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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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  • Good Friday

    Today is Good Friday. When I was very small I can remember some businesses closing at 3 O’clock and the church bells ringing. Many people stopped whatever they were doing to observe a moment in history that changed the world.… Continue reading

  • progress

     I was sitting with the wife watching the morning news and just enjoying the morning. A bit of a change in routine. The news stories were running in the background. One catches my attention about a person dying from using… Continue reading

  • tough guy

     Well, you just never know do you ? There I was going merrily along and just like that, a heart attack. Following two days of discomfort my wife talks me into going to the emergency room. They take an EKG… Continue reading

  • two sides to history

     I become passionate about certain subjects. I’ve been known to get carried away at times. There are some that say I’d be a good case for the head doctors ! I laugh about that because I don’t put much stock… Continue reading

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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