Dateline Dayton – According to our son Chris, the planner/decorator assistant/ advisor, we are scheduled to move into our condo on Saturday, March 8. Nothing is going exactly as planned. We continually hit roadblocks. We should have known this would be the case from the start. Purchasing the condo was not easy. Trying to determine furniture layout, what to keep and what to purchase. Do we get drapes, curtains or blinds?

Dateline Las Vegas – Continuing an account of my recent vacation outing with my brother-in-law: Saturday morning I was up early, to take the bus to the Strip to visit the Mirage. They have two Silver Strike machines in play. I played both, not at the same time, as I have seen people do. I won a…

Dateline Dayton – For 16 hours last Wednesday and Thursday, I was a Californian, traveling from Las Vegas to Culver City, spending a night in Barstow. The purpose of this road trip:

Dateline Culver City – Good morning from California. Today I am visiting Ari Noonan here at his office in Culver City. This is my first visit to Culver City, although I have been in Los Angeles a couple times for work. Pauline was able…

Third of three parts. Dateline Dayton – For a period after I resigned as accounting manager for a local distributor, I found myself unemployed. Again. This was a difficult time, more than before. I was older, and the main difference was that the earlier termination was a relief.

Dateline Dayton – When I ended our discussion last week about my career as an accountant, being underfunded was now becoming a crisis. I was sent on trips to smooth matters with creditors, collect accounts, stall suppliers and manage our relationship with our banker. In addition, we were…

Dateline Dayton – Does it seem possible that we are into a new year already?

Dateline Dayton – Last Thursday morning at 11, I met the nephew of the owner of the condo we are buying to discuss the electrical connection. He brought along a bodyguard.

Dateline Dayton – This has been another memorable week. On Thursday, we purchased a dining room table and chairs for our new condo. This was at a second-hand store, but I’m sure they have a more sophisticated name today. I used Friday as my day off since we had to take Pauline’s brother Joe to his doctor’s appointment. The good news is…

Dateline Dayton – All across Ohio, last Friday was a nasty weather day, rain, sleet, ice, snow. Again this week, our daughter,Darlene, along with our two granddaughters, drove down from Michigan, to attend the Hennessey Family Reunion. She arrived at 5:30, just as I was getting home from work. Luckily, she didn’t encounter any snow until Lima, 80 miles north of here, and it was light. The real problem was just outside of Dayton. They were stopped by…