Let’s face it, Disney is America’s Mecca. Almost everyone makes a pilgrimage there at least once. For America, it is proper that the place people would make a Hajj to, is also capitalism at its best or worst, depending on your view. Many Americans make […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/12/03/d...
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Let’s face it, DI$NEY is America’s Mecca. Almost everyone makes a pilgrimage there at least once in their life. For America, it is proper that the place people would make a Hajj to, is also capital…
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December 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Let’s face it, Disney is America’s Mecca. Almost everyone makes a pilgrimage there at least once. For America, it is proper that the place people would make a Hajj to, is also capitalism at its best or worst, depending on your view. Many Americans make […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/12/03/d...
It is pretty simple. If Hegseth did not give the command to kill everybody on the “drug boats”, then someone else did. Is Hegseth not guilty of this? Fine, then he should bring charges against Bradley, or whoever gave the order, and potentially, the […] Cont: maxnhall.com/2025/12/01/i...
It’s Pretty Simple
To me, it is pretty simple. If Hegseth did not give the command to kill everybody on the “drug boats”, then someone else, like Admiral Bradley did. Is Hegseth not guilty of this? Fine, then he shou…
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December 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It is pretty simple. If Hegseth did not give the command to kill everybody on the “drug boats”, then someone else did. Is Hegseth not guilty of this? Fine, then he should bring charges against Bradley, or whoever gave the order, and potentially, the […] Cont: maxnhall.com/2025/12/01/i...
Yep. I was an Eagle Scout. A God and Country Awardee. A member of the Order of the Arrow. Recently I was shocked and appalled to learn Secretary Hegseth wants to sever all military relations with Scouting […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/11/28/h...
Hegseth and Scouting
Yep. I was an Eagle Scout. A God and Country Awardee. A member of the Order of the Arrow. It turns out approximately 20% of West Point cadets are Eagle Scouts. As you can imagine, I was shocked and…
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November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Yep. I was an Eagle Scout. A God and Country Awardee. A member of the Order of the Arrow. Recently I was shocked and appalled to learn Secretary Hegseth wants to sever all military relations with Scouting […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/11/28/h...
As we approach Thanksgiving, I was thinking about family dinners. The President does something better than anyone else in the world. He screws up our personal relationships with each other - with our family, friends, and neighbors […] Continue here (Click on Picture): maxnhall.com/2025/11/23/h...
He Does It Best
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, I was thinking about family dinners and how they have been affected by our President. The President does something better than anyone else in the world. He …
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November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
As we approach Thanksgiving, I was thinking about family dinners. The President does something better than anyone else in the world. He screws up our personal relationships with each other - with our family, friends, and neighbors […] Continue here (Click on Picture): maxnhall.com/2025/11/23/h...
It is one of my favorite photos from our time in the Army … Cath and I were both a part of Army Life. To me, the picture brings back the memories of the great joys, along with the intensity of everything in the Army of the early ‘80s […] Cont here: maxnhall.com/2025/11/18/a...
Army Times
It is one of my favorite photos from our time in the Army. I say “our time” because that is what it was. I was the soldier, but Cath and I were both a part of Army Life. To me, the picture brings b…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It is one of my favorite photos from our time in the Army … Cath and I were both a part of Army Life. To me, the picture brings back the memories of the great joys, along with the intensity of everything in the Army of the early ‘80s […] Cont here: maxnhall.com/2025/11/18/a...
I know it’s hokey, and not fine wine, still, I couldn’t resist buying a Beaujolais Nouveau at a wine shop a year ago in Nov, ‘24. In the ‘80s when stationed in Germany, the annual November release of Beaujolais Nouveau was something we looked for, and […] Cont here : maxnhall.com/2025/11/11/b...
Beaujolais Nouveau and New Beginnings
I know it’s hokey, and I know it’s not fine wine, and yet, I could not resist buying a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau at a local wine shop a year ago in November of ‘24. In the ‘80s when stationed in…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I know it’s hokey, and not fine wine, still, I couldn’t resist buying a Beaujolais Nouveau at a wine shop a year ago in Nov, ‘24. In the ‘80s when stationed in Germany, the annual November release of Beaujolais Nouveau was something we looked for, and […] Cont here : maxnhall.com/2025/11/11/b...
Virginia’s elections on Tuesday were clear in their results. The truth I know is that for the first time in 30 years, Northern Fauquier county where we live will be represented in the House of Delegates by a Democrat - my friend John McAuliff Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/11/05/e...
