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in the neighborhood
I saw a sign posted by a local restaurant. It wasn’t local to Greensboro but to a place I once lived. The name of the business is familiar to me, although I don’t know if it is the same owners.… Continue reading
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Conditionaly offended
I watched yesterday as the Governor of Virginia apologized to Gail King for being white. As she pressured him more and more he began to make concessions. It was a sight that made me just a little sick to my… Continue reading
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entertaining?
I began watching the Grammy award show last evening, mostly because the wife wanted to. I had heard Dolly Parton was going to be there along with Diana Ross. That was two names that I knew well. The wife turned… Continue reading
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over time
Names, places, and faces. These are the things stored in my mind, sometimes hard to find and at others fresh and clear. I suspect it is that way with all of us. Do we get to choose what we remember?… Continue reading
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Sentiments
Next month I will travel to Florida for my sister’s Celebration of Life. It’s a difficult thing to realize that she is actually gone, that I can’t just call or text when the mood strikes. Oh, I speak to her… Continue reading
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tempered
I keep seeing this commercial on television for some kind of energy bar. They keep calling it an f-bomb. The catch line is, wanna drop a f-bomb? I get that is supposed to be a cute play on words.… Continue reading
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the argument begins
You’ve heard it said that you shouldn’t talk about religion or politics in polite company. It is good advice. It can be a dicey discussion even among the closet of friends and family. But now many have taken to advertising… Continue reading
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listening to the past
I saw an advertisement for bell buoys. This gentleman and his wife manufacture them in Maine. Well, they are not making bell buoys exactly, just bells that mimic the sound of a bell buoy. They advertise that they have tuned… Continue reading
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discussion or debate?
We spend most of our lives talking about where we came from. Lately the story goes further back. What I mean is the conversation used to be what your parents did, or your grandparents. Now it isn’t uncommon to hear… Continue reading
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exercising authority
What has become of the country when an entire political party snubs the law? That’s a question I have to ask given the news I am reading. Apparently the Democratic party has invited an illegal alien to the State of… Continue reading