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Hope
The town has taken down the Christmas decorations, or holiday decorations depending upon your view of that. There was certainly no reference made to anything Christian on town properties. It was mostly about the Grinch. That appears to be… Continue reading
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locked in time
I put together a small photo album from pictures that belonged to my dad. These photographs were taken while he served in WW2 as a crew member on B-24 bombers. A few have a name written on the back… Continue reading
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Protected
I was talking with my wife yesterday, just shooting the breeze as they say, when the topic of vaccines came up. I keep hearing about a newer one, something for RSV that will kill old people in particular. Well,… Continue reading
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How it works
We are told independent thought is the best that there is. Then we spend years and thousands of dollars learning what is already known, calling that an education. We provide the proof of that in the form of degrees… Continue reading
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the best years
Starting with the obvious it is a new year, 2025. I haven’t been waiting for it and so it arrived rather quickly. What’s that saying, a watched pot never boils. I recall my time in the Navy and how… Continue reading
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A thousand words, one memory
Tomorrow we greet another year. 2025 isn’t a number I thought I would be writing when I was in school. Surely 2025 was in the distant future, more than a lifetime away. I do remember being tasked to write… Continue reading
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Committed
Never one to follow fashion and trends I’m often a bit behind the times when it comes to all of that. That was true even when I was a younger man in my teens and early twenties. I just… Continue reading
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In time
Our best guess from the scientists is that the world is about 4.5 billion years old. If we use carbon dating from ice core samples we can measure climate changes as far back as 600,000 years. Sounds impressive doesn’t it… Continue reading
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Handy
I see a lot of people that have hobbies, which today is mostly called crafting. I suppose that is to distinguish those activities that actually create something as compared to simply collecting or admiring objects or things. I have… Continue reading
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Austere
Just heard on the news that Congress is struggling with a spending bill. Nothing new or exciting about that. What I was amused by is a provision in this contentious spending bill for the funding of a pickle ball… Continue reading