Division Xray. There are two longer accounts, The Battle of Leyte Gulf, Parts 1 and 2. They are long and somewhat repetitive I have seen them all the way through, but doubt if you want to. Anyway, a part of family history is there in a more complete form that I was able to describe.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Monday, December 1, 2014
Friday, November 28, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Friday, November 14, 2014
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Remembering Scott
On the second anniversary of his death, I thought I'd post a couple of my favorite photos of us as kids.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Thursday, October 23, 2014
October birthday, anniversaries
I should have kept these up for you Dad:
Happy 1st anniversary to Andrew and Hannah Campbell on October 5!
Happy birthday to Ryan on October 16!
Happy 1st anniversary to Andrew and Hannah Campbell on October 5!
Happy birthday to Ryan on October 16!
Battle of Leyte Gulf 70 years ago
Chris posted this on Facebook today, with a dedication to you, Dad.
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwari1/p/leytegulf.htm
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwari1/p/leytegulf.htm
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Whitney and Bryan
Great news - we will soon have another member of the family! Bryan Wallach proposed to Whitney last night, and she said yes! Bryan had called Steve earlier in the week, asking for her hand. Soon after Whitney returned home from a business trip to Chicago, Bryan said he had something to give her - first a dozen red roses then her ring! They celebrated with champagne, then went out for a nice dinner. They are very much in love, and Steve and I couldn't be happier! We visit St. Louis again in October, so I'm sure wedding planning will be a topic of discussion!
Why did the chicken cross the road?
BILL GATES: I have just
released eChicken2014, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file
your important documents and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an
integral part of Chicken 2014. This new platform is much more stable and will
never reboot.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Monday, September 8, 2014
Why did the chicken cross the road?
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that
interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for
the first time, the heartwarming story of how it experienced a serious case of
molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Why did the chicken cross the road?
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken
cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road,
but why it crossed I've not been told.
Monday, September 1, 2014
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Why did the chicken cross the road?
DR. PHIL: The problem we have
here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the
problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other
side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he is acting
by not taking on his current problems before adding any new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand
that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the road so
badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls,
which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he
can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the
chickens.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Why did the chicken cross the road?
AL GORE: I invented the
chicken.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted
to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road
to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now,
and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the
chickens white?
Friday, August 29, 2014
Why did the chicken cross the road?
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Sophia Bailey, a woman who eats at the same table as I do, forwards me some good stuff. Instead of forwarding this one (it's long) I'm going to put it on this blog a few items at a time. Whoever wrote it knows a lot about well known people and authors.
SARAH PALIN: The chicken
crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he's a maverick!
BARACK OBAMA: Let me be
perfectly clear, if the chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No
chicken will be required to cross the road to surrender her eggs. Period.
JOHN McCAIN: My friends, the
chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in
cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON: What
difference at this point does it make why the chicken crossed the road.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
I posted some new stuff on www.70plus25.com Moved everything up and made the picture a little smaller, but still didn't get rid of the unwanted words.
Monday, August 25, 2014
I did something a little different in the latest posting on www.70plus25.com I put NEW in boldface before what I added. So you can scroll down to that point and read the new stuff. When I add something new again, I'll remove the NEW and put another ahead of what I just added. I don't often change what has already been posted. If I should choose to make a significant change in what was posted before, I'll tell you about it.
Sunday, August 24, 2014
I made a new posting on www.70plus25.com My picture is bigger than I would like it to be, it cuts off a little of my generation notation, and I still need to get rid of the words Company Name. Still, it's not too bad for an amateur. It's interesting that I'm getting emails wanting to help (at some expense) improving it, listing it on search engines like Google etc. It's obvious that the bargain offer to purchase the domain name was expected to generate other income for them.
Remembering that Maureen and Scott were married 13 years ago today. It was a beautiful day, and so was the weather. A picture of Mom and me dancing is on my desk. We got lost on the way back to the hotel. Scott gave me good directions, but I went by the first left turn I was supposed to make. Mom's sense of direction was always better than mine, but it didn't help that time. We did finally see a convenience store, and a police car was just pulling in. They were sort of surprised to see me in a tuxedo and admitting we were lost. Turned out we had been sort of circling and weren't too far from the hotel.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
I made a posting on www.70plus25.com You can see it if you click on the site, then click on about us. There's a picture and some other stuff I want to take off, but you can see how the story begins.
Today I received an email offering a special price to set up a new website like the one I had before. So I started to take the steps to do so. It's www.70plus25.com You can click on it if you want to see it, but I haven't made any entries there yet. The new book I've started to write will be "Threescore and Ten Plus 25", so I can start to post it over time the same way as I did with dontsaygoodbye. I have to relearn how to make postings at the new site. I'll let you know when there's something new posted there.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Some of you know that Ron Simon, a semi-retired reporter, interviews veterans and writes about them. He interviewed me last week, and his article is in today's paper.
www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com
www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Had a surprise phone call from Jordan last evening. She was at the WWII memorial, saw my name and gave me a call. Didn't have much time to talk - her group was on the move. Made me realize how little I know about the place. For example where she would have seen my name. I know Mom entered it on some kind of a register, but I don't know where or how it may be displayed. I also would like to know more about Jordan's trip, but I don't have her email address. Will one of you send it to me?
