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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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  • to the core

      It’s an old adage, the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree, and one that came to mind yesterday. Isn’t it amazing how that happens? It’s almost as though it is a surprise. It shouldn’t be. But yesterday, once… Continue reading

  • what we leave behind

      After posting yesterdays blog I was advised to check the monetary value of my 45 rpm records. My immediate response to that was, my sentiments aren’t for sale. The response to that was, I should do that for those… Continue reading

  • Written in stone

      I was thinking about all the data storage devices I have had over the years. Isn’t that what we would call a 45 RPM record these days? Yes, I think we would, a device to store audio files. Isn’t… Continue reading

  • just a jab

     So yesterday the governor of Maryland announced that state workers will get paid one hundred dollars if they get the vaccine. He also said it is retroactive so if you already got it you will be paid as well. I… Continue reading

  • being objective

      Many of the things I write about are just musings. That’s the reason for the title I selected in the first place. I’ve been writing for over ten years now. If I were only to write the thoughts I… Continue reading

  • who I am

      Feeling a little philosophical his morning. Perhaps it is simply because it is Sunday morning and the thoughts that accompany that. I am questioning whether it is acknowledgement or reward that I seek? Which is the proper course? Growing… Continue reading

  • as it turns out

       Yesterday, and not for the first time. I heard of the passing of an old friend. I use friend for lack of a better term, acquaintance sounds too cold and distant but friend isn’t exactly it either. More than… Continue reading

  • permanence

      I was thinking that permanence is the most comforting thing we can have. The phycologists talk about that all the time. A stable childhood, two parents and all that. I think of it as a continuity. It’s the natural… Continue reading

  • the franchise

      I was wondering if the loss of a hard days work is leading us down this path we find ourselves on. Are we lacking that sense of satisfaction , that sense of accomplishment, that comes with that. I don’t… Continue reading

  • conditional independence

       Yesterday the CDC made the big announcement. If you are fully vaccinated you can go outside without a mask! That was announced as a big step forward, bringing us closer to the Fourth of July, Independence Day. That’s the… Continue reading