Family…

[Re-posted from 2016-08-28] What exactly is “family”? Can you sum up the meaning in simple words like those listed below? I’ve had folks tell me that, “Friends are the family that you choose for yourself.” That’s a somewhat cynical (and yet sickly comical) way of looking at “families” when they …

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Missed Opportunity…

[Re-posted from 2016-07-14] On May 24th, I posted litany of  complaints about situations I was dealing with at the time.  I made a mistake.  That list didn’t belong on Facebook, it belonged on a roll of toilet paper.  It was literally a shit list.  Instead of posting about all of …

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Can You Hear The Jackhammers And Power-saws?

[Re-posted from 2016-06-01] So, I was listening to some old George Jones tunes the other night…reminiscing about my mom.  She loved the Possum…and even a die-hard rock-n-roller like me can respect the genius of some of his lyrics.  Though the song has nothing to do with the way I’m about …

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A Decade Of Love

[Re-posted from 2016-02-27] Ten years ago today, Heather and I were sitting on a bench in a little community near the Tampa Bay, FL area called Davis Island. The waters there are part of Tampa Bay but much quieter and still in comparison to the larger part of the bay. …

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Father Figures (…others)

[Re-posted from 2016-01-10] Well, we all know that I’ve never had my own “real” father figure…but there are quite a few male figures that have made an influence in my life (be it good or bad).  The following list has no order to it…the names appear as I recall them. …

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