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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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  • Opinion or fact

     Every once and a while I am moved to respond to a news story I read on my timeline. I don’ know why I do as I am fully aware that I may receive negative replies to my comment and… Continue reading

  • Fearing death

     What do we fear in death ? It is certainly something all of us wish to avoid, but it is inevitable. What is something else we all want to avoid ? Disappointment. None of us want to be disappointed. So… Continue reading

  • Act your age

     How many times I heard that phrase, act your age. Well the truth of the matter is we do ” act our age ” most of the time. The fact is our age has very little to do with years.… Continue reading

  • It's up to us

     A question I often ask is, what is the standard ? Everything we think or do must be compared to a standard. Without one how can we gauge our failures or successes ? When it comes to right and wrong… Continue reading

  • Eccentric

     Sometimes a phrase will just pop into my head and catch my attention. One such phrase did just that yesterday. As I was sitting at my computer desk I looked at the pictures on my wall, the actual wall, not… Continue reading

  • Ethics and morals

    I am of the opinion that ethics can be in conflict with morality. Where they may seem to be the same thing I believe they are not. Ethics is the behavior expected from us in society, morals are a personal… Continue reading

  • Holding onto hope

     I was reading an article the other day about depression. It was a description of what depression is compared to just being sad. Depression is a difficult thing to understand I think, even if you may suffer from it. That… Continue reading

  • The Finest Kind

     I have written about this in the past. I suppose it is inevitable that I will repeat myself. I will justify it by saying, there are those that have not read my past postings and so I do them a… Continue reading

  • The age of confusion

     I remember when I entered the ” age of Aquarius ”  now I am entering the age of confusion. Yup, it’s time to apply for social security. Along with that comes medicare,medicaid or Obamacare,or whatever they are calling it now.… Continue reading

  • doubt and distraction

     It is a habit of mine to write and post these blogs each morning. It almost borders on a compulsion. I don’t think I am in need of professional help though. I use them as a time to unburden my… Continue reading