AND WE’RE OFF
Leaving Friday, February 2, from Mexico City (MEX) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) by way of San Paulo (GRU). It’s an overnight flight and I’m hoping for several hours of good sleeping. This is the beginning of our two-week adventure in South America. We like to travel, evidenced by 20+ years to a variety
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GLAD SURPRISES
When unexpected news comes as a gift or a blessing, I wonder, why me? I can document a series of unexpected, glad surprises that began early my life and continue without any great effort on my part. I am grateful for each and all of those and most of the time I have an optimistic,
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SURPRISES
I shared some bits in this blog previously, notably in ‘Life, Death and In Between” published December 11, 2023. There are glad surprises and sad surprises. This post is mostly about ones that are sad, so I promise that the next post will be about glad surprises. The reality is that life is full
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THIS I BELIEVE
(Photo by Tyler Nix) Orig, Aug, 2022 – Rev. Jan, 2024 Following are two quotes from MLK, Jr. whom I admired and followed for years. I finally met him in 1968 in Detroit, one month before he was assassinated in Memphis on April 4. He was 39 years old. I was 31. That experience changed
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REFLECTIONS IN THE LIGHT OF JANUARY 7, 2024
N.B. Some of the experiences below have been posted previously. I hope it’s obvious why I am sharing them again. Yesterday was the 3rd “anniversary” of that awful day at the Capitol in Washington, D, C. I do not need to see another video as a reminder of the threat posed by illegal, destructive behaviors.
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TWELVE MOST POPULAR OF 2023
This is a review by “vote” of my readers of the most read of 71 blogs published in the past year. The reasons why these emerged as the top twelve may have to do with the content, where they appeared, how and when they were shared, and a few other unknown variables, such as the
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JANUARY IN 55 WORDS
Another “new” year, one after the other, Marked by a special moment in time; Measured in some way, even celebrated. Once we turned the page on a hanging wall calendar Or in a day timer, diary or log Now some digital device gives us day, date and time. Effortless, without even needing to Remember anything.
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CHRISTMAS AND STUFF 2023
Orig, 2012 Rev. 2023 A funny thing happened in late 2012 on the way to Best Buy. I was listening to NPR and an interview with Annie Leonard, author of The Story of Stuff. If you know the book, then nothing more need be said but if you don’t, the sub-title is “How Our Obsession
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WINTER SOLSTICE 2023
Orig. 12/15/18 Rev. 12/18/23 This year’s winter solstice occurs on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023 at 10:27 p.m. Eastern time, 3:27 UTC. according to the Almanac. The Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice always falls on December 21 or 22. The sun will reach its southernmost point before starting back on its northward trek toward Spring. That’s for
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