<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Mysite]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mysite]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:44:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.alandgaff.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Unknown Soldier]]></title><description><![CDATA[I started my long odyssey somewhere in France during the First World War.  Just where, I alone know.  The circumstances of my passing are...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/the-unknown-soldier</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6189aa5b0c86a4001683657c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 23:32:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b610f_16d641b5bc124f6ba24d6aa2b8bce74b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_640,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 Things You Probably Don't Know About Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[1. I took four years of Latin classes. 2. My favorite snack is Irish butter on butter crackers. 3. I am now streaming New Tricks on BBC....]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/12-things-you-probably-don-t-know-about-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6109624c9ebf3800159f9049</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 15:35:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Mile Mattered]]></title><description><![CDATA[During World War Two, my Dad blew up aircraft engines in South Bend, Indiana. No, he was not a German saboteur. He supervised a team of...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/every-mile-mattered</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60e5ffae8040f500154468c1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2021 19:31:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHAT I DID ON LOU GEHRIG DAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[1. I watched the New York Yankees defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 4 to 3. Ironically, Lou’s uniform number was 4. 2. Maureen and I donated $100...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/what-i-did-on-lou-gehrig-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60b921afe8e5430015dd15e2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 18:40:56 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pushing Buttons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back in the 1970s telephone companies charged for long distance calls. Maureen and I lived in Fort Wayne with our two little boys, Don...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/pushing-buttons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60b2985d359dd300164d281a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2021 19:39:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b610f_3c10d83f55ab4f65b9338e60dee0c42b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_255,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou Gehrig in Prison]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is slightly edited from the Hartford Courant from May 18, 1924. The Aetna Life nine of the Life Insurance Baseball League...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/lou-gehrig-in-prison</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60a1aadc86e28e0015814428</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2021 23:32:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b610f_7a07f8d7efc8487b827acdc9a026bae1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_696,h_401,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post Office:  Then and Now]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently ordered a book from Thriftbooks.com in Dallas. The package was shipped at 3:20 pm on March 17 and for some super-secret reason...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/post-office-then-and-now</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60844fd78c3e5a0057f927fd</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:11:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b610f_28df047bb31e4043a708074b1ba55e34~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_823,h_633,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Survived the COVID Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maureen and I had a head start on survival because of her college senior history paper on the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. In fact,...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/how-i-survived-the-covid-pandemic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">607a0bd36cb8f0004117c343</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:17:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b610f_72587e78bf154af88fe8f959c722b0a3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_756,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOU GEHRIG WINS WEIRDEST SPORT TILT EVER SEEN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Editor's Note:  Modified slightly from its appearance in the New York Daily News on October 4, 1925. In a novel contest combining four...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/lou-gehrig-wins-weirdest-sport-tilt-ever-seen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60668d7633b55400158007cb</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 03:22:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b610f_5e7726a797b3470ebbd41380e6c697a5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_433,h_655,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snail Mail]]></title><description><![CDATA[On January 5 we received a Christmas card that had been postmarked December 2. It was correctly addressed and sent from an address...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/snail-mail</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60031b92f63f6b00179b6f9c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 17:00:52 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOU GEHRIG “FAN” CLUB]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kids in Grand Rapids, Michigan thought they would be able to see two of their heroes combined into one.  When the Yankees appeared in an...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/lou-gehrig-fan-club</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fbd74ed17e75e001715a4ed</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:03:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_8a1eac5f162741fd9702d8bb15aee0b0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_533,h_280,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou Gehrig, The Ape Man, Concluded]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lou did have some experience on Vaudeville and radio, along with being interviewed on camera, but had no professional skill as an actor. ...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/lou-gehrig-the-ape-man-concluded</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fb7e3eb3ac70600176f79b0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:43:25 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THEY NEVER HAD A CHANCE
TO BECOME VETERANS]]></title><description><![CDATA[My prior posts have been of a light-hearted nature, but this one will have a more serious tone. Back in 2016, I wrote the following...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/they-never-had-a-chance-to-become-veterans</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5faaf79a08169c00175db4ef</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 20:29:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOU GEHRIG, THE APE MAN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taking a short break from Lou’s fishing trips, I will now tell of his brush with fame as the hero of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ tales of...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/lou-gehrig-the-ape-man</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f997efdb52591001738f6f9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:24:04 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou Gehrig, Angler (Part 4)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following the Yankees World Series victory in 1936, Lou Gehrig celebrated by sticking to his 3 Rs for the off-season—reading, rest and...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/lou-gehrig-angler-part-4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f73404f183fb70017520365</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:12:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou Gehrig, Angler (Part 3)]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the Gehrigs returned to New York from their barnstorming tour of Asia on February 13, 1935, Lou gave the necessary press interviews,...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/lou-gehrig-angler-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f4442403568d90017ac2a9a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 22:45:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_3d596b7bce834753b1746888e71d03fb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou Gehrig, Angler (Part 2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[On December 7, 1933 Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth and Fred Fletcher bundled up for a cod-fishing trip off Fire Island. Actually, photos show that...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/lou-gehrig-angler-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f2ee1262aeff80017f316ab</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2020 17:34:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_7fd971dcf75a46e289b438d7bb226499~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou Gehrig, Angler (Part 1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lou Gehrig had three loves—his mother Christina (supplanted by wife Eleanor in 1933), baseball and fishing. I will start posting a series...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/lou-gehrig-angler-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f203f55cdc0ea0017b74337</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:08:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_1601a44227724884b9c783afcfa82c78~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Final Flight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Towards the end of June, 1940 Fred Fletcher, sportswriter for the New York Daily News, stopped by to see the new home of Lou Gehrig. When...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/final-flight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f11d8cec41e9100177f3573</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:59:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the Speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[What did Lou Gehrig do after ending his baseball career and giving the most famous speech in sports history? He went fishing on the...]]></description><link>https://www.alandgaff.com/post/after-the-speech</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f0a3f5e0d503b0017ccbf07</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2020 22:39:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_ee6c49de5da24dea95381deabf4d1dc1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_368,h_308,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alandgaff</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>