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Happy Veterans Day. The photos above are of Howard Reynolds PhD (my uncle) on the right and Howard Eskildsen M.D. (me) on the left. My uncle liked to refer to us as “the two doctor Howards.” I served in the army from 1979 to 1982 in Fort Sill, Ok. My only deployment was to FortContinue reading “Two Veterans”

The past weekend was spent in Saint Petersburg Beach, Florida, attending “TBUG,” which stands for Tampa Bay Ukulele Getaway. It was lots of fun with a bunch of old pluckers, and some young ones struming up a storm and feeding their inner “ukulele bug.” The photo above shows another sort of “ukulele bug.” The littleContinue reading “Ukulele Bug”

If there ever was just one dog of my life, it was Toubo, a white German Shepard. He was named after Toubo Smith of the TV series, “Soldiers of Fortune,” which ran from 1955 through 1956. I can just barely remember the show, but our family loved it and when this squirming white pup cameContinue reading “Toubo and His Boy”

We have heard good news, Grand Cayman will be opening later this month. We hope to finally be able to see our friends there again. It’s been over a year and a half that a raging viral storm has battered the shores of our lives and kept us separated. Like this old Cayman anchor thatContinue reading “The Anchor”

Well, the seventh grade embarrassment lasted about as long as the morning dew, and then it was off to bigger and better things. Besides, I had learned an important lesson in learning by screwing up. It is a skill that I have honed to perfection over the decades. I never quit the microscope and pazootas,Continue reading “Pazoota Epilogue”

In elementary school I was a bit of a quandary to some of my country school teachers. “Howard could be a straight A student if he would just apply himself.” one report card stated. Well, I did apply myself to lots of things but they were mostly other than classwork. Somewhere along the way IContinue reading “Once Upon a Pazoota”

The Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway passes on the edge of our neighborhood and provides a wonderful setting for walking. We frequently see deer, turkeys, quail, an occasional coyote, and even bobcat and bear tracks. The photos above were taken yesterday on our hike when we also saw the spider weaving its web thatContinue reading “A WALK IN THE WOODS”

While walking in the woods this morning we found a spider weaving it’s web. To our surprise, it circled its radial web spokes from the outside in, going in a clockwise direction. For a video of the spider in action see: https://youtu.be/gotcH_7d4Fk

Yesterday was All Saints Day, a cross-quarter holiday (halfway between the equinox and the solstice). It was once considered the beginning of winter based on the length of days. However, temperatures lag behind the travels of the Sun and winter is now considered to start at the time of the solstice when days are theContinue reading “All Saints Day”

November is American Indian Heritage Month. The photos are honor of this heritage. The tipi lamp, the beads and the drum were made by a member of the Quanah Parker family and given to me during their family reunion in 1982 while I was in the Army at Fort Sill. The model wooden sled andContinue reading “American Indian Heritage Month”