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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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  • jumping the past

     Last night on the history channel there was a live event. There was this guy, Travis Pastrana, attempting to complete three of Evel Knievel’s most famous jumps. I stayed up long enough to see the first, an hour into the… Continue reading

  • huh?

     There are times when I wonder what my connection to the universe is. I do believe we are all a part of that. Just how are we connected? Is it through what we call our soul? The soul is energy… Continue reading

  • silent faces

     I’m a man that just loves photographs. Old photographs and new. The old cliché is that pictures are worth a thousand words. I would say they are War and Peace to me! Each picture speaks volumes to me and I… Continue reading

  • Celebrate or Commemorate?

     I had a brief discussion yesterday concerning relocating the 4th of July holiday to a Monday. Celebrating a holiday in the middle of the week proved inconvenient to some. I had mentioned I remembered the days before the Uniform Monday… Continue reading

  • a free range nation

     It seems things get a bit more ridiculous every day. I can’t believe that I’m hearing otherwise intelligent people calling for the abolishment of the Immigration, Customs and Enforcement agency of the United States. Known mostly by the acronym ICE… Continue reading

  • A Republic

     I am one of those people that answer liberal cries of, ” not my president ” with the response, ” yes he is. ” There is a division in the country that can’t be denied. I want the republic to… Continue reading

  • a choice of words

     It would seem that many folks have reached the point of, I’m not talking. It’s an emotion I understand all too well. When I reach a certain degree of frustration, I do quit talking. Yes, I will go on and… Continue reading

  • the way it is

     You know there was a time when the news, and journalists in general, used to inform and encourage. I’m talking about people like Walter Cronkite and David Brinkley. Those men kept you informed without interjecting their opinions. Walter was famous… Continue reading

  • a soundtrack

    My taste in music has changed over the years that much is certain. When I was younger it was rock and roll, sixties rock to be more exact, and the early seventies. Then, just as the Bellamy brothers wrote, I… Continue reading

  • absolutely

      They say when you get older you begin to repeat yourself. I can testify that it is true. I have begun to repeat myself. In writing these posts I have tried to not repeat myself too often and I… Continue reading