Elections Matter
Virginia’s elections on Tuesday were clear in their results. Pundits will discuss the results trying to discern what truths they can. The truth I know is that for the first time in over 30 years, N…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Virginia’s elections on Tuesday were clear in their results. The truth I know is that for the first time in 30 years, Northern Fauquier county where we live will be represented in the House of Delegates by a Democrat - my friend John McAuliff Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/11/05/e...
My friend,Jennifer, is a hair stylist and has her own shop. You can imagine her shock and horror when she received a work text saying, “… I hope you don’t recover from that surgery and it f^cking k^lls you you fat f^cking gay white b^tch.” […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/10/28/h...
Haters
My friend, Jennifer, and her husband have three children. She is a hair stylist and has her own shop. You can imagine her shock and horror when she received a work text saying, “… I hope you don’t …
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October 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My friend,Jennifer, is a hair stylist and has her own shop. You can imagine her shock and horror when she received a work text saying, “… I hope you don’t recover from that surgery and it f^cking k^lls you you fat f^cking gay white b^tch.” […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/10/28/h...
Each October at the farm, we have a sign of cold weather’s impending arrival - the day Cathy plays god with the outdoor plants. Which ones come in the house, which are on life support in the barn, which are dormant in the garage, and which ones die with[…] Cont here: maxnhall.com/2025/10/21/p...
Playing god
Each October at Rohan Farm, we have a sign of cold weather’s impending arrival – the day Cathy plays god with the outdoor plants. Which ones come in the house, which are on life support in th…
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October 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Each October at the farm, we have a sign of cold weather’s impending arrival - the day Cathy plays god with the outdoor plants. Which ones come in the house, which are on life support in the barn, which are dormant in the garage, and which ones die with[…] Cont here: maxnhall.com/2025/10/21/p...
And just like that, a decade has passed. I started this blog ten years ago, on Oct 19th, 2015. I was 60 then. I’m 70 now. The blog started because of a death*, and a West Point classmate’s admonishment to “Live Life Exuberantly.” I have tried to do so, although […] Cont: maxnhall.com/2025/10/14/t...
Ten Years
And just like that, a decade has passed. I started this blog ten years ago, on October 19th, 2015. I was 60 then. I’m 70 now. The blog started because of a death*, and a West Point classmate’s admo…
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October 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
And just like that, a decade has passed. I started this blog ten years ago, on Oct 19th, 2015. I was 60 then. I’m 70 now. The blog started because of a death*, and a West Point classmate’s admonishment to “Live Life Exuberantly.” I have tried to do so, although […] Cont: maxnhall.com/2025/10/14/t...
This is a good month to be a squirrel. Acorns are falling like rain. You hear them hit our metal roof continually. Sometimes, it is so loud, it sounds as if the tree threw the acorn at the roof. Old wive’s tales say this is a prediction of a bad winter […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/10/07/f...
Falling Acorns
This is a good month to be a squirrel at the farm. Acorns are falling like rain and the ground is covered. You hear them hit our metal roof day and night. Sometimes, it is so loud, it sounds as if …
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October 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is a good month to be a squirrel. Acorns are falling like rain. You hear them hit our metal roof continually. Sometimes, it is so loud, it sounds as if the tree threw the acorn at the roof. Old wive’s tales say this is a prediction of a bad winter […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/10/07/f...
I opened the door and the five of them were there. My brother-in-laws, Jack and Don, old friend Tim, Dad, and Cathy’s Dad, Max. All looked robust and in their 50s, except for Max who died at 41. Tim looked up from the bar. “French 75 Maxie?” Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/10/01/t...
The Dinner Party
I opened the door to the room and the five of them were there. My brother-in-laws, Jack and Don, old friend Tim, Dad, and Cathy’s Dad, Max. All looked robust and in their 50s, except for Max who di…
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October 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I opened the door and the five of them were there. My brother-in-laws, Jack and Don, old friend Tim, Dad, and Cathy’s Dad, Max. All looked robust and in their 50s, except for Max who died at 41. Tim looked up from the bar. “French 75 Maxie?” Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/10/01/t...
The election for Governor and other positions here in Virginia is November 4th, but early voting started last week on Friday, September 20th. We are blessed and cursed here in Virginia, with elections Every. Single. Year. This year, the stakes are […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/09/23/v...
