Monthly Archives: September 2016

A bigger world

Posted on September 30, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

“The universe is wider than our views of it.” – Henry David Thoreau Sometime yesterday a little known spacecraft ended its mission. Rosetta which has been orbiting around Comet 67P for the past two years landed on the object of its study, transmitted a few … Continue reading →

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Evangelicals- Presidential Despair

Posted on September 30, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

Evangelical: of or relating to a Christian sect or group that stresses the authority of the Bible, the importance of believing that Jesus Christ saved you personally from sin or hell, and the preaching of these beliefs to other people. … Continue reading →

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The REI look

Posted on September 29, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” – Friedrich Nietzsche My wife and I spend a number of weekends in small towns in and … Continue reading →

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Things happen for a reason

Posted on September 29, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” –His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama If I had to pick a mantra for my life it would be “Things happen for a reason”. Over the … Continue reading →

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The passing of an icon

Posted on September 28, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

  He didn’t have an army followers on the fairways or a country to create and lead. He was soft-spoken and unassuming but always smiling. He led by example, never asking you to do something that he wouldn’t be willing … Continue reading →

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A Short Story: Basketball Dreams

Posted on September 28, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

I pass this scene every Sunday as I drive to DuPont State Forest to ride my mountain bike, a basketball goal that appears to be growing among the trees and shrubs on an overgrown parcel of land. At this point in my … Continue reading →

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Losing Dogwoods

Posted on September 28, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

At the time of the crucifixion, the dogwood had reached the size of the mighty oak tree. So strong and firm was the wood that it was chosen as the timber for Jesus’ cross. To be used for such a cruel … Continue reading →

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One More

Posted on September 27, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

“I do not want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” – Diane Ackerman I have been thinking a … Continue reading →

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What did you see last night: Women are smarter than men

Posted on September 27, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

I am the only son in a family of women, I am the father of a bunch of women. Here is the truth, something that I have learned in fifty plus years of living, gentlemen I am sorry; women are smarter than … Continue reading →

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Nevermind

Posted on September 26, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

In 1991 I was 30 years old, married, had a one year old child, a suit and tie job, a house, a mortgage and a dog. In short, domestic bliss, the American dream, conformity, what was expected of me, a sale … Continue reading →

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