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Frankie stars again!
Frankie the pig might be my most favorite part of coming out here. He is a gas. He drinks beer, loves food and is grumpy most of the...

Russ Newton
Sep 20, 20201 min read
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Old Friends, really old Friends!
A big surprise for me while I was at Matts was a random call from an old co-worker for the Army Times days. Bobby Rosenburger called...

Russ Newton
Sep 18, 20201 min read
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Trust. This is for my LA Times Press Employee readers.
Guys, this is Kenny Leffel and his wife. A press employee and the head of the Union that was at the Daily Press when I took over as press...

Russ Newton
Sep 15, 20201 min read
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Saturday's visit to Bay Area
I drove up from Fresno Saturday late morning. I met Andre Thomas, Rob Kinard and Kevin Garris. Andre took my position at Bay Area...

Russ Newton
Aug 17, 20201 min read
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Last two days....
.... I was in Fresno, CA with Good friends Rachel and Phillip Brandt. Stayed with them a there lovely home outside of Fresno. Had a...

Russ Newton
Aug 15, 20201 min read
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What I did after Visiting Billy
So with Billy ill in the hospital, i ended up going to Austin Beutner's home and visiting with him. Austin is one of if not the smartest...

Russ Newton
Aug 15, 20202 min read
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Site is messed up
I put two other post"s up before the Lee one, not sure what is going on but this web site is not working right for me. now. So here goes...

Russ Newton
Aug 15, 20201 min read
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Wednesday Night.
I spent with Lee Carey another employee I worked with at the LA Times. We had some wine a nice Italian meal and caught up on the world....

Russ Newton
Aug 15, 20201 min read
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Tonight. Dinner with my favorite HR Manager
Today's farewell to California has Leticia Bugarin up next on deck. Leticia was my favorite and best HR manager I ever worked with. She...

Russ Newton
Aug 10, 20201 min read
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Catching up day
Been going non stop for the past three days and haven't found the time to update. Saturday, I stayed with Steve Bentz and his wife Shelly...

Russ Newton
Aug 10, 20202 min read
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Update from Lake Allatoona, GA
Been in Georgia with an old friend, John Craig. He is in the middle, his younger brother Mike is on his right. We are relaxing on a hot...

Russ Newton
Jul 5, 20201 min read
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Last night
We rode Matt"s Jet Ski across the inlet to his son's house where we joined him and a large group of family and friends at his house for a...

Russ Newton
Jun 8, 20201 min read
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Just because
Frankie, Matt's pig about to eat.

Russ Newton
Jun 6, 20201 min read
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Saturday at Moto Cross Races
Matt's oldest son, Matt, races motorcycles to we got up early this morning and headed for a small town in West Virginia called...

Russ Newton
Jun 6, 20201 min read
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Friday, Maryland opens Restaurants at 5pm!
Maryland's reopening started at 5pm Friday night. Matt and I were understanably ready to go out to eat so we went to the Sea-breeze...

Russ Newton
Jun 6, 20201 min read
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Boat ride and Tiki bar.
So yesterday we took a boat ride down from Matt's house on the water to a Tiki bar in Solomon's Island, MD. It took about 45 minutes by...

Russ Newton
Jun 4, 20201 min read
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Last night
We had dinner with Matt's friend Kathy.. We had fillet, baked potato and a salad. it was all very good topped of with a desert from...

Russ Newton
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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Day four and arrival
Busy day yesterday. Started in Roanoke, Va, 250 miles from my goal. I told Matt I would arrive at 3pm which gave me two hours of extra...

Russ Newton
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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Caught up with an old work associate, friend and refugee from Hearst tonight.
Mike Sacks and I had a few beers and pizza tonight at his home in San Antonio. I have know Mike for the past 30 years, most of the time...

Russ Newton
May 26, 20201 min read
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Test day for cycle trip to Maryland!
And it was a nice day for ride. So Jim Sniff and I took off at 1 pm today and hit several small towns in Southern Wisconsin (New Glarus,...

Russ Newton
May 22, 20202 min read
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