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belonging to time
There is a small bridge in Greensboro, Maryland that crosses the Choptank river. As is often the case this isn’t the first bridge on that spot. The one there now was constructed in 1995, it says so on the pillars.… Continue reading
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a finality
Mysteries are memories lost in time. If we learn to travel in time can we then find those memories ? I suppose we will, if we find the carrier of that memory. But, I wonder if they will remember ?… Continue reading
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accepting the truth
We talk of time in decades and generations. A generation is generally considered to be two decades. I think it is about four decades before a generation really begins to take control of the politics. In our teens we begin… Continue reading
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embracing tradition
I’m not sure if it is a wanting to belong, or the desire to control but I’m thinking it is a little bit of both. I’m thinking about this concept of appropriation that is sweeping our society. Oh, many are… Continue reading
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fulfilling expectations
I was thinking about my fathers generation, the way they were in general. They have been called the greatest generation and it is a moniker well earned. Surely it has to be a result of attitude. We may call it… Continue reading
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the dialouge
I was reminded yesterday of an old story my mother told me. You see there was this lady of color that lived just down the road from our house. Mom knew her in a casual sort of way and would… Continue reading
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Sermonizing
Not everything is right. Yes, it’s true, not everything is right. There are things in this word that are just plain wrong and you have to understand that. Even when those things may bring pleasure, they may be wrong. Even… Continue reading
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writing out loud
I have been thinking about something lately, that something is the writing of a book. You folks that read my stuff regular know I have been considering this possibility and that I even started it. I haven’t done much… Continue reading
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back at the five and dime
When I was small we went to the five and ten cent store. Living in a rural town we didn’t have a Woolworth’s but we had the 5&10 anyway. That is all I remember ever calling that store. I expect… Continue reading
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walking out
I am opposed to this so called common core that the government imposed upon the schools. I say imposed because it was tied to funding. Teach this and get that, don’t teach this and you don’t get that. I… Continue reading