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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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  • what it's all about

       Today is Good Friday. Growing up I recall three o’clock being a sacred time. This was common knowledge you might say, that it is the hour that Christ died on the cross. At least that is what I was taught. Now I… Continue reading

  • step right up

     As I sit in my little corner of the world and the news comes in I am often amused. Oh sure world events and the like can be a sobering reality but there is humor out there as well. Yesterday… Continue reading

  • lessons for living

     There are questions I think about every now and again that I just can’t decide the answer too. When we’re dead, will we know that we are dead ? The assumption is that we will, but why ? Why should… Continue reading

  • free to dream

     It doesn’t take much to get me started. Yesterday a friend posted a short video about the free tuition thing in New York State. Hooray, more free stuff for the deserving. In this case those families making less than 100,000… Continue reading

  • the spirit lives on

     I was a proud member of a ” group ” on Facebook for quite a while. This group grew in size until it had over 1600 members. The expressed purpose of the group was to reconnect with those persons that… Continue reading

  • a damn fine sail

     I was reminded of an old Merle Harrad song yesterday, the roots of my raising.  It is a song I can relate to and I think most of us can. I know it’s cliché but they really don’t write them… Continue reading

  • meeting a legend

     I like to watch the old television shows. I guess it has something to do with aging, we seek the familiar. My satellite company recently added a channel called INSP and it’s motto is welcome home. They play shows like… Continue reading

  • diplomatic ?

     I got up to find out the United States has bombed, or is it missiled, Syria. President Trump ordered this in response to their use of chemical weapons on their own people ! I don’t want to see a war… Continue reading

  • was it fair ?

      I try to write about new and different subjects as often as I can manage it. I figure no one wants to read the same old tired stuff. I admit it gets to be difficult at times. I get… Continue reading

  • deceived

     Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse nine says, ” Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life, and teach… Continue reading