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Memories, a memoir, philosophy or simply the ramblings of a boomer. These are my thoughts, my observations and my opinions.

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  • securing the common

      The other day a friend posed a question on Facebook. He was curious about whether people were interacting less on the platform. I believe they are and that is what my reply was. I do think it is the… Continue reading

  • a change in policy

     The news is dominated by the fall of Afghanistan and the placing of blame. The blame is being placed on the leaders of Afghanistan. At least that is what our President says. He says he will not hand this conflict… Continue reading

  • someone to ask

      I try to write something different but when you are writing what is on your mind you tend to repeat yourself. Seems to happen more often the older you get. I suppose that is simply because we face the… Continue reading

  • proving belief

      I did make a Facebook posting about this but thought I would elaborate a bit more on this absurdity. I’m listening to the morning news and they are discussing the legality of vaccine mandates. Now I should point out… Continue reading

  • enjoying freedom

      The town of Greensboro has sponsored an event called Riverfest for the past three months. We have a park located by the river complete with a Gazebo. Local food trucks, apparently all the current rage, stage a “war” among… Continue reading

  • Vocab

      Our choice of words convey a message to others. Obvious enough, but perhaps more importantly is the words chosen to convey the message. It is something I have written about in the past and something that stays on my… Continue reading

  • insecurity?

      How did we reach such a state of instability? It’s a question I have pondered for some time. It certainly begins with a loss of trust in our elected officials, a trust broken. I believe that we do tend… Continue reading

  • Prudence

      I have been posting about this experimental therapy that is being touted as a vaccine. It is not a vaccine in the traditional sense of the word. It seems to me we have begun calling a lot of things… Continue reading

  • verbal insurrection

      Loss of freedom? Yes, that is what it is and we are being conditioned to not talk about that. There is an effort to just silence America. The federal government has even designated a punishable crime in that regard,… Continue reading

  • being lonely

      My mother passed backed in May. People will say I miss someone every day, that sort of thing. But the fact is I hadn’t seen her every day since about 1971. Fifty years ago today I took the oath… Continue reading