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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 good ride

     Remembering my high school days and one of the cars I drove. It wasn’t a new car, or just a used car a few years old, it is what would be called a “hoopty” these days. I guess the kids… Continue reading

  • Aggravated

     Guess I’m just getting old and cranky as so much aggravates me. I’m listening to the news and hearing things like, we want to give a thousand dollars to everyone that has a baby in the city of Baltimore. Yes,… Continue reading

  • Fortitude

      In responding to a comment left by a friend on some post, I really don’t recall what it was, this thought came to me; I think this generation called “Z” is the most emotional insecure generation in history. Gen… Continue reading

  • Anything goes

     I can’t help but wonder how many simply become the popular thing? I remember well the pressure involved with that as a teenager. In my day it was called being cool or hip. I’m not real sure what the phrase… Continue reading

  • perilousness

      Should we ban all risky sports and behaviors? It’s a question I’ve given thought too since reading a post suggesting just that. It began in regard to the sport of boxing, with the big controversary surrounding that female athlete… Continue reading

  • No change

      Saw a post on Facebook. It was just a simple picture of a young lady that is beginning her senior year in high school. It was posted by one of my Facebook friends or acquaintances. Just a proud grandmother… Continue reading

  • manipulation

     As I was scrolling Facebook this quote appeared in a meme.  “The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.”… Continue reading

  • disqualified

      I, along with many others read with disgust that a male boxer was competing against women in the Olympics. That was the headlines I saw spreading across my Facebook page like lightening. But soon I was corrected. I was… Continue reading

  • in time

      I guess I have lived a rather sheltered life as I was unaware of how many atheists, agnostics, skeptics and non-believers there are. Well, at least they seem to proliferate Facebook. But then again, I have never really asked… Continue reading

  • the final thought

      I’m done contemplating what that opening ceremony at the Olympics was supposed to represent or not represent. I have boiled it down to its’ basic purpose. That purpose is to entertain the masses. It is apparent to me that… Continue reading