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Historical figures
The internet and the material available on it are amazing. One does have to be careful as you can be redirected into areas that you would rather not go, but that is true in life as well. Yesterday I was… Continue reading
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A good memory
Another short story from the summer of ’68. My oldest brother Harold was in the Navy and had been sent to sea. For reasons that I don’t recall it was decided his wife would spend the summer at my house.… Continue reading
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The price of cheerios
I am so tired of hearing about the weather that I’m writing about the weather ! Does that make any sense at all ? Probably not, but it is what it is. Working in retail I hear it all day… Continue reading
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The door incident
It was one of those little incidents in life, just a part of living I suppose, not that uncommon. In todays’ world this story would be analyzed and scrutinized. Counselors and experts would be brought in and perhaps even an… Continue reading
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Soundtrack
On Maryland public television on Sunday mornings I like to watch Austin City Limits. You Just never know who is going to perform and I enjoy the variety. This morning they were celebrating forty years of the show. Willie Nelson… Continue reading
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An equal love
Love is belief. Love dies when you stop believing. Those are truths. They are truths it has taken me years to understand and come to grips with. Love can be a transient thing, here today and gone in an instant,… Continue reading
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Skating, a simple life
When I was a young teen going to the roller rink was a big deal. That roller rink was a good distance from home, a good twenty miles. We rarely traveled that far from home. Mom and Dad may take… Continue reading
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It's unclear
It is sometimes a difficult thing to remain calm in a storm. And I believe our country is in a big one. There are just so many issues, of a fundamental nature, that are being called into question that I… Continue reading
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In season
I have been slowly developing a theory. It is a theory involving our diet. I’m not a scientist or researcher but I think this is something that should be looked into. And it is not so much concerned with the… Continue reading
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The noon whistle
There was an interesting bit of discussion yesterday about the ” noon ” whistle. Does your town have a noon whistle ? Greensboro does not. In East Hampton where I was raised we did. I never gave it much thought… Continue reading