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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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  • brandophile?

     There is this gentleman that posts a word of the day on Facebook. These words are ones not commonly used and I’m often stumped. Being a person that enjoys vocabulary it is of interest to me. Yesterday he posted brandophile.… Continue reading

  • what's best

    We live in a Republic. That is the form of government our forefathers fought for and what was established. A republic places the power in the hands of the people, having elected representatives and an elected president. Madison, Jefferson and… Continue reading

  • what not to believe

     An old Greek guy named Euripides said, ” A man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe. ” Now I’m not Greek, old by some standards, but I couldn’t have said it any better. As… Continue reading

  • over time

     It has become somewhat of a habit, I check the memories page on my Facebook account every morning. It goes back ten years, an entire decade. That’s amazing to me, ten years on Facebook already. It’s fun to see what… Continue reading

  • Dreams and disappointment

     You know what I like? Wooden boats. Yup, I grew up with wooden boats, that’s what my father had. He had those boats because they were old boats, not those new fiberglass jobs. Who could afford that? And isn’t that… Continue reading

  • Morris

     For the past few days I’ve been making an effort to keep these blogs light and airy. I want to say, without thought, but that isn’t exactly true, I have to think about what I’m typing. It’s just that lately… Continue reading

  • what are you?

     Who remembers when we would say someone was a clothes horse? It’s a saying I haven’t heard in quite some time. I was reminded of that after writing yesterdays story about shopping. Now I didn’t do a lot of shopping… Continue reading

  • Shopping

     During this time of isolation I see many advertisements on television for products you can buy from home. Automobiles top the list. You can just order your vehicle online, no interest financing, deferred payments for up to six months and… Continue reading

  • Friends

     I had a bit of a rough day yesterday. It began with hearing the news people spewing forth some nonsense questioning why there were no tests available for the Covid 19 virus before the virus was known to exist. I… Continue reading

  • logic

     I’ve been voicing some concern for the future of our Republic. It has been met by some with derision, by others with skepticism, and still others with, it’s Trumps fault. My concern centers around government imposition of rules. We are… Continue reading