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Ever Thought About Writing Your Memoir?
February 20, 2026 -- If someone asked me last year if I was going to be writing a memoir I would have chuckled. "What have I ever done that was that interesting. Memoirs are for luminaries like movie stars, inventors, military heroes, and athletes." That all changed after I received an unusual Christmas present from my daughter Molly. Yes, the…...
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Livermore is a wealthy small city of about 80,000 that is east of San Francisco and northeast of San Jose. It is considered the eastern-most city in the San Francisco Bay area. There are vineyards in the area - hi-tech businesses are also important to the economy. Springtown is a part of town that began as a retirement community in…...
Port St. Lucie, located on the East Coast of Florida, is one of the fastest growing communities in the U.S. according to the 2005 Census Bureau. In 1961 it had 250 homes, in 1980 there were 15,000, and in 2020 the population was 204,851. Port St. Lucie Beach is located in St. Lucie County. Port Saint Lucie started as a…...
Chattanooga is a low-cost, interesting retirement city of about 182,000 (2020) people in southern Tennessee.This was the site of the famous critical civil war Battle of Chattanooga due to its strategic location on the Tennessee River. Called the "Scenic City", it is home to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The city has had its ups and downs economically. Its…...
Woodbury is a suburb of Philadelphia in New Jersey. The town is about 10,000 people. Photo of Woodbury Friends' Meetinghouse courtesy of Wikipedia and Ton2cats, photo of The old Gloucester County Courthouse in Woodbury courtesy of Wikipedia and Jerry & Roy Klotz, MD, Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0/ For more details about this area consult our review of Philadelphia....
