Friday, January 26, 2018
Can He Do It?
Well, I'm not sure how this one is going to turn out, but I assume for the betterment of all.....maybe. Ribcage is now 57 and has been smoking since before he was an adult (hiding it from us until he reached 18). His amount of smoking (and drinking) was exacerbated during the years that he was in...
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Thursday, January 25, 2018
Getting To Know You
Thanksgiving Day 1991 after a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner and large family gathering, I accompanied P.D, his wife and three children to the airport to see them off to a new life. All seemed well. A couple of years later a fourth son was born. But by the time Phil was ten, everything was wrong. Son...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Put In A Box
I feel like I've been put in a box and can't get out. Yesterday I made a trip to Walmart's Pharmacy to pick up a needed item (ended up with five items from other parts of the store, of course). At the checkout counter I smiled at the sacker. She smiled back and said, "I just love little old people."...
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Monday, January 22, 2018
The World Keeps Spinning Along
Two family members that have worked for the government for years, this morning were told to sign a bunch of papers and then go home and not come back. Due to Government shutdown (Trump Shutdown) they were informed that they were on unpaid furlough. One of them works in Maryland and the other here in...
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Sunday, January 21, 2018
WHY? As in a dream, I see us there, framed by years that carried us to places never planned, or never seemed to call to us at all. Whence came those years that crept upon unsuspecting naive youth that never once suspected age or fate would come their way and interrupt their play? Down flowing,...
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