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As I age, acceptance is becoming more of a thing, but in the end whiskey and a joint may qualify as medicines I READ AN article the other day about this Continue Reading →
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A Wall Too Far….fear-mongering threatens a unique National Park and throws a dark cloud over wonderful memories
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The madness of our times becomes most stark when it destroys the planet and its treasures..may this madness not come to pass IT IS SAD to think about the death of Continue Reading →
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Looking out my window on an overcast, cold February day, I want the flowers back… I WANT TO look out my window and see flowers and trees. Ten years ago, the Continue Reading →
Today is the last day of the heart monitor, and maybe the first day of Spring
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THIS IS THE last day I wear a heart monitor. It’s a tiny thing, but it’s annoying. I’ve had it on for 30 days. My cardiologist thought it a good idea Continue Reading →
The Death of the Post is sad, the reasons sickening, but…
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There will be journalism going forward, even though what it will look like is undetermined. EVEN THOUGH I left newspapering in 1992, dipping my toe back into journalism and writing in Continue Reading →
The big snow came and went, I survived but my views on snow have changed
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We aren’t in Vermont any more, Toto… OUR BIG SNOW came and went and from where I sat, it was just another day, although quieter than most. I was ready. No Continue Reading →
There are truths sometimes forgotten, but then brought back when the time is right
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A cold winter day and a walk up a hill…. IT WAS A day to rediscover a couple of truths. I had cabin fever. Bad. This was not Vermont, where we Continue Reading →
It’s time to take a tour of America, to see some ties but mostly to seek out people I love and tell them “thank you”
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It’s usually not wise to write from the bottom of a whiskey bottle, but it’s where I am tonight…an old man needing to give thanks…. IT’S LATE ON a Sunday night Continue Reading →
A friend is going into hospice and it brings tears
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But it brings the warmth of memories, too, and a realization that friendship does not always require a lifetime of knowing someone. So it was with Don…. PARDON ME WHILE I Continue Reading →
I got up this morning and killed nine people, between the first and second cups of coffee
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Sometimes you just gotta go to extremes and then walk out of the wreckage and see if you find your way…. I GOT UP in the dark of a rainy morning Continue Reading →
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There is noise, then there is noise. The noise I am living with now seems without end and while I wish it could become a backdrop to my life that Continue Reading →
There are homeless among us in our wealthy little area…
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It’s easy not to see the homeless in the middle of so much, but they are here and little acts of kindness matter…. I LIVE IN a town where homelessness exists Continue Reading →
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Time to run a want ad. The workload of feeling sorry for myself has grown to be too much for one person….. HELP WANTED. Someone to pity me 24/7. Have been Continue Reading →
Some stuff on my mind…
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STUFF….. If it weren’t for betting ads, personal injury lawyers and politics local TV stations would go broke. The betting ads bug me most. I once knew and even worked with Continue Reading →
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It’s raining, and it’s quiet and that makes it a pretty good day to do….well, not much! RAIN. QUIET. AAHHHH! It’s raining. Has been since the wee hours. I was up Continue Reading →