Author Archives: Butch

Gourmet Club – February 2007

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Butch

We had our second gourmet club meal of the season last Sunday. Normally it would have been on Saturday night but we were in the middle of a severe ice storm with a threat of up to 8 inches of … Continue reading →

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Teddy – My Oldest Friend

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Butch

Teddy is my oldest friend, except Mom of course. The earliest known picture of him is in the family photo album on the same page as my first birthday. So I assume he was a birthday present. He was a … Continue reading →

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Christmas 1958

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Butch

Word has gotten back to me that someone who isn’t even remotely the focus of this blog, thinks that indiscriminate cropping of the banner photos to feature the person who IS the focus of this blog, just stinks. So perhaps … Continue reading →

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A Fun New Book – Old Blues, Jazz, and Country Music

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Butch

Hardly has a book had such an immediate impact on me. For Christmas 2006 Wendy and Zach bought me a copy of “R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country”. [keep scrolling down] Sometime in the 1980’s the underground cartoonist … Continue reading →

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Like Father Like Son

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Butch

I was all ready to publish another entry in this blog when I came across an old picture. I have been digitally copying my old negatives and the one I found was from 1971. You have to admit that things … Continue reading →

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Movie Reviews – January 2007

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Butch

Here are the movies we saw this month: Title Made Saw Rating Enigma  2001  01/03/07 3 Children of Men  2006  01/06/07 4 Too Late the Hero  1970  01/10/07 3 Brassed Off  1996  01/11/07 3 Apocolypto  2006  01/12/07 4 Charlotte’s Web … Continue reading →

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Gourmet Club – January 2007

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Butch

This is the 16th year of our Gourmet Club. There are 4 couples in the club and once a month one couple hosts the gourmet dinner. We do it the first four months of the year. When we first started, … Continue reading →

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An Evening with the Grandkids

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Butch

Lance and Cherise got free passes to the Collins Road Theatre here in Cedar Rapids. So Friday night was a chance for them to see a movie and for us to have the kids for a while. Rachel stayed with … Continue reading →

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Blue Eyed Sweet Face Thorpe

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Butch

Fall 1953 – 3117 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines, Iowa I was looking through our old photos to find some pictures to use in this blog. Mostly I wanted to incorporate them in the header of these pages, so keep … Continue reading →

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Digital Stereoview Exchange Club (DSEC)

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Butch

You all know that I am interested in stereophotography. Most of you have had to endure looking at my views at one time or another. Several years ago I joined a group of other stereo photographers and once every three … Continue reading →

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