Cat

July 2, 2009

I am NOT a cat person. But I could be accurately called an “animal” person. Cats have, to me, always been a bit mysterious; a bit too independent for my blood. It seemed that they really could care less about whether we are around or not. Well this cat, the one that, basically, owns us; […]

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The Piano – my earlier years

July 1, 2009

My instrument of choice, the one I spent a fair amount of time attempting to fathom, was and remains the piano. I  started off with lessons, like most of us. And I hated them. I remember the gold stars that my teacher, Miss (or Mrs.) Lamp pasted on my songbooks. These sorry things were collections […]

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Two quick ones trying out new equipment

July 1, 2009

I re-recorded an old song I wrote some years back.  It is a different sound. In many ways I like the first recording on the late 70’s a bit better. Gives me room to improve to my former self. Essence of my Dream I’ve written many things of my sons. There is a poem I […]

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Guitar – the early days

July 1, 2009

I started out with a gut string guitar which I purchased for the last 14 bucks that I had in Tijuana, Mexico. Somehow, owning it gave me the gumption to actually learn to play the thing. During my summer of selling Fuller Brush I stumbled upon a home that affected my life in a rather […]

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My Banjo Days – and other anomolies.

July 1, 2009

I was always a John Hartford fan. From the first time I saw him, with Vassar Clements, on the lawns of University of Florida, I was hooked. I bought a banjo with the dollars left over from my flying, and I learned to play it with Bob Higginbottom. Bob was the top player in the […]

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Mom

June 30, 2009

Early memories are difficult to sort, at times. The fleeting pictures with differing indices of backgrounds. “Was that there – or maybe there?” or “Had I lost my first tooth yet?” My memories of Mom seem to start with a hand. How interesting. It was a hand pulling a sled. I recall laying in that […]

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The Full Circle of Twitter

June 25, 2009

I enjoy Twitter quite a bunch. It works if one participates. Here is one guy’s experience: He sits in his room – no one to talk to. Quiet . Alone with his thoughts. He discovers Twitter. He looks at it, but puts it off. Later he looks again, and, for the heck of it, joins […]

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Energy Tax

June 9, 2009

I will fully admit that I have equivocated on this issue over the years. As a fiscal conservative I am generally against new taxes. Then of recent I began rethinking and considering that maybe an Energy Tax would be a wise measure. That thought was couched in the argument that taxes levied upon fuel would […]

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Does History Repeat Itself?

April 8, 2009

Most young folks (and other older ones too) believe that what happens at any given present time is a first. And that is a good thing in many ways. It can make for a “blazing the trail” attitude which adds excitement to our individual lives. Getting your license to drive, going to the prom, getting […]

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Post-Election 2008

November 15, 2008

The election is over – Obama won. It is inevitable after any election that part of the population is elated and other parts not so happy.  Of course,  I fell into the “not so happy” realm. But it only lasted a short while. The larger picture is that this country has survived much. Mr Obama […]

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