CHARLES
WALTER & RONITA MARLENE SYLVESTER
present
THE CHRISTMAS TOME 2018-2021
Kind of a Legend
Meets n’ Appts: T-Bone, Godfrey Ditch, Weld County 100th, Attorneys,
CPA, Class of 55, 3R, NWSS, Doctors, MSPRA & a myriad of letters written, including
“recommendations to Western Stock Show.”
US>both of us; CHUCK>Chuck; RONI>Roni.
FAMILIES Roni’s children: Philip
(56), Geni (52), Jay (51) Lea (45). Grandchildren; Anita (near 31), Kaylyn (27),
Kinsey (23), Zoe (19), Faith (5). Roni’s
greatgrandchildren; Savannah (8), Zeke (4).
Chuck’s children:
Lois. Grandchildren: Charley, Patty, Sarah, Wyatt. Great granddaughter Trinity.
FRIENDS Ross & Anita
(Bethers), Kent & Cory (Rutledge), Jo (Borg), Verna (Lofaro), Rosie &
Tom (Niichel), Ken & Paula (Carpenter), Ron (Morris), Angus (McIntosh),
Glenn & Kathy (Werning). Beverly & Ernie (Fischer), Jeff (McManus), Joe
(Lynch), Marna (Dowling), Bink & Audrey (Kitzman), Don (Norgren,
1932-2020).
The Ladies: Perry (Buck), Vicki (Marble), Kimmi (Lewis 1957-2019),
Sue (Christiansen), Korry (Lewis).
Oh. And. The paragraphs ungracefully run together! It’s a new game for readers
called “Try and Keep Track.”
2018
January - US:
NWSS Press Party, Rodeos, Red Meat dinner (with The Ladies), Jr. Livestock
Auction, 3R Winter Party, Kent & Cory dinner, Farm Show, Angus lunch, Beef
Club, Denver Ag. CHUCK: Cowboy Downhill with Ron.
February- US: Ross
& Anita came down. US: Glenn & Kathy at Bone Fish. Ladies Night T-Bone.
Bill & Sylvia Webster & Don Norgren to Ag Dinner. RONI: Water meet with
Angus, Margorie Hahn, Dave Nettles & Kevin Rein. Worked on Shalah Perkins (1939-2019)
sculpture, “The Example,” with Pat Bohlender. We regret we didn’t accomplish
what we set out to do.
March -CHUCK:
First Squamous Cell Carcinoma surgery was on his ear, with reconstructive
follow up. RONI: Lunch with Jo & Verna. Renewed Driver’s License. Met with
Tyler Silvy re: water. Lunch with Ava
Seale. Harrowed 15 acre & 6 acre. Hooked up with Jay, Lea & Faith at
Bob Sakata’s farm sale. Jay flew his drone and got more footage of Sakata and
sale. Met Dave Petrocco, who leased our farm & within a week was in the
fields. US: Stayed with Paula & Ken, then on to Westcliffe for Rebecca
Samuelson’s funeral service. Took Don to Denver Ag. Mailed Bunch Quitter
postcards,
April -
CHUCK: 3 R Sombrero Ride, another 3 R ride, FFA, horse sales. US: Dinner with
Bill & Sylvia Webster & Don at Bonefish. Stan Cass and Kyle Miller
died. RONI: Dr. Marvin and Eunie Beeman’s 85th birthdays party.
May -CHUCK:
Wyoming. US: Cody & Clayton’s College graduation in Laramie. RONI: lunch
with Jean & Kit Sutherland.
June -CHUCK : Eva France memorial in Montana, CNFR in Casper, WY, 3 R Shakedown
Ride. US: Dinner with Bill & BK Maniatis, Ernie bought a green antique
manure spreader & brought it here from N.D. Anita & Bo arrive with
Chuck’s 1942 Ford Army Jeep. Escalante, UT with Ken & Paula so Chuck &
Ken could trail check the 3R big ride with the Griffin family.
July -CHUCK:
To 3 R layover day (in Escalante, UT) with Dick Houck. US: Chuck drives (1942
Ford Army Jeep) Veteran in Greeley 4th of July parade. Meet up with
Ernie Fischer at Terry Ranch where he gives away a buffalo calf. CICA
convention in Pueblo. CFD finals with Kent & Cory. RONI: Lunch with Jo
& Verna.
August - US:
PRCA Hall of Fame for our friend (Chuck calls him “son”) Leon Coffee induction.
