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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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  • A sad goodbye

    We went to the fifth grade graduation ceremony last evening. It didn’t disappoint. All the children did a wonderful job, so grown up now. Many of those little faces are familiar to me, I don’t know their names but could… Continue reading

  • Cupcake Memories

    Tonight is the graduation ceremony for my granddaughters fifth grade class. She will be giving an address and I couldn’t be prouder. After tonight she will be a ” middle schooler. ”  Isn’t it a wonderful thing to use such… Continue reading

  • Fungus

    I was reminded of something my Mom would say when I was a child. It is just a silly thing and I do not recall how or why she began saying it. I was watching the news and they were… Continue reading

  • Listening

    I believe there are many things that are intuitive to us. We know when we are hungry and we eat. We know about hot and cold. Thirst is automatically recognized. Sustaining life is intuitive. When we are babies we of… Continue reading

  • A little consideration

    More and more I see Facebook becoming a true reflection of our society. At first most were polite and kind towards one another. That is certainly changing. The propagation of potty mouth has definitely increased. Perhaps it is just my… Continue reading

  • To what purpose

    Underneath all this liberal and enlightened lifestyle anger lies smoldering. Listen to the news on any given night and it becomes obvious. So much violence and senseless slaying of our fellow man. Campus shootings,rage and just plain madness. Without structure,… Continue reading

  • Cool with that

    Yesterday I had a posting on Facebook. It was a thought that came to me just before leaving for work. I wrote, I wonder about the argument that something is no worse than another IE: smoking marijuana is no worse… Continue reading

  • Perplexed

    There are so many stories in the news that leave me just shaking my head. From the actions of our president to some little street thug, the news is bad. It is such a mess I cannot even comment on… Continue reading

  • The Village

    There are times when you don’t see something until you are detached from it. The proverbial, not seeing the trees for the forest. That happened to me just this morning. I was reading a blog, written by a friend of… Continue reading

  • Isolated

    Yesterday I wrote about living with the windows open. I love having the windows open. I love the sounds of nature and the breezes. Nothing like fresh air. I wrote my little story, chuckling a bit, tongue in cheek. After… Continue reading