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Entering orbit #70, all systems go.

10/21/2025 David Tindell

It’s my birthday today. Sixty-nine years ago, a 20-year-old woman gave birth to a boy in the U.S. Army hospital in Heidelberg, Germany. Out in

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Ageing well…and not.

08/24/2025 David Tindell

Like everybody else, I’d like to live a long time. As I approach my 69th birthday in less than two months’ time, I’d like to

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What a difference a year makes…

06/26/2025 David Tindell

A year ago this week, I almost died. On Monday, June 24, 2024, my wife Sue and I were in Marshfield, for an appointment with

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What would I tell my younger self?

01/25/2025 David Tindell

I’ve recently discovered Substack–or maybe it’s SubStack–as I wondered where some of my regular favorite articles on the Art of Manliness had gone. It turned

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When every day is Saturday.

04/09/2024 David Tindell

               My dog, Maisie, was right on time back on the morning of April 8th, nuzzling me awake just after 4am. But this time I

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