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Category Archives: Marie

Marie’s appearance on The Phil Donahue Show

For 55 years Clapper Publishing has provided America with low-cost ideas for every season and every reason. This was widely recognized and often as Christmas neared, shows sought to share our expertise with their viewers. This clip from the Phil Donahue Show was one of our favorites:

Posted byGrandpaLyleDecember 18, 2020December 18, 2020Posted inMarie, New Posts, PublishingLeave a comment on Marie’s appearance on The Phil Donahue Show

Alice Mae

20161101by Marie Clapper Minutes after she was born, her father told us her name and her mother declared, “Her name is Alison Mae, but all her friends call her Alice Mae.” We are birthday twins, Alice Mae and I. She was born on my 70th birthday. My hope is that I will dance with herContinue reading “Alice Mae”

Posted byGrandpaLyleNovember 19, 2020Posted inFamily, Marie, New PostsLeave a comment on Alice Mae

Nature calls

20091231 Some years ago Marie and I realized that but for the month of January, Chicago weather varied from quite tolerable to simply beautiful. The solution became obvious – don’t be there in January. So on the day after Christmas we left for the Green Valley Spa in St. George, Utah. This is from Marie’sContinue reading “Nature calls”

Posted byGrandpaLyleNovember 19, 2020November 19, 2020Posted inMarie, New PostsLeave a comment on Nature calls

  • God’s magic chain of events
  • Things I love about GrandpaLyle’s Ark
  • Another rite of passage – the pilot retires his flight bag
  • What does an aging hippie do?
  • Don’t give in to the brat.
  • What’s in North Cape, PEI?
  • Believe the GPS: Low bridge, everybody down.
  • Canada to the United States – and the day in Maine
  • Thanks to all the angels in the world
  • When old friends become new friends
  • On the road again . . . at 75
  • What’s so hard to take?
  • Make the most of the mountaintop.
  • The Oak Ridge Boys
  • Is stubbornness a bad thing?
  • The gauntlet is down.
  • The ghost of the In-Turd-er rides again
  • Delivery and trial run in GrandpaLyle’s Ark – an old motorhome given new life
  • GrandpaLyle’s Ark has been wrapped.
  • GrandpaLyle’s Ark – an old motorhome made new
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