About Me
Contemporaries
- Carole M's Musings – Carole Doria
- Carolyn, Mountain Musings
- Cop Car's Beat
- Heart Seeds
- Joared, Along the Way
- Journey to Mindfulness
- Millie Garfield, My Mom's Blog
- Rainy Day Thoughts
- Ronni Bennett – Time Goes By
- Steve Sherlock, Steve's 2 Cents
- Steven Dunn – Projections
- Tamar Jacobson, Mining Nuggets
- The New Dharma Bums
- The World View From My Porch
- Wally Blue – Life on Peach Eater Creek
Daily Reads
Genealogy
Legacy
Miscellaneous
- 365 Days of Emmylou Harris
- Charity Navigator Blog
- Church of the Churchless
- Daily Beast – David Frum
- Daily Howler
- Euthyphroria: A Stoic Blog
- Explore Asheville
- Friends of the Smokies Blog
- Julie, Thinking About…
- Kevin Drum
- Naked Capitalism
- River Link, The River Whisperer
- Seth Godin's Blog
- Sheryl Mann, Flying Dogs Photography
- The Consumerist
- The Daily Howler
- The Dish
- Truthout
- Web Teacher
- Wildlife Promise
Not-So-Active Blogs
- A Soldier's Perspective
- Citizen K
- Craig, Donkey Path
- Frank Paynter, Listics
- Hickory Wind
- Kay's Thinking Cap
- Nate's Blog, Tales from Afghanistan
- Oh!Pinion
- Pureland Mountain
- Random Thoughts from Beautiful Ohio
- Riverbend's Blog
- Robert the Skeptic, Plead Ignorance
- Sarah's World
- Sean Dustman – Doc in the Box
- Take Heart – Peggy Wolf
- Unknown Soldiers Blog
Political Commentary
Red Cross
Categories
Category Archives: Life
Philosophical Thoughts
Here’s the thing with me and my philosophy of life: I have one and I don’t know or care much what one calls it. By the time I was in Middle School, I didn’t believe in much. I think by … Continue reading
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The 800 lb. Gorilla
A hero and role model of mine, Ronni Bennett of Time Goes By returned to her blog today just six days after surgery for pancreatic cancer. If you have an eidetic memory you may recall she’s a big reason I … Continue reading
A Word for SPC Clifford Ray Dudley and LCPL Dennis Ray Ashley
These two men have by now been laid to rest at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery in Corpus Christi on November 10, 2016. Neither man had a next-of-kin or any known family so the community, via at least 2 … Continue reading
Getting Back to Writing
I was a bit surprised and disappointed to see this morning that I haven’t written anything in so long. In other news this morning, I have realized that I’m not getting much traction in my ambition for personal awareness and … Continue reading
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Lives Matter
I believe that nature is cyclical, that history does tend to repeat itself, but I don’t believe that it is inevitable that the same mistakes must be repeated time after time. I believe that, as sentient and rational beings, we … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Life, People, Philosophy/Ethics, Rationality
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Thoughts on Coexisting With Partisan Politics
I believe that my problem is that in my mind I have conflated two separate processes. I sense that I’m not the only one who has made that error. I’ve been ranting because I would really like the opportunity to … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Life, Politics
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Trivial Pursuit
I find it disturbing that so many of us seem to believe that entertainment is the most important aspect of our experience. I’ve been listening to the coverage of the absence of people of color among Oscar nominees. At first I … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Philosophy/Ethics, Rationality
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Thoughts on Getting Angry
I choose not to waste my life being angry. This morning I – with several thousand of my closest friends – got an e-mail from 350.org telling me that it was time for me get angry and support a federal … Continue reading
Posted in Life, People, Politics, Rant
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50 Years? Has it been that long?
I was driving around on errands today and feeling my arthritis a little when it occurred to me that I’m getting old. By this time in June, 1965, I had already graduated from high school and enlisted in the Navy … Continue reading
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Distractedness
There are things that I might write about here, but I appear to be unable to focus. I’m in the process of yet another migration; this time a bit south into San Diego County. Sheryl Sandberg’s Facebook post after Dave … Continue reading
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