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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
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The cost of love
It was a question on Facebook. Did you reduce the number of Christmas cards you mailed this year due to the rising cost of stamps? I did not, but commented that next year may be an E-card Christmas! My… Continue reading
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Common sense (once again)
I’ve got a feeling that we, as a nation, have gotten into somewhat of a rut. I base that more on what I have been writing about over the last fifteen years more than anything else. Mixed in with… Continue reading