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Smell-A

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Caryn

Anyone who has spent much time in Los Angeles through the years can tell you that it didn’t take long for the smog to get bad. All it took was for the morning commute to get started, and very quickly … Continue reading →

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A Play Break

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Caryn

My brother-in-law, Mike Reed is always a busy man. He is always working on some project, or working on their place, or helping other people. He is one of those people who retired to be his own boss, but make no mistake, he still works. Continue reading →

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A Nation Of Mechanics

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Caryn

Cars are an important part of life these days, and really for many years now. So, what would you do if your ability to buy a car suddenly stopped…like hitting a wall? My guess is that you would start taking really good care of the car you had, Continue reading →

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Car Race Around The World

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Caryn

A car race is most often run on a track, with lots of fans cheering everyone on, but in 1908, there was a very strange car race that actually used a track that took the drivers around the world!! How…you might ask?? Well, the car race started in New York City. From there the route took the racers to San Francisco. Normally, San Francisco would be the end of the trail. Continue reading →

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A Basic Workaholic

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Caryn

My nephew, JD Parmely is a basic workaholic, just like his uncles and his brothers. He works all day as a mechanic for Ken’s Auto Repair, and then goes home, eats dinner, and spends the next few hours working on cars in his garage. In fact, sometimes he might work into the “wee hours” of the morning, Continue reading →

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Not Exactly Retired

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Caryn

Every year, around the time of my husband, Bob Schulenberg’s birthday and also around the 4th of July, Bob and I take our annual hiking trip to the Black Hills. We aren’t always there on Bob’s birthday, which is six days after the 4th of July, and so doesn’t always fall conveniently in the same week. Continue reading →

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Network Of Consultants

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Caryn

My nephew, Joel (JD) Parmely, is a college educated mechanic, who really knows his stuff. He comes from a long line of mechanics, of which my husband, Bob Schulenberg is one, both of JD’s brothers, Barry Schulenberg and Eric Parmely Continue reading →

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The “We Like You” Category

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Caryn

My husband, Bob and I love the Black Hills. We go over every year for the Independence Day celebration, which also happens to be right around Bob’s birthday. It is a kind of double celebration for us. Bob and I love to hike, Continue reading →

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At A Standstill

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Caryn

As winter arrived in Coburn Creek, West Virginia in 1950, a storm of epic proportions was about to set some serious records. From November 22 to 30, a slow-moving, powerful storm system dumped heavy snow across much of the central … Continue reading →

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Automobile A/C

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Caryn

These days, driving our cars everywhere we go, there are certain amenities in our cars that we take for granted, but that in reality, we just couldn’t live without. One of those amenities is the automobile air conditioner. Summers would … Continue reading →

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