{"id":69969,"date":"2021-12-09T04:15:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T12:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=69969"},"modified":"2021-12-11T06:32:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T14:32:03","slug":"grandfather-says-holiday-wishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id69969-grandfather-says-holiday-wishes.html","title":{"rendered":"Grandfather Says: Holiday Wishes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grandfather says Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69970\" style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DaveTati-11-2021-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69970\" class=\"wp-image-69970\" src=\"http:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DaveTati-11-2021-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DaveTati-11-2021-crop.jpg 626w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DaveTati-11-2021-crop-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-69970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grandfather &amp; wife Tatjana<\/p><\/div>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>About the Author: RD Blakeslee is a nonagenarian in West Virginia who built his net worth by only investing in that which can be enjoyed during acquisition and throughout life, as opposed to papers in a drawer, like stocks and bonds. 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