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Peter, Dragutin, and Gabriele Veljkovich (l-r)

Posted by Peter Veljkovich on February 17, 2018

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Flushing, NY around 1960

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The decision has been made

This is not my car. I saw this in San Miguel de Allende and thought it was cool. They love their vw's there. My car is a 2014 Toyota Sienna. I intend to sell it in order to pay for my extensive dental work. I met with a dentist in San Miguel de Allende and they gave me the news. Four root canals, three extractions, four implants, and fifteen crowns. All for $15,000 USD! How could I refuse? I quickly decided my teeth were more important than my minivan, so in a few weeks, after a final auto tour of Colorado, I'm putting my car on the market. My current residence is Trinidad, Colorado. My apartment is within walking distance of Safeway, the Carnegie library, Moose's Martini Bar, Main Street live, the A.R. Mitchell Western Art Museum, and the Marketplace (art gift store where I intend to sell my photos). I have pickleball friends who live blocks away (and who will continue to own cars-heh heh). So with the money I make from the car sale, and my reduced expens...

Duggy Butler

Two brothers stood on a porch facing the front door of Duggy Butler's house. It was early one afternoon in July 1961. The shade of the front porch shielded them from the hot summer sun. The younger brother had just pressed the doorbell button. Michael, the older, was of average dimensions, with brown hair and two big cheeks on a round face. His mother liked his dual dimples. He was eleven. Peter, the younger, was also of mean height, but wiry and thin-boned, with straight blond hair and admirable facial features. He was on his way to becoming handsome. He was nine. All of the boys’ clothes had been thoroughly washed and pressed, including dungarees, flannel shirts, white socks and underpants. It was the middle of summer and the ironer of their clothes, Gabriele, had just served them lunch. She was a petite woman of German descent in her mid-30s. Michael inherited her round face. She cons...

Things are progressing. I am getting my car ready for market. It is a 2014 Toyota Sienna all-wheel drive with 118,000 miles. Very good condition, with a few scratches on the exterior. Blue book is somewhere between $14,000 and $16,000. I guess I'll ask $14,900. I've been walking a lot lately. Purposeful walking. Destination walking. Walking to Safeway to pick up a few things. It's only two blocks, but I climb a hill with groceries in a backpack, so there is a nice aerobic benefit to it. I've been walking to pickleball, about a half mile, and hitching a ride home with a fellow player. That adds additional exercise to my routine. Walking to Moose's for a martini. Bella Luna for some pizza. Walk, walk, walk!

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Peter, Dragutin, and Gabriele Veljkovich (l-r)

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