Voting in Virginia
The election for Governor and other positions here in Virginia is November 4th, but early voting started last week on Friday, September 20th. At 9:45 that morning, I was voter number 54. We are ble…
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September 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The election for Governor and other positions here in Virginia is November 4th, but early voting started last week on Friday, September 20th. We are blessed and cursed here in Virginia, with elections Every. Single. Year. This year, the stakes are […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/09/23/v...
My eyes were drawn to the stone. We were at our campsite in Wyoming when I noticed it. A small smooth stone on top of a tree stump. It had no business being there, unless placed by someone. I walked over and picked it up. It was warm in my hand […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/09/16/p...
Pocket Stone
My eyes were drawn to the stone immediately. We were at our campsite in Wyoming when I noticed it. A small smooth stone by itself on top of a tree stump. It had no business being there, unless plac…
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September 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
My eyes were drawn to the stone. We were at our campsite in Wyoming when I noticed it. A small smooth stone on top of a tree stump. It had no business being there, unless placed by someone. I walked over and picked it up. It was warm in my hand […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/09/16/p...
In 1986, Life Magazine called Route 50 through Nevada the loneliest road in America. As we were driving it, Cathy said lonely does not begin to describe it. Forlorn, desolate, rough, isolated, remote, vast, haunting, and yes, hauntingly beautiful […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/09/06/t...
The Loneliest Road
In 1986, Life Magazine called Route 50 through Nevada the loneliest highway in America. They actually issued warnings for parts of the drive. Cathy says lonely does not begin to describe it. Forlor…
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September 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In 1986, Life Magazine called Route 50 through Nevada the loneliest road in America. As we were driving it, Cathy said lonely does not begin to describe it. Forlorn, desolate, rough, isolated, remote, vast, haunting, and yes, hauntingly beautiful […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/09/06/t...
OK. Cath and I did a thing. We are in California and bought a camper van. It has been a lifelong dream, and we just pulled the trigger. Over the next couple of weeks, we will drive it 3,000 miles back to Virginia, hopefully the first of many adventures […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/09/01/w...
We Did a Thing
OK. Cath and I did a thing. We are in California and bought a camper van. It has been a lifelong dream, and we just pulled the trigger. Over the next couple of weeks, we will drive it 3,000 miles b…
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September 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
OK. Cath and I did a thing. We are in California and bought a camper van. It has been a lifelong dream, and we just pulled the trigger. Over the next couple of weeks, we will drive it 3,000 miles back to Virginia, hopefully the first of many adventures […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/09/01/w...
Having recently revisited Jefferson Airplane and the brilliant “White Rabbit” in a blog about Woodstock, I decided to reread “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. How close are White Rabbit and Wonderland to each other? Go ask Alice, I think she knows […] Cont: maxnhall.com/2025/08/26/g...
Go Ask Alice
Having recently revisited Jefferson Airplane and their brilliant “White Rabbit” in a blog about Woodstock, I decided to reread “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. I’m not sure I’d read it sin…
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August 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Having recently revisited Jefferson Airplane and the brilliant “White Rabbit” in a blog about Woodstock, I decided to reread “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. How close are White Rabbit and Wonderland to each other? Go ask Alice, I think she knows […] Cont: maxnhall.com/2025/08/26/g...
Recently, Cathy and her sister Bonnie spent three weeks touring the wilderness and National Parks in Wyoming and Montana in a camper van. I’ll talk a little about that. What I really want to talk about is the people who stole their firewood at campgrounds […] Cont:
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Stealing Firewood
Recently, Cathy and her sister Bonnie spent three weeks touring the wilderness and National Parks in Wyoming and Montana in a camper van. I’ll talk a little about that. What I really want to talk a…
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August 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Recently, Cathy and her sister Bonnie spent three weeks touring the wilderness and National Parks in Wyoming and Montana in a camper van. I’ll talk a little about that. What I really want to talk about is the people who stole their firewood at campgrounds […] Cont:
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56 years ago, from August 15-18, 1969, a 3 day festival celebrating Peace and Music took place at Max Yasgur’s farm in upstate New York. My friend Chuck, all of 19, drove there and experienced sex, drugs, and great Rock & Roll music at Woodstock […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/08/12/w...
Woodstock
Fifty-six years ago, from August 15-18, 1969, a three day festival celebrating Peace and Music took place at Max Yasgur’s farm in upstate New York. My friend Chuck, all of 19 at the time, drove the…
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August 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
56 years ago, from August 15-18, 1969, a 3 day festival celebrating Peace and Music took place at Max Yasgur’s farm in upstate New York. My friend Chuck, all of 19, drove there and experienced sex, drugs, and great Rock & Roll music at Woodstock […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/08/12/w...
