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Things are good. I was in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Wichita Kansas. Fall is particularly nice in Duluth.

The electric skillet made chili just as well as it did in the 1960s.


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Anonymous said…
I don't know how I stumbled across your blog but I've been perusing it for a few days and all of a sudden I see the place where I proposed. The EXACT spot. The Riverwalk in Wichita, just east of the suspension bridge.
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Anonymous said…
I don't know how I found your blog bit I've been randomly reading it the last few days. I was looking at this particular post and the final image...that is EXACTLY where I proposed to my wife. It's also exactly where her and I's relationship started. Anyways, I live in Wichita, born and raised here but lived at Fort Stewart, Georgia for 4 years. I noticed that you spend some time in Georgia. Lately, I find myself missing it. Savannah, Brunswick and Jekyll Island, I have many fond memories of those places.
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