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just a thought
And I often wonder, where the story goes. If I were a songwriter that is the hook I might use. Every song has a hook, at least that is what I read somewhere. I certainly haven’t studied such things as… Continue reading
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a simple memory
On palm Sunday I am always reminded of my childhood. I have this memory of helping to split the palms that were to be handed out at church services the next day. After choir practice on Saturday morning others arrived… Continue reading
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think about it
Perhaps people have enslaved others not based on the color of their skin, but upon their desire to accumulate wealth. That is to say could it be the motivation was a selfish one, a means to increase their net… Continue reading
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paying attention
There are milestones along the way. Sometimes we don’t notice them, at others we just glance, and others, well, we stumble over them. The other day my son and his wife stop by to tell us they are taking a… Continue reading
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independent voters?
In, what I can only describe as a stunning announcement, Senator Duckworth, Democrat from Illinois, stated flatly, I will not vote to confirm any nominee or appointment by the Biden administration, if that individual is white. Read that again,… Continue reading
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my right
Once again we have a mass shooting. Twice within a week. These have taken place as the Congress is once again talking about “common” sense gun control measures. The discussion takes place after each incidence. And once again we… Continue reading
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the good stuff
After writing yesterdays blog about going pro I read it aloud to my wife. That is something I often do as a sort of test run. After reading it out loud I do hear the inconsistencies in the writing.… Continue reading
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turning pro
Yesterday afternoon as the temperature neared sixty degrees a sudden hankering came over me. Now years ago, back in the day, it might have been spring fever. There may have been a certain stirring, a certain mood in the… Continue reading
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hoping
Hope, faith, belief and expectation. Those are the emotions that drive us. The order in which we pursue them is what differentiates us from others. That is what makes us different. It appears to me the primary emotion today… Continue reading
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in a little while
It slipped by me yesterday. Yesterday, March the 19, is my grandmother Bennetts’ birthday. She was born in Munfors, Sweden in 1884. 1884, 137 years ago. Amazing isn’t it? It is when I think that my own mother is… Continue reading