It has been said if you want to know yourself, write. Join me on my journey of discovery, we just might discover something together

Memories, a memoir, philosophy or simply the ramblings of a boomer. These are my thoughts, my observations and my opinions.

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  • calmer waters

     I wonder when we will all see calmer waters ? That is what I am thinking about this morning. The last year or so the seas have certainly been stormy ones. Seems like one wave after another came crashing down… Continue reading

  • navigate your course

     Some of us spend our lives looking out and others looking in. It is a basic part of our personalities I think. As for me, I’m looking in. I’ve always been a little on the outside of things. I spend more… Continue reading

  • the paradox of living

     We have all had our moments. Good ones, bad ones and ones we would rather forget but we’ve had moments. We are sometimes reminded by others of our moments. It is the idea of a finest moment I am thinking… Continue reading

  • in the meantime

     It is a question I ask myself almost daily, to what end ? We are all here on this earth together, the living , the dying and the dead, and to what purpose ? Now that isn’t meant to sound melancholy… Continue reading

  • Catalouging ?

     I had a Facebook friend notice something in one of my pictures. It was a powder horn. I have it hanging on a nail in my staircase. It is a very plain , utilitarian powder horn. It would have been… Continue reading

  • personal health

      The big topic of discussion is the proposed health care plan from Trump and his administration. The complete repeal of Obamacare is what was promised. I don’t think that is going to happen though, just some modifications to the… Continue reading

  • it takes time

     If you are unwilling to change yourself, how can you expect to change the world ? That is what came to mind as I sat at this keyboard this morning. Am I willing to change ? Well that is a… Continue reading

  • getting to know

     As anyone that reads my blogs knows I love history and working on the family tree. I have a decent collection of old photographs. The majority of those pictures I knew the people personally, others I heard stories about growing up, and… Continue reading

  • Distracted

     This thought came to me yesterday while responding to someone on my blog posting. I began to think that perhaps part of the problem we have today is that we are too distracted. Was a time when you had a book,… Continue reading

  • co-existance

     To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. ( James Madison )  I ran across this quote and thought to myself, hey, that is what I’ve been… Continue reading