Bunch Quitter Soiree (Chuck Sylvester recognized as Bunch Quitter of the Year.).
FFA Blue Jacket Breakfast Ag Day. CHUCK: 2nd Squamous Cell Cancer
surgery, now on neck. Montana to Sarah’s wedding. RONI: Knees gave out before Hall of Fame &
I finally crashed and burned. Extreme high blood pressure, heart murmur,
osteoarthritis braked my Property Rights passion.
September - US:
FFA Blue Jackets breakfast. Rim to River dinner. Hide Party. Jeff came up from
KS, boys drive to WY to hunt at Circle Bar.
October –
CHUCK: Chuck and Bink went to Lingle for Wyatt’s football game, then on to the
ranch. WY couple more times for Elk hunting. RONI: Jay videoed Dave Petrocco. Here’s
his 3 min. video https://youtu.be/XET6HugGZWo .
November –US:
Bought a new Buick Enclave. Lunch with Jeremy Cohen & Merc Pittinos.
Thanksgiving here. CHUCK: WY for
hunting. RONI: Drove to WIFE meeting in Santa Fe. Celebrated Faith’s 2nd
birthday and Zeke’s 1st birthday. Began slew of medical tests.
December-
CHUCK: NFR in Vegas. RONI: US: Christmas here. Kent & Cory dine. CHUCK:
NFR, Honorary Colonel CSP.
2019
January - US: NWSS,
Red Meat dinner (with The Ladies), Beef Club, 3 R Winter Party at the Brown Palace. CHUCK:
Cowboy Downhill with Ron in Steamboat Springs.
February -CHUCK:
US: Denver Ag, Colorado Ag Hall of Fame (Chuck was inducted in 2004).
March – CHUCK: More surgery. Jay videoed Dr. Marvin Beeman at the
Arapahoe Hunt, and Dr. Johnny Matsushima bowling. Ross and Anita came down.
RONI: Lunch with Faith, Lea, Jo & Verna. Colonoscopy, eye doc.
April – CHUCK: Started Libtayo infusions, Sombrero Ride, CSU Rodeo, to Wyoming.
Tony Mayer flew Chuck & Ken to Escalante, UT. RONI: Kit & Jean
Sutherland lunch. Flew to Phoenix for Geni & Steve’s master’s degree
graduations.
May –
CHUCK: 3 R ride. FFA. Jeff and Chuck to Circle Bar couple times. RONI: Cataract
surgery (both eyes in the month), Ross
and Anita brought lunch to Jay & I. US: Dinner with Bill & Sue Lake.
June –
CHUCK: 3 R Ride, Wyoming trips.
July – CHUCK: 3 R layover day. RONI: Doc appts. US: Bill & Tiffany
Thomas shower, CFD finals with Kent & Cory.
August –
CHUCK: Infusions. US: Emily & Eric Hobbs wedding. Kent & Cory’s
Anniversary. R-Calf Convention, Deadwood. RONI: Denver Dinner with Barbara
Knight. To NE with Lea & Faith to appreciate Geni’s finding and interring
Mom’s ashes in Fairview Cemetery. Drove home in an electrical storm/downpour so
fierce, had to stay in Ft. Morgan.
September – RONI:
Jo & Verna lunch. US: Bunch Quitter Soiree (Jim & Roann Keen recognized
Bunch Quitters of the Year.). Glenn & Kathy lunch. Centennial Farm tour at
The Farm. NW Hyde Party. Kent & Cory dine. Wilson Ogg & fiancé Brittany
had their engagement photos taken here…some even wading in the S. Platte river!
October –
CHUCK: Wyoming- hunting season with Joe & Jeff. RONI: Bill & Tiffany
Thomas wedding in Estes Park.
November – US:
Our 18th Wedding Anniversary. Western Heritage National Rodeo Hall
of Fame OK City. I went to Cheyenne but can’t remember why.
December –
CHUCK: “Seek,” our “best cat in the whole world” died. NFR with Ron. RONI:
Lunches with Jo & Verna & Marna. Friend Kimmi Lewis, who I called
“Little Sister,” died after a tough damn fight with cancer. Drove to LaJunta
for Kimmi’s funeral service and Branson for her burial service. So, so very
sad… US: Dinner with Kent & Cory.
