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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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  • 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

  • being committed

     The farmers have started turning up the ground. Trees are blooming and spring is in the air. Now living in a farming community all this stuff is just a matter of course. Funny part to me is, I know next to… Continue reading

  • the local clinic

     The other day when I was out for a drive I ran across a couple of little country churches. They are always my favorites. There is just something about those small community churches. I noticed some are still in use and… Continue reading

  • on the back roads

     I have a tendency to do things in ” fits and starts. ” I know that is an old expression but then I’m feeling old these days. There are times when just using the old phrases, the expressions of our… Continue reading

  • Medical records

     Yesterday when I was writing about quality of life it was in response to the questionnaire they give you at the doctors office. I’m not one to go to the doctors on a regular basis. I’m a as the need… Continue reading

  • Quality of life

     It is something you hear all the time. Quality of life. what is your quality of life, are you enjoying a good quality of life, your quality of life is being effected. Just what the heck are they talking about… Continue reading

  • Old names

     Yesterday I went out for a drive with the wife. The sun was shining so we grabbed the camera and off we went. We decided to take some back roads we haven’t explored before. On one of those roads we spotted… Continue reading

  • age and memory

     Unshared memories are the loneliest thing of all. That was my thought as I looked at some old photographs. Those pictures are people and places that I knew in my youth. Choice and circumstance have removed me from that place. My… Continue reading

  • the last view

     I had the sad duty to attend a viewing last evening. It is a social convention that I have come to accept  but resisted for many years. That stemmed from the passing of my great grandfather. That was in ’68… Continue reading

  • Ambigious morality

      The great divide. We have all heard of that, at least those of us that went to school in the 50’s and sixties. I can’t say what they taught after that. But anyway, the great divide is that range… Continue reading