Duane McGuire Blog

Year: 2017

This morning I installed smoke detectors in the shop, which are interconnected with detectors in

Yesterday morning I got up too early. To get some more rest, I went out and spent a half hour in

For my piano rebuilding business, I do not work by the hour! I am working on spec projects, or on

Willapa Hills Trail is the former Northern Pacific spur line from Chehalis Washington to South Bend

While visiting family in Grays Harbor, we stayed at Artic RV Park. It turned out to be a beautiful

Utah, we have missed you; it's so nice to be back in our home state. We've had some great

On our return trip, we decided to see if there were any garden model railroads anywhere near. We

Palo Duro Canyon, south of Amarillo, Texas, is not the Grand Canyon, but it certainly is grand!

Crystal Bridges was not a place that was even on our radar two weeks ago. Some things, people, and places are simply meant to come your way.

We decided to spend a little time at the Center of the Universe today. In downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma,

The Kraus House, in St. Louis, is a Frank Lloyd Wright home built in the 1950-1960's. It is much

Hannibal, Missouri is the home town of Samuel Clemens a.k.a. Mark Twain. The characters in his novels Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

It is always a treat to tour a Frank Lloyd Wright home. The Dana-Thomas home in Springfield,

Abraham Lincoln lived in Springfield, Illinois for much of his life. The National Park Service is

St. Louis is a surprising place. The city museum has a rooftop ferris wheel and is filled with

Yesterday found us in Loretto, Tennessee, where my great-grandfather John Henkel immigrated with

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