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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 charity

     With the big debate about the health care reform bill raging on I can’t help but ask this question ? Are we trying to legislate charity ? What I mean is this. The debate is about an insurance plan that… Continue reading

  • you'll learn one day

     I like to watch jeopardy and guess at the answers. It is good exercise for an aging mind. As I watched last night I got too wondering, Just who is smarter, a person with a PhD in a specific field… Continue reading

  • the strongest stand alone

     I was taught that God helps those that help themselves. Through hard work, diligence and prayer all things are possible. I admit it is not an easy thing, this belief, but it is a necessity. When things go right it is… Continue reading

  • one more recital

     For the first time in a number of years we didn’t attend a dance recital. Our Morgan has had to undergo a surgical procedure and was not cleared to dance. Even though we didn’t go it was a bittersweet time.… Continue reading

  • knowing the man

     Yesterday was Fathers day. I saw the photographs and read the words of endearment posted on Facebook. I’m a bit of a sentimental person myself so that stuff always hits home. Naturally I  spent some time thinking of my own… Continue reading

  • Can I say that ?

     I saw in the news where that girl received a conviction on involuntary manslaughter in the suicide death of that young man. I admit to not really studying all the facts in the case. I did hear where he got… Continue reading

  • I'm back

     It was Tuesday morning and all was going well. I looked out my upstairs window and saw a Verizon employee up the pole two doors down. I didn’t give it much thought as I often see these folks climbing in… Continue reading

  • a matter of trust

     I have found some changes have occurred in my social life since the election. I think that is probably true for a great number of us. What I’m thinking about, of course, is our online ” social ” lives. Not… Continue reading

  • little things

     Did you know it was on this day in 1942 that a little girl named Anne Frank received a diary as a birthday present. I didn’t, but I have a book that tells me what happened every day in history. I… Continue reading

  • under the influence

     With all this talk about the Russians hacking our elections I was reminded of the ” Red ” scare during the fifties and sixties. We were convinced that the Russians wanted to blow us all up. Sure we had executed… Continue reading