2020
January- US:
Ross & Anita here, then off to the NWSS. Red Meat dinner (with The Ladies),
Rodeos. Mexican Extravaganza (Always grand to see our “familia” Jerry, Staci
& Nicolas Diaz.), Beef Club, Cowboy Church & 3 R Winter Party at The
Brown. Kent & Cory at finals. Both of us got very sick! Probably COVID. CHUCK:
Cowboy Downhill with Ron.
February – US: Saw
Tracy Byrd at Union Colony, Carbonaro at Loveland (with Doug & JoAnna
Grant) & Hugh Fitzpatrick at Lea Marlene’s Actors Studio. Helped Lea move out
of studio. Dear friends Al Martin & Sylvia Webster died.
March – US:
All of the usual. CHUCK: To Durango.
April - Meets n’ Appt’s broken up
by lapping down the best fish n’ chips ever via “On the Hook Fish n’ Chips”
truck!
May - Watched
Zoe’s H.S. graduation streaming online. Dear, dear friend Don Norgren died.
June –
CHUCK: Another surgery. RONI: Lunch with Janice Birney in Genesee. Lunch with
Marna at Elway’s. Dr. Angus McIntosh, a stiller gentleman, died. Angus was my
“go to” guy on everything Property Rights. His death leaves an immeasurable gap
in the hearts of many. He and Chuck founded RAO.
July –
CHUCK: To NM for 3 R ride. US: Walker Shuman came and did a lot of chores on
The Farm.
August –
CHUCK: Consummated an exhausting, wildly interwoven complicated bunch of 1031’s
with Steve & Jennie Lou Garland & Ross & Anita. US: R-Calf
convention, Deadwood, SD. RONI: To Wes McKinley Water Court in Springfield, CO.
September – US: Tom & Rosie breakfast, Cory Gardner reception at The
Linn’s, Gary & Teresa Odenbaugh pigeon shoot, Bunch Quitter Soiree (All
B.Q.’s were recognized as B.Q.’s of the year.) CHUCK: to WY.
October – CHUCK: To Wyoming & again with Joe. US: Wilson &
Brittany Ogg wedding in Estes Park. RONI:
To Delta, CO to speak on
Water.
November – All
of the usual!
December – CHUCK: NFR with Ron. Party at Vicki Marble’s in Ft. Collins. Christmas
here. Chuck’s long time close friend Kevin McNicholas died. Received “Ayra” a
sweet, colorful pastel original doe painting by Maureen Bader. We love
Maureen’s work. Ayra makes the 2nd original we now enjoy.
2021
January – NW Cancelled - Breakfast with Tom &
Rosie.
February – US: Ladies
Night T-Bone, Yvonne Paez “Perspectives.” RONI: Breakfast with Korry Lewis in
Windsor. CHUCK: Meets n’ Appts.
March – US:
Chuck took Yvonne & Scott Paez & Scotts Mom & Lea
& Faith on a wagon tour of the river. John McArthur, our friend & General
Contractor for 20 years died. A REAL cowboy & longtime cherished friend
Delane Griffin died. I rode many miles with Delane & called him “Dad.” CHUCK:
Went to Tombstone, AZ to hook up with 3R. RONI: Addressed Water at Perspectives
101. Mary Horton breakfast in Windsor. My true buddy Sue Hollis died; I miss
our talks…
April – US:
Chuck honored at a rodeo at Island Grove. Dr. John Maulsby party. Went to
Colonel Mark & P.J. Trostel’s BIG ol’ party in Wetmore, with Joe Lynch
& Bill Rossman. Our friend Jim Carpenter & Chuck’s fellow 3R rider
died. RONI: Breakfast with Korry. First time in over 60 years, I started 3 funky
little gardens.
May –
CHUCK: Ron M. and Ray Petersburg spent the night, then took off on a 3R ride
next day. To Wyoming to replace roof on Circle Bar. Andy Holst, Chuck’s friend,
and fellow Roundup Rider died. RONI: Crystal Harris birthday party here at The
Farm. Cousin Bruce Bowling came and spent the day. Boy O boy did we ever have
some laughs over the past!
June – US: Rebecca Fisk and her Dad came to The Farm. Tony & his new
bride Megumi came to The Farm. Nephew Stuart Bell & his wife Sandra &
their son (my great nephew) Zachary came to The Farm. Geni & Kinsey came up
and we all had a sparkling good time! CHUCK: After driving Dodge Rams for 25
years, Chuck treated himself to a sharp bright Red GMC! To WY. RONI: Lea, Faith
& I went to NE so I could be a “Pioneer” on a float in the Papillion Days
Parade. Sheriff Steve Reams deputized John Anderson. Geni & I went to
Papillion for cousin Peggy’s husband Dean’s funeral.
