Author: Don

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    _Dear Friends,_ I had a great trip up to Jasper, GA to pick up the 2003 Victory motorcycle. I took almost all two-lane roads and the weather cooperated although it was a bit chilly in the mornings. It got busier as I headed south in Florida but all in all it was a great way…

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    Grace has tired of riding the little Vespa scooter so we are selling it. I bought an almost antique Victory cruiser so we both have bikes down here. I am going to Jasper, GA to pick it up this weekend and riding it back through the back roads of Georgia. It should be a nice…

  • Who cares about QR Codes?

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    By now you’ve probably seen one of those odd-looking white squares with a bunch of smaller square dots that make up a random pattern inside–that’s a QR code. QR stands for “Quick Response,” and a QR code is a form of barcode, just like on the packaging of nearly everything you buy. Usually QR codes…

  • Medgar Evers

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    Medgar Evers (1925-1963) was an African-American civil rights activist whose murder drew national attention. Born in Mississippi, he served in World War II before going to work for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). After applying to the segregated University of Mississippi Law School in 1954, he became the NAACP field…

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    _Dear Friends,_ Definitely some weird weather in Vermont. One day it is below 0 F and the next day it is in the 40’s and raining. It makes for some tricky driving as wet pavement can hide some black ice. Hopefully as we enter March there will be some snow because the ski areas and…

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    Motorcycling down here is sort of boring. I have my bike all tuned up but there is literally only one road and the fastest speed limit in Key West is 30mph. I think we may have to trade in Grace’s Vespa to get a real motorcycle for her so we can take some longer trips…

  • B.B. King – The King of the Blues

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    For more than half a century, Riley B. King – better known as B.B. King – defined the blues for a worldwide audience. Since he started recording in the 1940s, he has released over fifty albums, many of them classics. He was born September 16, 1925, on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, near Indianola.…

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    _Dear Friends,_ The trip up the the Everglades was pretty uneventful although we did see alligators and eagles as we were watching nature go by. Grace wants to go back up for an airboat ride so we will have to put that on the list. I am very happy to report that Small Dog Electronics…

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    I think we might take a drive up to the Everglades this weekend to see if we can see any wildlife. A long time ago, Grace and I were riding motorcycles in the Everglades on some gravel road and I stopped to relieve myself and suddenly Grace started one of those real sharp intakes of…

  • Black History Month – Dr. Charles Richard Drew

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    Drew pioneered America’s first large-scale blood bank during World War II. Drew was born in Washington, D.C. As a child, he was an athlete and top student. He graduated from Amherst College before studying medicine at McGill University in Canada. In the late 1930s, Drew invented a way to process and preserve blood plasma, allowing…