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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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  • 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

  • stage five

     We changed our decor a bit yesterday. Really just a rearrangement of what we already have. The results are quite pleasing to me. Different certainly but will soon become familiar. Isn’t when we become too familiar with our decor that… Continue reading