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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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  • legislating biology

     It’s an inquisition without the religion ! I’ll probably be called a chauvinist, or a number of other names for this opinion, but that is exactly what it is starting to look like to me. Accusations are made, an investigation… Continue reading

  • Laura Rose

     A little while back I had posted an old photograph to a group I belong to. I have since discovered that picture was taken about 1891. That would be 126 years ago. On the back in great grandmother Lucys’ own… Continue reading

  • waiting for Santa

     Something unusual has happened this year. I have nearly all my Christmas shopping done. Yes, I can’t believe it myself, almost done before the tree has even been put up. This is the earliest I have ever been done. Thinking… Continue reading

  • baking a cake

     The case of the baker and the cake goes to the supreme court this week. What a waste of judicial process. Well, we will get the courts opinion on this whole matter. As anyone of you that have read anything… Continue reading

  • the influence theory

     Facebook and Google are being investigated for possibly manipulating the media. Australia has launched this in response to their election results. Yup, some in Australia are now blaming those two for ” influencing ” the voters. Can you imagine that… Continue reading

  • debt and deficit

      The senate has passed a comprehensive new tax plan. That is what I hear on the news. As usual there is a great cry and hue from the politicians, the media and the public in general. Not one democrat… Continue reading

  • forgetting

     Seventy six years ago the Japanese bombed Pearl harbor. It was an event that took place twelve years before my birth. A date that will live in infamy. That is what Roosevelt said and it was a deliberate choice of… Continue reading

  • empaths and victims

     As I read the comments on social media it has become clear to me. We are raising a generation of empaths and victims. Well, that’s not a fair statement, it is not just a certain generation, but rather a trend.… Continue reading

  • my advice

     It is the hot topic this week, sexual assault. What I see is further attempts to legislate virtue and morality. For some they call it empowerment, at long last their voices are being heard. It is a change in the… Continue reading

  • serendipity

     It is true that there are times when the simplest things give us pleasure. A while back I had my great grandfathers clock repaired and it sits there now marking the time once again. Every now and again I glance… Continue reading