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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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  • air to a fish

     Yesterday I read a review of a new Hollywood movie. The headline caught my attention as it was saying this movie was a comedy and that Hollywood hadn’t made a successful comedy in a while.  I wasn’t aware of that… Continue reading

  • a beginning

     Today is the day. We are taking my grandson off to college. It’s an exciting time for him and a bittersweet one for his Mom. It’s another beginning. Now Grandma and I will be going along to help get him… Continue reading

  • whose fault is that

     Having a standard. It is a frequent topic of mine, you could say I am an advocate of standards. I firmly believe you must establish a standard. Without a standard how do you measure success? And isn’t that what we… Continue reading

  • an attempt to deceive

      After reading a book written by a friend concerning a mystery I got to thinking. There are many kinds of secrets and many reasons to keep them. I won’t talk about the book I just finished reading and spoil… Continue reading

  • to say nothing

     Not much I want to write about this morning. The news is pretty much the same, people are getting shot by criminals and the call is to restrict guns to the non-criminals. I can only guess that is because those… Continue reading

  • funding the future

     Headline news in Maryland. Casinos have generated millions of dollars being placed in the education fund. In a strategy to cover abuses in the past Governor Hogan created a lock box. This lock box contains the funds earmarked for education and… Continue reading

  • it's only fair

     Our thoughts are based on our life experiences. I think that is a fair statement to make. Really we humans just react and adapt to the environment. It’s what we have always done. Then we started to control our environments,… Continue reading

  • five by nine

       I wish a buck was still silver It was back when the country was strongBack before Elvis, before Vietnam war came alongBefore the Beatles and yesterdayWhen a man could still work and still wouldIs the best of the free… Continue reading

  • disappointed

     The other day I wrote about the stages of life. I decided I needed to add one, one the experts seemed to have overlooked. I have become a curator. Well, all of that is just tongue in cheek stuff, ruminations… Continue reading

  • Politics in America

     We went from mass shootings and gun control to Epstein commits suicide! Amazing how that works isn’t it? Are these things just ” random acts ” or perhaps manufactured and manipulated by powerful forces? I really try to avoid conspiracy… Continue reading