Ben-B-Bloggin

My latest update is from John and I very short trip to Corfu.  Short maybe but definitely not lacking in excitement department.  Our weekend can be summed up pretty much like this.  Meeting some Cali chicks waiting for the late bus to the Brindisi port, normal Italian chaos at the port, meeting some crazy aussie, [...]

After Kilkenny our next stop was Waterford. Waterford will be remembered for what didn’t happen. Ben had booked us in a bed & breakfast……miles away from the center of town. We had a great view of the Irish countryside…..We were located on the main road from Waterford [...]

Ben’s biggest complaint about his old dad on this trip was that old dad was a party popper. True enough old JB starts early….usually about six in the morning. Yes, he would have to wake Ben for those breakfasts that are provided in the hotels and the bed and breakfasts in Europe. Oh, [...]

Ok, fast forward from circa 1992 to the fall of 2006. Many things have changed. Our roles have reversed. No longer am I pulling Ben, now I’m the tag-along and Ben is leading me. The surroundings are familiar to Ben but strange to me. Change is the one constant of [...]

Son Ben can entertain you with many stories about our trip to Ireland, but our time at the southernmost part of the enchanted island will stay with me for some time. For me, old Dad, that time was a throwback to earlier periods,,,,,,starting with the first years of the [...]

Dear friends and family,
Let me tell you about my plane trip to California…….Everything was fine leaving Omaha…I got my ticket OK…got on the plane OK….Landed in Phoenix fine……The plane was going on to Los Angeles……I wondered why I had an extra boarding pass…..but I figured what the heck….Then as the plane [...]

Karma the law of causality……What goes around, comes around; So as ye sow, so shall ye reap. Jesus admonished: "Do unto othersas you would have them do unto you."These are noble intentions, but reality and reason must moderate these noble precepts.
Ben and I were experiencing a conflict between good intentions when [...]

Dear friends,
This is a prologue to sending you accounts of the trips that Ben and I took this fall…….and I’ve been struck by what is probably an obvious thought: When one recounts a trip (or an event) the incidents that seem to remain……aren’t the moments of beauty….or the [...]

Hello everyone,
Super Son Ben has created a blog for me……..as most of you know I’m a regular Neandrethal when it comes to hi tech even though at one time I thought myself on the cutting edge……..technology passes every one……..well maybe not everyone but it certainly passed me…….long ago.
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