July – CHUCK:
To 3 R ride. To WY. RONI: Abel Cisneros organized a celebration of John
McArthur’s life at The Farm.
August – US: Farmers Inn gang here at The Farm. CFD with Kent &
Cory. R-Calf Convention, Rapid City. Major tree trimming . CHUCK: Jim
Carpenter’s celebration of life. RONI: Geni went back to NE with me for my
59-year class reunion. It was RICH seeing classmates I’ve stayed friends with
for 70 + years!
September – US:
Bunch Quitter Soiree (Lyle & Pam Laverty - Bunch Quitters of the Year.).
Rim to River dinner. OK for National Cowboy Wester Heritage induction ceremony
– to posthumously induct Ben Houston. I clowned around with Barry Corbin &
Bruce Boxleitner. Got up close videos & photos of my favorite living actor
Robert Duvall. Hide Party. We were honored to host the marvelous wedding of Jada
Dale and Duane Badker at The Farm. Helped Lea & Faith move out of “Floyd
House” (What we called where she & Faith & Jay tried to live in
Englewood.).
October – US:
Started GRAND with a stunner of a wedding in our woods pasture. Bruce &
Barbara Cameron did ALL the work on their wedding. So holy moly! All Chuck
& I had to do was ENJOY ourselves! Jeff, master tractor restoration expert,
flat-bedded my Bar B (That’s --- over B.) tractor back from his home shop in
KS. We had a “Welcome home Bar B” celebration with pink champagne from
Champagne France. C.S.U. honored Chuck for his work with the NWSS. CHUCK: To
WY. RONI: Lunch with Chris Hoppe in Sterling, lunch with Alaine Lessing at
Perfect Landing. Enroute back to N.D., Ernie stayed the night. We LOVE visiting
with Ernie!! Dinner and Pavlo with Marna & Mary Dowling and Marna’s mom
Charmaine. My H.S. classmate, gentle lady and friend Marilyn Meilke died.
November – US:
Lunch with Chuck & Kathy Schroeder at Pepper Pod and picked up the striking
colorized painting Chuck did from a B/W photo of Chuck as a 10-year-old with
his first steer. We LOVE having the “little boy” in the kitchen now. Swim party
for Faith’s 5th birthday. P.J. & Mark Trostel came to The Farm;
we dinnered at Meeker’s, had front row seats for Chuck’s long time friend
Michael Martin Murphey. We PLAYED well into the P.M. of the next day!
Thanksgiving here. Chuck’s long time friend Butch Cosby died. Ron Sinnett,
husband of my friend Kathy for 76 years, died. Great friend & mentor Dr.
Bernie Rollin died. Chuck’s friend Cecil Vigil, died. Chuck’s grade school
friend, Bob Briggs, died.
December -CHUCK:
NFR with Ron. US: Ron Heimbuck (master woodworker) rescued us doing several
“fixes” around the house. RONI: Karen Salmen, my webmaster for 14 years, died. Lunch
at Perfect Landing with Jo & Verna.
Between
2028 – 2020, we lost too many cherished friends including: Helen Keen, Lindsay Serrell, Stan Cass, Pete Martinez, Shala
Perkins, Kimmi Lewis, Don Norgren, Mike Hoppe, Sylvia Webster, Richard Keen,
Fred Larkin, Al Martin.
Brief Overview Finale
Due to COVID, Faith & Lea
stayed at The Farm a lot in 2020, and sporadically in 2021. Tuesday Lea called
& asked, “Is Chuck at T-Bone?” I said, “how would you remember that?” She
answered, “Mom. I’ve been your roommate the past couple years!” Faith knows
every inch of the house – and FARM. She LOVES the swings John McArthur &
Henry put up for her 3rd birthday present. Throughout 2018 to
present I made many runs to Denver to enjoy watching Faith grow!
John McArthur did a full
restoration on our home in 2001, then the entire middle level again after the 2013
flood. John began renovation on The Barn in 2018 and finished a couple weeks
before he died in 2021. We didn’t have one thing in writing over John’s twenty
years of building here. We miss his HUGE talent! That 115-year-old Barn is now
a beaut! We’ve been fortunate to be able to still hire Henry (John’s
helper.) periodically to help us around here. This summer, Chuck, Henry, and I
made a pretty darn good dent in the woods pasture by mowing, push’n dirt,
sawing branches etc.
