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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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  • Back in '63

     Well I wrote a blog posting yesterday, put the link on Facebook, just forget to publish the blog. I published it today. At least I remembered to write the thing. And today the journey continues. Having kids to care for… Continue reading

  • just ramblin' on

    With all that I have going on right now my mind doesn’t have time to think. I’m just reacting to the schedules posted on the refrigerator door. I have always helped out getting the kids here and there and that… Continue reading

  • Having kids

     I have had that empty nest thing going on for a number of years. More years than I want to think about in fact but that has changed this week. My son and his wife went on vacation to Mexico.… Continue reading

  • Consternation

     A few things on my mind this morning. First concerns politics. Yesterday I wrote about my son running for mayor of Greensboro. Small town politics. You don’t need to declare a party affiliation and you don’t need a ton of… Continue reading

  • Campaigning

     Let the campaigning begin. I’m not talking about national politics here, I’m talking local. My son is running for mayor of Greensboro. I’ve known that he has aspired to that position for some time. He has been a member of… Continue reading

  • taken for granted

     I didn’t post anything yesterday as my computer isn’t cooperating. It is such a love/hate relationship . I love it when it works but hate it when it doesn’t. It is so frustrating. Now it is working but in a… Continue reading

  • Making a living

     Making a living. What does that mean ? Making money ? That is certainly the connotation isn’t it ? Making the money to keep us alive. Then you must define living. That definition has changed over the years, that much… Continue reading

  • Going for a ride

     All the rhetoric about ” lives matter “, choose your ethnic group or nationality, is just that: rhetoric. The important message that is being lost in all of this is that our country matters ! The creation of fractures in… Continue reading

  • Obeidience

     Accommodations and tolerations are the order of the day. Everywhere you look in the news someone is either suing for their ” freedom ” or citing reason why they should be exceptions.Things are getting just a little out of hand.… Continue reading

  • Not an easy job

     Is it alright to be content ? It is as long as it doesn’t affect anyone else. That is the message I get anyway. If you have a sufficient amount of money, housing, good health and do not impose your… Continue reading