Life in Cayuga

 That was the tag line from radio ads for a local funeral home back in the 1960’s!  I’ve posted a lot about funerals, and death, but I have some fairly humorous stories about funerals.  Here’s one.  At least I think it’s funny! My friend Bob always said he was going to have business cards printed for me that read “Professional Pallbearer”!  I don’t know how or why, but I somehow became the “go-to” pallbearer in town if there was a need.  Once I tried to count how many times I served, but lost count at 34. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, people from church, even some I didn’t know!   But one time I had to be pallbearer, grave digger, and undertaker all in one!  My great aunt Doris died around Christmas of 2012. She lived in Kansas City near her daughter.  She was a lovely lady and I thought a lot of her.  She had requested to be cremated and her daughter decided to wait until spring to bring her ashes to Utica be buried bes...

 I’m back from the Orange Bowl!  Another fun trip and several bucket list items crossed off!  The game didn’t turn out like we’d hoped, but the overall experience made up for it.   Hard Rock Stadium is a beautiful facility, with first class amenities.  We were sitting in the “nose bleed” seats, and there was an escalator from the ground to that level!  It was the longest escalator I’ve ever seen!  We encountered so many Red Raider fans and enjoyed talking with them.  There were a lot more Oregon fans there than I expected, with the game being all the way across the country from them.  The Oregon people we talked to were very friendly and nice too.  The day before the game, we went sightseeing around Ft. Lauderdale.  We found the prettiest little park with access to the beach.  There were even chairs under some shade trees where you could sit and watch the ocean.  We could have stayed there for hours, but we had dinner rese...