Tag Archives: Change

Puppy Love

Posted on February 1, 2022 by ends and beginnings blog

My wife and I have been married for 37 years. In those 37 years of marriage, we have raised 2 daughters, 5 dogs and 1 cat. Our last child headed to college 11 years ago and we have been empty … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron

Posted on January 22, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

“Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man’s record.” – Hank Aaron In 1974, before Ted Turner made the Atlanta Braves baseball team “America’s Team” on his “Super Station” WTBS there was Hank Aaron. Growing … Continue reading →

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No vision for the future

Posted on April 16, 2020 by ends and beginnings blog

Back in the 1960’s and 70’s my family vacationed in the Myrtle Beach area, Garden City to be specific. From Charlotte, you drive down Hwy. 74 to 601, then 151 to 378 through Conway to Myrtle Beach. I always loved … Continue reading →

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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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Do you hate the president?

Posted on December 6, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

Maybe you caught this yesterday, James Rosen from the ultra-conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group, the same James Rosen who left Fox News last year as their top D. C. reporter over harassment claims, asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “Do you hate … Continue reading →

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Head wound

Posted on September 19, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

“Our side, we go for the head wound. Your side, you have pillow fights.” – Steve Bannon This evening I will begin a six-month long Christian based program with a curriculum that will explore and study how we take care of … Continue reading →

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The illusion of self-importance

Posted on October 12, 2017 by ends and beginnings blog

“Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark.” – Carl Sagan When … Continue reading →

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Changing colors

Posted on September 13, 2017 by ends and beginnings blog

“Trump doesn’t give a damn about the Bible or Jesus. He’s pimping the gospel, just as he pimped racially insecure “working class” white men and women into voting for him in exchange for an America that doesn’t threaten their whiteness.” … Continue reading →

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President Pence vs. President Trump

Posted on August 31, 2017 by ends and beginnings blog

So what do we get when Vice President Pence becomes President Pence in a few months? Middle-age white guy. Ultra-Conservative Republican. Ultra-Conservative Christian. Former lawyer. Former Congressman. Former Governor. All the baggage, characters, and policies that come with being an … Continue reading →

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Sixty years later…….

Posted on August 15, 2017 by ends and beginnings blog

This photograph was taken on September 4, 1957 as Elizabeth Eckford was prevented from entering the newly desegregated Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas by the Arkansas National Guard. This photograph was taken on July 8, 2017 as Police Officer Darius Nash protects … Continue reading →

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