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, […]
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Things that randomly pop into my head.
The 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 […]
Continue readingBad moon a-risin’….
As I sat in the examination chair at Southwest Medical Center, there to get a skin cancer removed (cut) from my elbow, the Doctor came […]
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