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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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  • Old Goat or Mountain Goat ?

    Let me start by saying, sixty isn’t old ! I  know. I’m sixty soon to be sixty one. As any of you that read my blogging knows I have just returned from vacation. Sure I am a little tired and… Continue reading

  • Photographs and knick-knacks

    Back home from vacation. Everything is as I left it and all is right in the world. The last week is a memory and one I am not likely to forget. I have seen the Grand Canyon and so can… Continue reading

  • Reaffirmed

    This is my last day in Arizona. The day has come to pack it up and head back home to work and the real world. Reality can be such a bother ! Ah well, I have no complaints, I do… Continue reading

  • Tourist

    We have been out here for a few days now and are adjusting to the time change. I figure just about the time we adjust,we return to Mayland. All that is fine and is another part of the experience. It… Continue reading

  • My Canyon Experience

    Yesterday we fulfilled the primary mission, we visited the Grand Canyon. The drive there was a little long, about two hours. It was well worth the drive I can vouch for that. The scenery along the way was magnificent. The… Continue reading

  • I'm Ready

    We will be heading out for the highlight of our trip, The Grand Canyon ! I have seen this place in so many pictures and heard a lot about it. John Wayne hung out there a lot and got attacked… Continue reading

  • Vacationing in Arizona

    Starting the second full day of vacationing. It is Mothers day and so a trip to the florist was in order. Well, we settled for Safeway supermarket. It is the thought that counts. We now know our way around a… Continue reading

  • Vacation day 1 2014

    I have begun the first day of my vacation. I am in Sedona, Arizona ! The flight from Maryland to Chicago was a little bumpy, storms across the east the pilot said. We left O’Hare International and headed for Phoenix.… Continue reading

  • Finding the way

    Occasionally I like to go to Google earth. Those satellite views are amazing. It does take some time to adjust to seeing things in that way. The old ” birds eye view ” that we always hear about. It is… Continue reading

  • Doting and Discipline

    I went to the Spring Concert for the Greensboro Elementary school. As Morgan, my granddaughter, graduates elementary school this year it will probably be my last. Yes there will be others during middle school and high school. Somehow I don’t… Continue reading