How are you finding this site?

I am in the process of reporting to readers, the most frequently accessed topics on each of my 5 WordPress blogs—mainly just for fun.  It’s interesting to look behind the scenes into my ”Dashboard” page where all the browsing statistics can be retrieved.  Of all my blogs, Riches in Glory has the funniest “most often used” search [...]

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Spry and Sprightly

The handsome gentleman pictured above is my dad, Ernst Longenecker.  The portrait was taken in the 1940s.  I think most everyone who knew him smiles over memories of this man.  He was an individual!  He was a mechanical engineer by degree, an industrial designer and manager, an inventor, a wonderful father, and a mellow story-teller.  Dad [...]

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How can I help?

Most of us have had friends in need, either due to illness or a crisis.  The question we always ask is, “How can I help?”  Before I experienced the flack and fallout of chronic illness and pain, I asked that question many times—and often did try to “help” in the wrong way.  Only when we have [...]

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No Smoking!

  Recently I heard a familiar (yet long forgotten) gravelly voice issue from my husband’s TV den.  Following the sound, I peeked in—and there on the TV screen was Humphrey Bogart with his ubiquitous cigarette, in the 1940s film, CASABLANCA. Humphrey released a flood of memories for me.  I thought of those years throughout the 1940s [...]

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