A friend recently shared a personal need with me. His concern was on my mind as I sat in a big-city, box-store parking lot waiting […]
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Things that randomly pop into my head.
The smoking of the pipe…
This text message out of the blue from my good friend Jerry appeared in my inbox. It got me to thinkin.’ Back in the day, […]
Continue readingThe crashing of the waves…
Recently a Scottish friend emailed me his description of a storm on ‘Bervie beach. In the seventies, for a few years, my family and I […]
Continue readingAgainst all odds…
On February 22, 1980, my wife and I sat glued to the TV as a young US Olympic Ice Hockey team, against all odds, defeated […]
Continue readingListenin’ and thinkin’…
Drivin,’ listenin’,’ and thinkin were things I had not done for a while. Listenin’ and thinkin’ while drivin’ I mean. As an old, retired guy, […]
Continue readingA windmill….
Windmills have served this arid, high desert region well (pun intended), bringing cool, clear, life-giving water to an often parched surface for people, crops, and […]
Continue readingFrom my notes: 1
Back from Scotland: April/May 201906/01/2017-6:18 am At Angela’s in Deer Park, (IL) sitting in the back garden by the pool, enjoying the sound of an […]
Continue readingSome truth from X
I woke up and as I had my morning coffee, I realized that everything is about to change. No matter how I vote, no matter […]
Continue readingDeep in the woods…a war story
The Battle of the Bulge, for five weeks in the winter of 1944-1945, was a surprise for some, at least initially. It was brutal. It […]
Continue readingThe goat needs tied…
As I watched a youth rodeo recently at the Chisolm Trail Saddle Club rodeo grounds near Clearwater Kansas, it occurred to me that corporate headhunters […]
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