We get together with Tom &
Rosie often!
Philip watches The Farm when we’re gone, takes care of our 3 horses (Sundowner,
Dusty, Atlas) dog - Miss Dulce Rose, and cat June, fixes
whatever “complicated stuff” needs fixing, and bakes “homemade” pizzas on call!
Ken Kleinsorge & his son built a “Deere Jane” outhouse to sit next to our
“Deere John” outhouse. They installed new sunlight panels on the shop roof. In
John’s absence now, it’s a relief to start “building up a carpenter team
again.”
We geriatrics need all the help we can get. Not because we’re disabled, but
because we’re lazy now.
I spent 2 “GRRRR” months
trying to get security set up. Found out we need two, Hughes Net & Century
Link, to ensure our computers, TV & ADT run smoothly. What’s so modern
about these days again??
Chuck completed 28 Libtayo
infusions and is now cancer free. Praise God! The past 4 years have been a blur
of non-stop doc visits. Poor feller. Like he’s been beat to hell these past 4
years! His team of docs communicate with each other…which is comforting! Thank goodness
Chuck’s a good man because he draws “good folks” who help us a lot! 😊
Forgive me, but I kind of forget the months. But I DO remember the people: Had
breakfast with Cyn French. Jim & Kristie Docheff are always a treat to dine
and well mostly chat with! Yup!
Guys like Bink, Joe & Jeff keep everything running, including the beer.
Scott Shuman checks in - “Momma Roni, need help?” His son Walker
meticulously wired the steel rims to the wooden wheels on our dump wagon.
Chuck even enjoys his
attorneys, Jeremy Cohen & Merc Pittinos. Maybe because after doing “the
office work,” they go to Pappadeaux for oysters?
Our Farm is always “alive”
with the sights, sounds and actions of good people, good animals, good
equipment streaming in and out of here. We’re grateful!
Each and every month is jammed
with “Meets n’ Appts.” Silly me gets on a rant on Facebook and Twitter. Oh well,
eh?
This spring I got ta do’n
circles in the paddock with the Ford 4000 & blade. When through, I thought,
“Hummm. I think I just made raised gardens.” Chuck had a big time giving away
tomatoes, Armenian Cucumbers, carrots etc. Next year I’ll expand the
Artichokes, for they did well. Looking forward to the asparagus and will plug
some strawberries.
After physically crashing and
burning, I pared way back on the Water/Property Rights juggling. Now I’m doing
great, and love mowing nearly everything (paddock, woods pasture, yard) all the
time! Chuck keeps both of my mowers fuel fueled!
We’re learning a lot about
veggie growing from Dave Petrocco (leases this farm). He hires the best workers
and grows the most succulent sweet corn we’ve ever had! Don’t know how many
acres Dave farms, but he gets up at 3 a.m. to check on them from Brighton to
Eaton (I think). He had a Romaine lettuce field plowed because “hail hit their
leaves a tiny bit.”
Ross & Anita are miracle
workers managing Chuck, AND his Wyoming farms while growing Grade A dairy
Alfalfa!
Jennie Lou and Steve Garland bought Chuck’s NT Bar ranch. They still lease the
Circle Bar. You couldn’t ask for finer people! Both of these young couples are
thoughtful, sweet, hardworking, honest & really SMART! We’re blessed!
Ron and Lou Schram drive out from NE for our Bunch Quitter every year. The past
couple years they’ve stayed with us, as has our “glittery lady auctioneer”
buddy Cookie Lockhart. Cookie got slammed hard with COVID in October. She’s
SLOWLY on the mend. High altitude Steamboat works her lungs overtime. We’re
hoping she’ll get to lower altitude.
Colonel Trostel and Scott Shuman have graciously taken over M.C’ing our (small private invitation only) Bunch
Quitter Soiree. It was RICH watching Scott’s adorable teenage daughter Shelby professionally
auction off everything in the B.Q. auction (winners write a check to “their”
favorite charity) the past two years. Especially with Cookie, the “first female auctioneer inducted into
the National Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame,” proudly watching on…
Chuck and I contracted Jay to video Dr. Marvin Beeman, Dr. Johnny Matsushima, Joe
Lynch, Dave Petrocco and Bob Sakata, because we wanted “to document them!” Now we’re trying to
decide what to do with the dynamite “historical footage in the can.” Only Jay should log/edit/produce/finish the footage.
