Fave Five Podcast

I met Jeri in 1997 when our sons were on a travel baseball team together. Barb and I became good friends with Jeri and her husband Kyle. They have both been of great help to us over the years, and we have enjoyed traveling, dining, playing, laughing, talking, and just hanging out with them. Jeri has a multitude of friends and is my counterpart in organizing and hosting social events. Jeri told me that she has been working on her humility and that so far, she is doing great.

Recorded on October 21, 2025.

Links for this episode:

* Instagram

* Video Version

I met Don on the Cayamo music cruise in 2012. We have enjoyed seeing music, collaborated on hosting house concerts, and traveled together in Italy. In addition to listening to and playing music, Don loves camping, fishing, and spending time with his family. Originally from Battle Creek, Michigan, he now lives in Roseville, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities. Don is a prolific poster on social media.

Recorded on October 20, 2025.

Links for this episode:

* Cayamo

* LinkedIn Profile

* Music Articles

* Teutone Music

* Stephen Colbert’s Ben & Jerry’s Flavor: Americone Dream

* Video Version

* On Cayamo 2020: Don leads The Caytones in the Spinnaker Lounge in performing a Hayes Carll cover, “Drunken Poet's Dream”

Walker Bennett Hayes Jr. started college at Vanderbilt, graduated from Colorado, and earned his MBA from Michigan. He worked in the IT services industry for many years, specializing in software sales. Buzz later owned his own company in the vending machine industry. He ran cross country and played basketball and baseball at Clayton High School in Missouri. He played baseball at Vanderbilt.

Recorded on October 1, 2025.

Links for this episode:

* About Buzz

* Video Version

David and I worked together at Digital Equipment Corporation, including his role working for me as manager of the Proposal Team in the Digital Customer Center. He is also a talented musician.

Recorded on October 1, 2025.

Links for this episode:

* TCAN Announcement: New position as Strategic Advisor and Executive Director Emeritus

* ‘Felt like the right time.’ Longtime Natick arts director steps down

* TCAN Profile

* LinkedIn Profile

* Meet Our Neighbors: The Center for Arts in Natick with David Lavalley

* Video Version

Eli was a member of the Kalamazoo College men's basketball team from 2001-2005. He and my son Roger were teammates from 2003-2005, and they have remained good friends.

Recorded on September 30, 2025.

Links for this episode:

* Prosecuting Attorney for Washtenaw County

* Eli Savit for Attorney General

* Wikipedia

* University of Michigan Law School

* Kalamazoo College Men’s Basketball

* Video Version

Sue and I meet up every year at the KMWorld Conference in November. We cohosted an annual dinner for the SIKM Leaders Community during KMWorld for many years.

Recorded on September 9, 2025.

Links for this episode:

* Sue’s Site

* Profiles in Knowledge (my profile of Sue)

* Video Version

Cheryl Lilley and I were classmates at Tenafly High School in New Jersey. We reconnected at our 40th reunion in 2011 and have stayed in touch ever since.

Recorded on September 8, 2025.

Links for this episode:

* Joyful Voices of Inspiration (Gospel Choir)

* Wedding Notice in The New York Times

* Video Version

Scott is also the C. Everett Koop Professor of Pediatric Surgery at CHOP and a Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.I met Scott, whom we knew as Nick, in 1970 when we were seniors at Clayton High School in Missouri. He was an outstanding student and athlete, starring in basketball and baseball.

Recorded on September 6, 2025.

Links for this episode:

* Wikipedia

* CHOP — Q&A

* Clayton Alumni Hall of Fame

* Twice Born (PBS Series) — Videos

* Video Version

Trailer from PBS program “Twice Born Stories From the Special Delivery Unit”

Scott throws out the first pitch at the dedication of the field named for his late father

Bill has been my close friend ever since we met as freshmen at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1971. We both started out in Oak Park, Illinois in 1953, and we share a love of index funds, laughter, and good food.

Recorded on September 5, 2025.

Links for this episode:

* Profile

* Boomernomics: The Future of Your Money in the Upcoming Generational Warfare

* Cocina 214

* Video Version

Bill Sterling has been my close friend ever since we met as freshmen at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1971. We both started out in Oak Park, Illinois in 1953, and we share a love of index funds, laughter, and good food.

Ari performed in our home on March 6, 2011. He made a surprise appearance in Santa Barbara at the wedding of our daughter Tracy and her husband Matt on July 2, 2017.

Recorded on September 3, 2025.

Video Version

Links for this episode:

* Ari’s Site

* Support Ari on Patreon

* Ari’s YouTube Channel

* My Fave Five Profile of Ari

* My Playlist of Ari’s Music

A Fond Farewell

Acoustic Alternatives Podcast with John Bommarito

Cranberry Lake (with Kathy Garfield at the wedding of Tracy Garfield and Matt Kahlscheuer on July 2, 2017 in Santa Barbara, California)

Surprise!