Category Archives: Discover

The journey

Posted on December 16, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

What I saw; My wife wanted to head-up to the mountains to buy her Dad a Christmas gift, something that we saw in a shop this summer. There wasn’t any guarantee that it would still be there but given the … Continue reading →

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Flies and biscuits

Posted on August 16, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

Three or four flies have gotten into my house. They don’t really bother me unless they are buzzing around my head when I am trying to go to sleep at night then, yea, I am not a fly fan. We … Continue reading →

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Barbara Bush

Posted on April 18, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

“Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.” –  Barbara Bush I was … Continue reading →

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Time to reel Facebook in

Posted on March 19, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

This is a “Suggested Post” for me by Facebook. It’s not really a surprise that Facebook would determine, based on my left leaning tendencies, that an article about putting an end to gun violence would appeal to me. They have … Continue reading →

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Dos Anniversary

Posted on March 16, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

My how quickly time passes when Donald Trump is President. I just received a notice from WordPress that I have been at this blogging thing for two years. I am not sure I have accomplished anything in those two years, … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking

Posted on March 14, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the universe. That makes us something very special.” – Stephen Hawking The great Stephen Hawking died today at the age of … Continue reading →

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The cost of dying

Posted on March 12, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

I remember visiting my great-great grandmother for the last time when I was around eight years old. She still lived in the “big-house” as it was called but the scuttlebutt in the family was her time on earth was winding … Continue reading →

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Craft: Nesting balls

Posted on February 19, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

I enjoy making stuff, from chairs, tables, and bookcases to something as simple as the nesting ball above. Now you might be asking yourself what the heck is a nesting ball? Well as the name implies, it is a ball … Continue reading →

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Nothing lasts

Posted on November 28, 2017 by ends and beginnings blog

I was talking to my Mom over Thanksgiving getting her thoughts on the mini-family reunion we had just attended. It had been years since I had seen some of these folks and I wanted to get her take on how … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary to me

Posted on March 15, 2017 by ends and beginnings blog

How time flies when, well, how time flies. I started this blog a year ago with this post, Waiting for Tomorrow which included the quote from John Burroughs – “The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is … Continue reading →

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