We West Point Whiskey Warriors gave it our best shot on the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky. By the numbers, there were fourteen of us ‘78ers, along with eight wives, from twelve states. We sampled at nine distilleries in four days, and had one helluva good […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/08/04/w...
Whiskey Warriors
We West Point Whiskey Warriors gave it our best shot on the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky. By the numbers, there were fourteen of us ‘78ers, along with eight wives, from twelve states. We sampled at ni…
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August 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We West Point Whiskey Warriors gave it our best shot on the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky. By the numbers, there were fourteen of us ‘78ers, along with eight wives, from twelve states. We sampled at nine distilleries in four days, and had one helluva good […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/08/04/w...
This is from a friend, Clark Hall, a Vietnam Veteran. While the words are his, the lessons are for all of us - 60 years ago, On August 3, 1965, an “incident of war” occurred that foreshadowed the human, political, and military disaster underscoring the lunacy […] Cont: maxnhall.com/2025/07/29/c...
Cam Ne
This write-up is from a friend, Clark Hall (no relation), a Vietnam Veteran. While the words are his, the lessons are for all of us – 60 years ago, On August 3, 1965, an “incident of war” occ…
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July 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This is from a friend, Clark Hall, a Vietnam Veteran. While the words are his, the lessons are for all of us - 60 years ago, On August 3, 1965, an “incident of war” occurred that foreshadowed the human, political, and military disaster underscoring the lunacy […] Cont: maxnhall.com/2025/07/29/c...
Big Lou’s the name. Insurance is the game. Ready to buy insurance? I have the guy you need. Big Lou. I recently heard his ad on the radio - he’s “on meds, just like you.” It’s OK if you are “a little porky”, or have high blood pressure, Big Lou can […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/07/22/b...
Big Lou
Big Lou’s the name. Insurance is the game. Are you ready to buy term-life insurance? I have just the guy you need. Big Lou. I recently heard his advertisement on the radio – he’s “on meds, ju…
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July 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Big Lou’s the name. Insurance is the game. Ready to buy insurance? I have the guy you need. Big Lou. I recently heard his ad on the radio - he’s “on meds, just like you.” It’s OK if you are “a little porky”, or have high blood pressure, Big Lou can […] Continue here: maxnhall.com/2025/07/22/b...
The sky was robin egg blue. It was too beautiful to be driving to a hospital, but that was my destination. It was a Sunday morning, with lite Sunday morning traffic. I was making my way to the outskirts of Richmond […] Continue: mnhallblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
The Drive (Sunday Morning Coming Down)
Although the sky was robin egg blue, it was more a Miles Davis “Kind of Blue” day. It was too beautiful to be driving to a hospital, but that was my destination. It was a Sunday morning, with lite …
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July 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The sky was robin egg blue. It was too beautiful to be driving to a hospital, but that was my destination. It was a Sunday morning, with lite Sunday morning traffic. I was making my way to the outskirts of Richmond […] Continue: mnhallblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
I was cooking dinner when we received the text. Our friend fractured her wrist. This was on top of bad health news she received earlier. Cath and I had 2 reactions: sadness, and a decision to substitute mashed potatoes for the broccoli we planned […] Cont: mnhallblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/l...
Life is to Short to Eat Broccoli
I had started cooking dinner when we received the text. Our good friend badly fractured her wrist in a horse-riding accident. This was on top of unfortunate health related news she received the day…
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July 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I was cooking dinner when we received the text. Our friend fractured her wrist. This was on top of bad health news she received earlier. Cath and I had 2 reactions: sadness, and a decision to substitute mashed potatoes for the broccoli we planned […] Cont: mnhallblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/l...
Happy 4th of July! May we all celebrate the birth of America. Cookouts, fireworks, maybe a parade. Enjoy the day and give thanks for the Declaration of Independence and those who pledged their Lives, their Fortunes, and their sacred Honor […] Cont:
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Independence Day, 2025
Happy 4th of July! May we all celebrate the birth of America 249 years ago. Cookouts, fireworks, maybe a parade. Gatherings of friends and family. Enjoy the day and give thanks for the Declaration …
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July 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Happy 4th of July! May we all celebrate the birth of America. Cookouts, fireworks, maybe a parade. Enjoy the day and give thanks for the Declaration of Independence and those who pledged their Lives, their Fortunes, and their sacred Honor […] Cont:
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