MartinLT

Semi-retired, enjoying creative work at Taylor Patterns, and a variety of hobbies.

“Thus, reader, I am myself the matter of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and vain a subject.” – Montaigne

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  • Life: A Poem by Beverley Bender

    Life: A Poem by Beverley Bender

    Life A small bit of green peeks through the snow Reaching out to receive a kiss of warmth from the sun. Soon he develops into…

  • For Whom The Bell Tolls: Book Review

    For Whom The Bell Tolls: Book Review

    I recently re-read “The Old Man and the Sea”, probably for the 3rd time, when I decided to try another Hemingway novel. My Uncle Cordy…

  • 1960 Memories and “Wild” Book Review

    1960 Memories and “Wild” Book Review

    Dateline,: Topeka, Kansas, 1960. I was four. “Hey Daddy, Can I borrow your hammer?”, me, sheepish, with my partner-in-crime, a neighborhood friend just behind me.…

  • 19560205 Earliest Memory

    19560205 Earliest Memory

    I took in the whole room. Single bed, white linen, small table on the right side of bed. All viewed from about 4 feet off…

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I’m Martin, the creator and author behind this site. I enjoy a variety of hobbies in my semi-retirement. I wanted a simple, “old fashioned” blog to document my learning progress.

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