October 16 , 2023 /

REMEMBERING A GRANDMOTHER

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about one of my grandfathers and what I remembered about him that was special to me.  Many people said they enjoyed the story. What occurred to me was that maybe I could write something about one of my grandmothers whom I had the privilege of knowing for

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September 26 , 2023 /

REMEMBERING A GRANDFATHER

First, a word about the charcoal drawing of the pair of old shoes.  A friend, Kathleen, who is a poet shared the image with me and others who love her poems.  Her parents purchased this drawing years ago in Denison, Texas. It is signed, “Mott” and the artist could be Clifford Mott. I cannot confirm

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September 2 , 2023 /

PLAY DAY WEEKEND

This weekend the U,S, is celebrating Labor Day, which began on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 in New York City in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union.  It became a national holiday in 1884 under President Grover Cleveland recognizing the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers in the development

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August 10 , 2023 /

FREE NOT FREE ASSOCIATIONS

I have not seen the movie Oppenheimer yet but it’s on my to do list.  In the middle of this ten day road trip we spent a night in Alamagordo which is about 80 miles south of the Trinity site where the atomic bomb was exploded, some 50 miles southeast of Socorro, NM.  This area,

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July 6 , 2023 /

PASSION, PURPOSE AND PLEASURE

Three stages or phases as a way of being and doing and growing.   First, exploring and discovering what we care about most and why…. Passion   Second, putting that passion into intentional design and actions, what some might call a value proposition as it includes vision, mission and values…Purpose   1 – Who are

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July 1 , 2023 /

THE KITCHEN FLOOR

Our kitchen floor at the 2-story house on Wayne Avenue was a shining reflection of cleanliness.  My mother held cleanliness next to godliness in her list of values.  When she visited us in later years she would voluntarily started cleaning out the refrigerator.  She would bring a green specimen of something growing on the back

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