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Family traditions
My father has three brothers and these four siblings had ten kids. My grandmother remarried before I was born to a man I called my grandfather. He had two daughters who had three kids. This was a big blended family. … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged childhood, Death, Family, gatherings, genealogy, Generations, Living, memories, reunion, Time, traditions
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Seasons
“Summer nights and long warm days, Are stolen as the old moon falls, And My mirror shows another face, Another place to hide it all” – Chris Cornell, “Seasons” I look out my window on this first day of November and notice that … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts
Tagged Chris Cornell, Fall, John Burroughs, Las Vegas, leaves, Living, New York, November, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Seasons, Time
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Memories of heaven
It is funny being around people who you have known your whole life, people that have known me my whole life. I attended my aunts memorial service yesterday and saw uncles, aunts and cousins that sadly I hadn’t seen since the … Continue reading
Life goes on
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost I ran into a lady yesterday I hadn’t seen in years. She was the office manager for one of my clients. Over … Continue reading
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Tagged Changes, Future, Life goes on, memories, Past, pictures, Present, Robert Frost, Time
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Zen and the Art of finding yourself
“You look at where you’re going and where you are and it never makes sense, but then you look back at where you’ve been and a pattern seems to emerge.” – Robert M. Pirsig In 1981 I was a freshman at … Continue reading
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Tagged Book, center, Future, Jack Kerouac, Past, pattern, Present, Robert M. Pirsig, Robert Pirsig, Time, Zen, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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Radio silence
I sent this text to my children Sunday; “Radio silence for the next few hours”. They knew we were headed to The Masters golf tournament which doesn’t allow you to carry a cell phone in. For the next eight hours my wife and … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Cell Phone, communication, dependence, Facebook, smart phone, Snapchat, technology, text, Time, Zen
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The people that matter
I have lived in my community since 1986. In those 31 years the area has almost doubled in size. Years ago, when we ventured out, we could expect to run into at least one or two people that we knew. But … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged alone, Future, Henry David Thoreau, Past, People, Present, Reflection, solitude, Time
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Standing in line at the Post Office
My Mom and Dad retired to a small town, a very small town in the mountains. They get their mail delivered to a box at the Post Office rather than to their home. It seems most people in this community … Continue reading
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Tagged Caveman, Humor, Lines, Mail, modern, Post Office, Time, US Postal Service, waiting, Waste
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Seconds-Minutes-Hours-Days
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” – Mark Twain What is a year? Broken down it is 31,536,000 seconds, 525,600 minutes, 8,760 hours, 365 days. Tomorrow … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday, days, Getting older, hours, minutes, Older, seconds, Success, Time, years
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How we are weaved together
The Vietnamese Buddhist monk, author and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) preaches the concept of interdependence. In personal terms, you and I remain and develop because of the existence of each other. Thay concludes that if we stay mindful … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Compassion, interdependence, interdependent, Journey, souls, Thich Nhat Hanh, Time, tobacco basket, Zen
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