Beware the writer who begins with no idea of where he or she may be going. Such will be the beginning, the middle, and the end of what you have had the courage to, so far, pursue. It’s alright to grow old. So many people don’t have the opportunity to make that statement. I once [...]
Archive for the ‘Nostalgia’ Category
What is that “something?”
Posted in God, Growing old, Human behavior, Nostalgia, Opinions on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Reunion my butt!
Posted in Human behavior, Life, Nostalgia, Opinions, People, Personal, Philosophy on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There must be something wrong with me…DON’T EVEN GO THERE! However, you are correct; there are a lot of things wrong with me. I’m too short for my weight. I’m follicly deprived; while my teeth are my own, there aren’t all that many left; I can use my surgical scars to give directions to lost [...]
Love and happiness
Posted in Altruisim, Death, Family, Growing old, Health care, Human behavior, Integrity, Life, Love, Nostalgia, Opinions, People, Personal, Philosophy, Values on September 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“I love Mommy and Daddy this much,” as the arms spread to their fullest possible length. Let’s see; that lasts until…umm…oh, I don’t know; maybe seven or eight? Whadda ya think? Nowadays, does it even last that long? I grew up in the fifties. We loved our parents a lot longer then, I think. Granted, [...]
Choices and experiences
Posted in Accountability, Human behavior, Life, Nostalgia, Opinions, People, Personal, Philosophy on September 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Fascinating, absolutely fascinating. My love affair with the Internet never fails to amuse, amaze, astound, and yes, even anger me. “What contributes to making a life?” was the simple question that I posed. I did not nor will I examine all 28,400,000 results – brought to me in 0.15 seconds; far from the speed of [...]
Missing my mind?
Posted in Growing old, Nostalgia, Opinions, Personal on May 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Of all the things I’ve ever lost, I miss my mind the most!” The quotation is attributed to Mark Twain, but my bet is that (a) it’s received attribution from many sources and (b) if it was said by Twain, it was delivered in typical, self-deprecating Twain homespun humor. There are plenty of times when [...]
The choice is ours
Posted in Human behavior, Life, Nostalgia, Opinions, People, Stupidity on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Choices…we all make them, hundreds of them every day. Often, we don’t even bother to think about them. We choose to get up, although we could call in sick or whatever. We choose the green dress over the blue one, the blue pinstripe over the grey herringbone. Maybe it’s coffee versus green tea. You [...]
Living with our memories
Posted in Growing old, Human behavior, Nostalgia, Opinions, Personal on February 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How come it got so late so early? Wasn’t it a decade or so ago that I was heading off to college? What happened to all of those years? It doesn’t seem that many years back that Joan and I were getting married at St. Phillip Neri’s Church in Waban, going to the Pillar House [...]
A winter ramble
Posted in Growing old, Human behavior, Nostalgia, Opinions, Personal on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Winter in New England is the most beautiful season of the year!””The icicles that hang three or four feet from the gutters are just absolutely stunning!” “It’s great watching the kids across the street plow out various driveways…aren’t they enterprising!” “The winter cold isn’t half as bad as the summer heat!” “Driving in the snow [...]
A Day of Celebration
Posted in History, Holidays, Integrity, Nostalgia, Opinions, People, Racism on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We [...]
What does it mean to be a senior citizen?
Posted in Growing old, Nostalgia, Opinions, Personal, Philosophy on January 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“What does it mean to be a senior citizen?” If you are and possibly even if you aren’t, it means that you’ve seen those e-mails that say, “You know you’re a senior citizen if you know the words to the elevator music” or “If your spouse asks you to go upstairs and make love, and [...]
