If you haven’t heard or read this for a while, I think you’ll enjoy the animated tale of The Boy, the Man, and the Donkey. https://www.bing.com/videos/search? It illustrates what I’ve been thinking lately–we can’t please everybody and it’s a waste of time to try. Examples are the people the man and boy met along the […]
Nov 8, 2022
Elections and Coffee
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Come on in and share a cup of coffee with me. Today is that long-awaited election day. Whatever the outcome, I’m glad I live in a country where I can vote as I like. Tomorrow I hope I have just as many friends as I do today. So, let’s talk about coffee. Do you remember […]
Nov 4, 2022
Thanks for Telling Me
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This is in an age of information overload. At least, that’s the way it seems to me. Information, some true and some untrue, comes at me from all sides. I remember the old Dragnet series and Joe Friday saying, “All we want are the facts, ma’am.” Same here, Joe. All I want are facts and […]
Nov 3, 2022
Time Travel
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Time travel is a reality within the pages of my shabby old address book. This book is well on its way to becoming an antique with a shining amount of provenance. Memories! It holds memories and a record of lives lived. For example, my son decorated several of those dog-eared and ragged pages with scribbles […]
Oct 27, 2022
A Good Helper Says So Long
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We had been together for more than three and a half decades. Through the hottest summers and the coldest winters, she kept humming right along, doing her job, not asking for much, but enriching the quality of life for my family and me. Alas, it seems that all things must come to an end and […]
