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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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  • Disco killed Dance

     Had one of those random thoughts last evening. I wondered, do kids dance today? What I mean is I haven’t heard anything about any new dances lately. Thinking about it I can’t remember hearing much of anything about new dances… Continue reading

  • what are you doing?

     As I wrote about the other day I received a letter from an old friend. In that letter he asked, what are you doing these days? It was a good question and one I have been giving thought too. I’m… Continue reading

  • about tomorrow

     I have been trying to write a book for quite a while now. Its’ a task I have no idea how to do, so I just started writing. I see there are book writing courses you can take online. There… Continue reading

  • the best things

     Yesterday I went to the mail. I mean the actual mail box, on a post by the side of the road. I’ve noticed over the years how it contains more advertisements and offers than actual correspondence. E-mail has taken a… Continue reading

  • passionately dramatic

     Passion and drama. Are they the same thing? There is a subtle difference there isn’t there? We all would like to experience passion, not sex, passion for living, passion for a cause or whatever. At the same time we all… Continue reading

  • occupied

     There are mornings when I find myself occupied. What I mean is my thoughts are not centered on a single subject, but occupied with several things. Actually it is an inability to focus on a single thought. The reason for… Continue reading

  • a boy no more

     It happened on a Tuesday eighteen years ago today. I became a grandfather! That’s right I’ve been a grandfather for eighteen years now. Yeah, I know it’s my grandsons birthday, but I became a grandfather. So this day is really… Continue reading

  • in the same boat

     Yesterday was MLK day. Martin Luther King is best known for his dream speech. It was a good one. It is one of those speeches that will live on in the hearts of men forever for its’ powerful message and… Continue reading

  • it's a challenge

     You’ve heard of the Bird Box challenge and the Tide Pod challenge.  Well I’ve got a new challenge for these millennials. It’s called the weather challenge! The object of the game is to go to work or school despite the… Continue reading

  • A sign

     Yesterday I heard my fathers voice. I really did, although the last words I spoke with him where in 1990, just before his passing. Now I know I have, and I believe we all have, heard the voices of those… Continue reading