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May 14, 2022February 23, 2023

Do It Right the First Time

By GrandpaLyle

I’m on the road again … again. Driving to Chicago to attend Payton’s high school graduation. My fondest wish is that this will be the first of eight grandchildren high school graduations I will be blessed to attend.  I just left the University of Missouri (Mizzou) in Columbia where Payton plans to enter college this

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Matt Nelson Piano
March 30, 2022June 23, 2022

Matt Nelson Piano

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Whenever asked about Matt Nelson‘s piano art, Marie and I go into auto-proud-parent-brag-mode – touting his global tours before tens of thousands with Lupe Fiasco, his appearances on the Ellen Degeneres and David Letterman TV shows, his jazz album’s rise to Billboard’s top ten list and on and on. If I’m lucky, I catch myself

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December 14, 2021August 20, 2022

2021 Family Reunion

By GrandpaLyle

To have a family like this is certainly an undeserved reward for 80 years of living. Enjoy.

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Skinny Pancakes for Four Generations
January 15, 2021April 25, 2022

Skinny Pancakes for Four Generations

By GrandpaLyle

Sunday morning text from Jeff, “Wanna join us for virtual church and skinny pancakes?”  For the uninitiated, this was not about praying for a trim waistline. Jeff was offering to continue a tradition begun by his grandma more than fifty years ago. Skinny pancakes (actually, we all simply call them skinnies) are as large as

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New Office for GrandpaLyle
January 9, 2021April 25, 2022

New Office for GrandpaLyle

By GrandpaLyle

Ever since we moved here nearly four years ago, Marie and I have shared an office. It wasn’t much – a  table from Ikea about six feet long and a couple chairs along one wall in the guest room. Marie’s days were spent at the offices of 8th & Walton, Jeff’s company. I occasionally needed

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