We haven’t had time to do so, or to look into “markets” we know nothing about. With
what Chuck I have into it, plus what it will take to have about 25 minutes of
PBS quality programing. I’m estimating the cost would be less than $120,000. Of
course, more, if Jay has to generate new footage. Jay won a Heartland Emmy for
work he did with John Ferrugia. He’s good. Really good!
Chuck enjoys taking his
grandchildren & great granddaughter out to eat. They try getting together
often.
On my drives into Denver, I
always called Angus with questions, and got an hour of private tutoring on
Property Rights. Regarding Property Rights, particularly on Federal Lands,
Angus was a walking encyclopedia on statutes, policies, case law. This past
June I drove up to Craig, CO to meet with his widow Linda and daughters Mary
& Anna. The McIntosh family is special crew of honest, smart, hard workers.
And they’re fun! Yes, we laugh. Angus
would have wanted that.
Brother Stuart calls often to update me on – well – first it was politics, and
now he’s onto genealogy. Stuart needs to do a podcast simply titled “Stuart.”
He remains one heck of a funny, witty, and knowledgeable about everything guy from
truck engines to hay stacking! About 65 years ago he saw me sitting in the dirt
studying bugs rolling up mud. He said, “What ja doing Ronita?” I said, “Trying
to figure out these bugs.” He said, “You know what they are don’t you?” “No,” I
answered. “They’re manure bugs! Look,” he said, “they’re rolling up manure.
Egyptians said they ‘roll the sun through day and night and across the sky east
to west.’” I’ve been in awe of him since!
Anita, mother of Savannah & Zeke, is well into her childhood dream of becoming
a Veterinarian. Kaylyn is going on 10
years with California Closets. Kinsey was co-mgr. of Body Shop. They closed. She managed a shoe
store until she had to close it by herself, “because she couldn’t find anyone
who wants to work.” Those are words we hear from far too many employers. It’s a
pathetic state of affairs.
Zoe is in her 2nd year at Grand Canyon College in AZ. Confession! My granddaughters – ages near 31 to 5 – are
sharp, interesting, original thinking conservationists. We LOVE visiting with
each of them!
Recently Faith got bored with
her preschool class, so she went over to her teachers conferencing, and asked to
join them.
Lea LOVES coaching her students…even via ZOOM. Jay overheard her coaching one
day, and he called to squeal on her, “Mom. Lea knows what she’s doing! She’s a
great teacher. Great teacher! I’m impressed!”
Geni is a family counselor now. She commutes to Colorado Springs for her
appointments. Traveling with her this summer, I learned a lot a lot about
“addressing people’s hurts…” Stephen’s been with UPS for 21 years now and is
working on his doctorate in – ah shoot, I always forget. Anyway, he wants to
teach and lead religion seminars & more.
Chuck and I are happy to be busy and grateful to have so many wonderful,
wonderful, wonderful friends.
That means YOU who’s reading this!
May God be with each and every
one of you.
Merry Christmas with love,
Corrections & Additions:
Sylvester Christmas Tome 2018-2021
Should read “between 2018 – 2020, we lost too many cherished friends…”
With sadness we add: Cheryl Frederick,
Bob Longenbaugh, Lydia Garland,
Brian Allmer, Julie Sutton, Bill Seale, Karen Trahan…
Dr. Angus McIntosh died in June of 2021.
Ship Tavern, January 2020: We had a “ho, ho, ho” dinner with Gladys & Leroy
Van Dyke. Leroy had just turned 90! Now he’s
92! Gladys & Leroy let’s laugh over dinner at Ship Tavern in 2022!
Dr. John Matsushima was the first 100-year-old to participate in our Bunch
Quitter Soiree. A toughie, John’s now recovering from COVID. He’ll be 101
December 24, 2021. Happy Birthday Johnny!
Ship Tavern, November 2021: Met with Lyle & Pam Laverty to give them their
“Bunch Quitters of the Year” plaque & enjoy their company! Good Lord we’re
thankful for friends like Lyle and Pam!
Angie Plumb cleaned this old house every 2 weeks for near 16 years. Then she gave
birth to Ada Mae December 10, 2020. Now I clean this old house. And it’s dirty.
But…Oh well. I least I get “some” exercise! 😊
Many “impromptu” gatherings & deaths of friends aren’t on our calendar.
It’s my excuse for the corrections & addendums.
