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Before I moved to Florida, going to Disney in the first week of March became a ritual for my two sons and me. My daughter could never join us as she is a teacher and did not have that week … Continue reading →

Nineteen years ago today, I was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, CLL. I had just returned from a week’s vacation. The next to the last day of my vacation, August 10th, I had a physical. There was nothing wrong with … Continue reading →

In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and … Continue reading →

  One of the hardest things for adults to adjust to is that there are no longer any “last days of school.” Even those who have gone back to school to pursue an advanced degree miss out on the last … Continue reading →

After a long arduous, frozen, gray winter, the first day of spring is a welcome arrival. March can still be a bugger, don’t get me wrong. And April? For some reason, I feel the cold of forty degrees in April … Continue reading →

I thought American society turned the corner when Obama was elected. It seems incredulous after two years of Trump that we ever elected a black man as President. Back in 2009 when Obama took the oath of office, my three … Continue reading →

Faith is a fleeting thing for me. There have been times that I have totally given up on the whole religion thing. This was especially true during the period when all the sex abuse cases were coming to the surface. … Continue reading →

It may be just a little ironic that someone deemed a Patriot will be forced to plead the fifth but that is not what I am writing about. I am Pleading The Fourth. Tomorrow is the Fourth of July. Americans … Continue reading →

I wasn’t a Flower Power People or Person but I did come of age in the 1960’s. I was, however, A Flower Power People Sympathizer if not a card-carrying Flower Power Person. I believed in peace and listened to rock … Continue reading →

Fourteen years ago this week I was first diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). Not too many years ago that would have been impossible to state. I have to remind myself of that fact every time I rant about how … Continue reading →