Category Archives: Family Life

Our Vows For Two Voices Celebration

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Steve Hanley

  We got married on May 5, 1996. That date was chosen because we thought it would make it really, really hard for me to forget our anniversary. You know how men are. If I could just remember the month, … Continue reading →

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Max III

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Steve Hanley

We had to say goodbye to Max III today. For the past few weeks, he had been having difficulty getting up and down. His rear legs just didn’t seem to have enough strength to lift him. When we went to … Continue reading →

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The Great Kitchen Makeover – Part II

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Steve Hanley

Gosh, it has been a long time since the last update. That’s because we have been working constantly on our project and haven’t had time to post. Our goal was to have it done in time for our first home … Continue reading →

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The Great Kitchen Makeover – Part One

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Steve Hanley

It all started when we went to Home Depot in the Fall of 2012 to get a gallon of paint. While there, we saw a refrigerator we really liked. It wasn’t just that it was stainless steel and it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Hot Stove Day

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Steve Hanley

Traditionally, the period between the end of the World Series and the start of Spring training is referred to by old time baseball people as The Hot Stove League. It’s that time of year when fans, players and management all … Continue reading →

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Remembering Phil Everly

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Steve Hanley

Back in the 50’s, American music was in transition. The Mills Brothers and the Andrews Sisters were being replaced by the pulsating rhythms of black culture, thanks to Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley.  Not everyone was happy about the change. I remember one … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Carol

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Steve Hanley

Every year, Trinity Theater in Providence stages a production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. It has become such a Rhode Island tradition over the past 30 years that it plays to packed houses twice a day from Thanksgiving to … Continue reading →

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The Wishbone Connection

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Steve Hanley

2500 years ago, the Etruscans, who lived in what is now Italy, believed the breastbone of a chicken, called the furcula or “little fork”, had magic predictive powers. They transferred that belief to the Romans, who carried it with them … Continue reading →

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Time Changes

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Steve Hanley

It’s 5:15 in the morning, the sun is still in search of the horizon and I am at my computer writing a post about time. Why am I not still in bed with the cat purring contentedly at my side? … Continue reading →

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Old

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Steve Hanley

Let’s face it. I love Paul Simon. I consider him to be America’s greatest living singer/song writer. Seeing him live in concert is a sublime experience. And on this day, which has special significance for me, his song “Old” is … Continue reading →

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