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Accept the Challenge
July 17, 2024July 19, 2024

Accept the Challenge

By GrandpaLyle 1 Comment on Accept the Challenge

My morning tea comes with an inspiring tag. Sometimes a game-changer. Taking a break for a month long cruise with Marie in January left me in a quandary about what to do next. Not just tomorrow – for the rest of my life. At 83, I’m in excellent health, I have a great marriage and

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New Vegetable Garden
March 26, 2024March 26, 2024

New Vegetable Garden

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Last fall after watching https://www.bluezones.com/documentary/The Blue Zones, I was inspired to start a vegetable garden – something I’d never done in my more than 80 years. Here’s the beginning: The next step was deciding what to plant and where, using the Garden Planner app from The Farmer’s Almanac. The ground was still too cold for

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Adios to the Duke
December 25, 2023December 25, 2023

Adios to the Duke

By GrandpaLyle 2 Comments on Adios to the Duke

The last hurrah As much as I loved flying Duke N33WF, the cost was twice that of a Baron. Prudence required me to face reality and sadly I sold it. The good news was that I flew the plane for almost two years and more than 300 hours, yet sold it for more than I

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Beechcraft Duke – Traveling in Style
December 11, 2023December 13, 2023

Beechcraft Duke – Traveling in Style

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Our sales manager loved to ask prospective candidates, “Do you enjoy business travel?” If they answered, “Yes,” he knew they were rookies. Experienced business travelers dread the beginning and end of every trip. Getting to and from the destination. But for me, that was like time in my sandbox – a few hours of sheer

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Buying a Beechcraft Duke
November 27, 2023December 13, 2023

Buying a Beechcraft Duke

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Why a Duke? Having flown the Red Baron for five years, I had fallen in love with speedy access to any place in the U.S. But I suffered the same itch as anyone who has ever owned a boat … or a house … or a plane….  For a few dollars more you can upgrade

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