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
We had a nice program this afternoon outside on the paved area you can see out of my window. Chairs were set under a temporary awning. A group of veterans came who serve regularly at flag presentations at veterans gravesites. They folded a flag, and one of them read the meaning of each triangular fold as it was made. When the folding was completed a bugler played taps. Very impressive. The Activities Director pinned each Primrose veteran present with a flag pin. Although I don't think all the veterans were there, someone mentioned that the last four men who moved here are veterans. Tony DeLong of the Richland County Veterans Commission spoke here last week and said forty Primrose vets receive some form of VA benefits.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Tornado in Pilger, NE
On the way out, we visited with some old friends from seminary days: Steve & Mary Rottgers. Sally introduced those two years ago and I married them in the seminary chapel. You might remember Steve performed 3 weddings in our family. He is now the Canon to the Ordinary (assistant to the bishop) in Western Missouri. We also had lunch with Erica on the way out. Since we were "in the neighborhood" we spent the night with Megan and Steve and had a delightful visit. Then on the way back we visited with Hannah at Fort Riley.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Monday, June 16, 2014
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father's Day again, Dad! It was great talking to you earlier - we love you!
Happy Father's Day also to my brothers and nephews! Love you all!!
Happy Father's Day also to my brothers and nephews! Love you all!!
Friday, June 13, 2014
Monday, June 9, 2014
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014
Now that A Long Farewell has been published, I have shut dontsaygoodbye down and had its contents erased from the internet. I wish I knew how to correct some of the problems with this blog. Steve can make comments but can't post anything new. Eileen can't post comments. I can make postings and add comments but can't add or delete authors or do anything else. Andy, if you're reading this, you helped me set this up. so maybe you can give me some advice.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
I don't know how many log on to this blog anymore. I don't know, either, if by chance, someone who does log on hasn't heard about the book, A Long Farewell, recently published and available at Amazon. If you haven't, go to Amazon, type the title in the search bar, and see the book cover and info about it.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Friday, May 16, 2014
Tornado damage in Louisville, Miss
I went to Louisville, Miss. for 4 days to help with disaster relief for Samaritan's Purse. Here are some photos of the devastation. These are two locations. Elderly women died in both sites. Notice that the houses are totally gone.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
4 Generations of Murphy men
This photo was taken at Dad's apartment on April 5, 2014. Four generations of Murphy men - well Maxwell will certainly grow into a man - sooner than many would think!
Steve
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Ryan, Robin, Maxwell, Pat and Steve were here yesterday. First time I had seen Max. Pictures were taken of him, Ryan, Steve and me - four generations of Murphy men. We'll post one here this week. Another four generation shot was taken of Shawn, Chris, Scott and me years ago, but I don't know when that was. I've asked Chris if he remembers.
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
Clip of Kearney from NBC News
There are some nice shots of the Platte River Valley in this clip from NBC News. It is about the Sandhill Crane migration, which we've viewed at sunset in past years.
http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nightly-news/annual-bird-migration-begins-with-a-roar-201503299641
http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nightly-news/annual-bird-migration-begins-with-a-roar-201503299641
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Today Steve helped me erase browsing history, but when we put this blog back, on it looked different and we had to look under 2014 to get to the most recent posting. So I'm waiting to see where this posting shows up. The blog still starts with Emma's test, so I'll have to find out how to get back to normal.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Chloe's Baptism
Hi all, I have not posted in a while. Here are some shots from Chloe's baptism last Sunday at our parish, Our Lady Queen of Peace. Maureen is Chloe's Godmother, but had a bad fall that morning and could not make it to Arlington. Alison stood in as a proxy. We missed her dearly. I left for Ghana a few days later, so it was good to have time with family. My good friend Eric Young is serving as her God Father. - Andy
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Friday, January 24, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Short version of an email forwarded to me by Sophia Bailey, a woman who eats at the same table as I do.
A woman was married four times. Her first husband was a banker, the second a circus ring-master, the third a preacher and the fourth a funeral director. One for the money, two for the show, three to make ready and four to go.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
A poem, “Gone from My Sight”, by Henry Van Dyke is on my mind today. He uses the metaphor of a ship moving out to sea and passing out of sight beyond the horizon. He writes:
“Then someone at my side says, “There, she is gone.” Gone where? Gone from my sight. That is all.”
It’s hard to believe that Peg (Mom, Grandma or MawMaw to some of you) has been gone from our sight for two years. I suppose the sense of loss may diminish as time passes. At this time it hasn’t.
Monday, January 6, 2014
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