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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
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Crime without consequence
Listening to the news yesterday for a little bit, didn’t really watch the entire broadcast as It can put a damper on the festivities, I refrained from writing about it. The thing was, I heard this reporter doing an… Continue reading
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Guarding a memory
I got up this morning, a Christmas miracle at my age, and grabbed that first cup of coffee. My wife got up earlier and had it ready. No little kids here, no pitty-patter of tiny feet. Morris, my cat… Continue reading
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A Christmas past
Being Christmas eve my thoughts just naturally turn to the past. It’s a strange thing when those thoughts turn to something you really don’t even remember. And that is just the case this morning as I remember when Grandmother Bennett… Continue reading
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the bottom line
Starbucks workers go on strike. I keep hearing that in the news. I couldn’t care less what they do. They are people that have learned to make a cup of coffee. That’s how I see it. They are on… Continue reading
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Codified diversity
Diversity is a wonderful thing, something to be celebrated, but there is a truth hidden within, not everyone is right. It’s something rarely mentioned, in fact avoided at all costs these days, but it is the truth. No one… Continue reading
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Time
I’m struck by the fact that I’m expecting the fourth generation in my lifetime. What I mean by that is a great grandchild. Now I knew my own great grandfather quite well so you could say I will know… Continue reading
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Angry
There are times when I’m angry about things. I’m not always pleased with the way things are in the world. Everything can be so unfair, so hurtful and I feel marginalized. People are just mean. So I write my… Continue reading