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This Is Us
Finally watched the final show in the sixth and final season of This Is Us last night; I rank this series up there with the series, LOST, in terms of cinematography, acting, and story line. Excellent stuff! One of the … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged addiction, alcoholism, body image, cancer, death, dementia, discouragement, disillusionment, divorce, Family, Forgiveness, grandparents, LOST, love, Pittsburgh, racism, sex, sibling rivalry, This Is Us
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The True Cost
It’s hard to know what something really costs, isn’t it? I mean, if you buy a piece of clothing you find appealing, and you begin to explore where it was made, who designed it, how and by whom it was … Continue reading →
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Tagged "Time is money", 20 pound hammer, 2016, 21st century, Americans, Apple watch, cancer, cost-conscious, counting the cost, criminal indictments, decay, Europe, extraction, Germany, hard working, heart attack, heart disease, hell bent, holiday, Holland, insider trading, iPad, iPhone, John Henry, lazy, movies, Operating System, pace of life, pioneers, pulling teeth, raison d'etre, rest, Rudyard Kipling, sixty seconds worth of distance run, standard of living, steel-driving, stress, taken us captive, tax evasion, television, the Jones's, The true cost, work
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The New Normal (Riding the Pipe)
Just over 13 months ago, on Easter weekend 2013, my wife and I began a new venture – we bought two iPhones. And ever since then life has not been the same. For one thing, we ended up doing away … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1950s, 1982, 2013, adoption, Alvin Toffler, cancer, chattanooga, Easter, embolden, Facebook, Frederick Buechner, Future Shock, Hawaii, iOS 8, iPhone 4, navigate, riding the pipe, suicide, surfing the pipeline, surrender, Tennessee, the new normal, The Sacred Journey, The Third Wave, undo
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Life in Bold Relief
It has been 65 days since I last made an entry on this blog. For a good while prior to that it was a weekly exercise to which I looked forward with great expectation. But in June, the press of … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Assisted Living, Family History, Nursing Homes, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged 1988, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Alzheimer's, beauty, bold relief, cancer, character, death, dross, Fulghum, gravity, Life, obscurity, sobering, tragedy
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Borrowing Time (A Visit to the ER)
We went to the ER last night with one of our adult daughters. If visits to the ER can be categorized I suppose this would go down as a good visit. She was complaining of sudden dizziness, nausea, chest and … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged borrowed time, cancer, celebrate, death, ER, friend, heart attack, Life, panic attacks, stress
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Unfolding a Life Story
I was raised in the movie generation. And as a result, I prefer lifetimes that last about two hours, or possibly three, if they are really good. Four is too much . . . even for a classic like Gone … Continue reading →
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Tagged action packed, Ben Hur, Big Mac, boring, cancer, culmination, drama, Exodus, fast food, Gone With the Wind, Macbook Pro, movie, movie director, reruns, scintillating, sound bite, time
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The Lost Story 