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Richard and the Helicopter

Be careful what you wish for!! We had a roommate named Richard who was a lot of fun and we had many great experiences with him. Richard was an athletic type that did lots of things on his own including going hiking/mountaineering ….. The line between these two activities is not clear to me ….. […]

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Death and the Dancing Shoes

I suppose we can all imagine a freak accident where a ballet dancer is performing some great feat and slips and falls and breaks their neck ….. such a tragedy ……. they die from their injury …… Well this is not that story!!!!  This is a story about how humans can balance risk and …… […]

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Floyd, Hearing Aids and the Lady Rose

This story is not really about the Lady Rose but she played a small part …… a story about how we can go out on one adventure only to find a twist in the story by discovering something totally unexpected. This story is about Floyd Mosier, my ex’s dad and a good friend of mine. […]

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American Bible Society

New York City wanderings!! In 1999 I was working for FFF Enterprises in Temecula California. I was in New York City doing a presentation to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital. They are a large cancer hospital and they were interested in possibly using our clinical research software. We did the meeting decided we would walk over to […]

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Circle of love, Circle of life

Imagine a time An infant is born Bathed in comfort Rests in love Imagine a time A child grows  Drinks in knowledge Blooms in love Imagine a time A teen explores Expands their world Feels Love  Imagine a time A parent becomes Learns who they are Knows Love  Imagine a time An infant is born […]

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9-11 Memorial, My story!!

========================================= September 12 – 2021 – This is an update to my story – In 2021 we have just experienced another major catastrophe with the Covid pandemic, following on the heals of 4 years of the Donald Trump presidency and the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the United States. Major disruption are usually shocking at […]

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Pewter, bribery and corruption ( my Randy “Duke”Cunningham Story)

Indictment – Who Me!!!!! I have a pewter bowl that I use as a soap dish in my bathroom. It is kind of battered and misshapen from the many moves that I have made but I keep it to remind me of this story, a story that the Washington Post called “the most brazen bribery […]

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Being human

There is a man  Looks like me Often seems Just next to me Can’t quite understand Who is that man Like a thought Maybe a feeling I know he is there But as I turn to see Just slips away Perplexes me Appears at times Don’t know why Slips away Seems to hide Says things […]

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Who am I anyway?

There is a man I know Not a simple man A loving man A knowing man There is a man I know A working man A living man I don’t know He has something He knows things He does stuff He lives …. There is a man I know

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Riding the Railroad or How Stupid Can One Be

I guess the bottom line is that there are many ways to die but challenging fate and combining two ways at the same time must qualify for the STUPID award for trying to ride a rail train in the middle of winter. It all started with a friend of mine Bob and I deciding that […]