Thoughts
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when out for a walk, I may not know where I am going, but will know where I am when I get there. Continue reading
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nothing’s changed everything’s the same but it all depends on what you are looking at just throwing it out there Continue reading
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if I was a milkman, I would deliver the milk if I was a newsboy, I would hawk newspapers on the street corner if I was a hawk, I would swoop down on the prey if I was a cashier, I would ring up your items if I was a dark cloud, I would rain Continue reading
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Friday night All is well In the neighborhood Its smooth sailing Just the way I like it May tomorrow be the same Or close to being the same Continue reading
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there are people actually a ton of them that will believe a lie than the truth. just plain weird! Continue reading
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“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate Continue reading
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My philosophy: Sundays are always good for kicking back and relaxing. What ever needs to be done, can be done tomorrow or whenever. Continue reading
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ignoring all the bullshit that is happening in Washington since you know who, parked his fat ass in the office he should not be in, helps keep my sanity intact. I’ll read a book, go for walk, or find other things to do. I just can’t be bothered reading or hearing whatever the asshole(s) have Continue reading
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you know what sucks? sitting here with my laptop, trying to think of what to write. my mind is a total blank, like I can’t seem to come up with anything substantial to put down. come to think of it, I just did write something. my. my. Continue reading
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today’s weather: hot and sticky. a good especially to stay cool and hydrated don’t need no more problems, as I have enough of them Continue reading
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war is war. there’s no other way at looking at it. Continue reading
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as the past seven years have passed by, the one thing I learned since, is that to listen to your body, pay attention to it, and correct what is ever going on with it. so far, its worked for me. Continue reading
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what a bucket of paint will do to lift one’s spirits Continue reading
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“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.” – Marting Heidegger Continue reading
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today if everything goes as planned then I will consider it a success Continue reading
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“Too often we… enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” – John F. Kennedy Continue reading
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this not our grandparents United States politically wise. enough said Continue reading
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there’s nothing like having leg cramps in the wee hours of the morning, say around four in the a.m. such a rude, startling wakeup call Continue reading
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no doubt about it its windy I mean honest to goodness wind the kind that will take your hat for a long flight off your head yep that kind of wind Continue reading
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“The reading of good books is like a conversation with the best men of past centuries-in fact like a prepared conversation, in which they reveal only the best of their thoughts.” – Rene Descartes Continue reading
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“The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimize that action.” – Zadie Smith Continue reading
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“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories. – Zadie Smith Continue reading
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Friday afternoon spending the time being a couch potato neither a Mainer or an Idahoan just being me Continue reading
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my philosophy live one day at a time put one foot in front of the other think before you talk listen with an open mind though with some people it is hard to do Continue reading
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its Friday the last one of the month its also the sixth month of the year which means we’re closing out the first half of 2024 this year seems to have zipped by at a rapid pace in other stuff worth mentioning everything is good as far as my health goes meaning blood work is Continue reading
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first thing this morning at 5:45 am it was 74F degrees and could feel the humid air coming through the a/c which was off at the time today is supposed to be the worst of it and to think it is mid-June do I dare venture out? most likely I will Continue reading
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the inquiring thought that is making a home inside the head that is connected to the rest of the body is wondering ‘what is it like to walk on cloud nine’ is it fact or is it fiction as far as i know I have no knowledge or remembrance it ever happening … Continue reading
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a day ago while out on my evening stroll a thought popped into my head: born yesterday living today dead tomorrow it seems this is how fast our lives are on earth for a fleeting moment then poof the gig is over and done with Continue reading
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Wonder Wondering
Its 6:45 in the morning Drinking my first cup of coffee, and wondered how many other people on our planet drinking their first cup of coffee at the same time as I am. I have thought about that a couple or 3 times about that. I’m sure, they are out there. As for how many, Continue reading
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Factoid
Watching a couple of black & white Perry Masons from 1962. I was 13 years old which was 61 years ago. That also was the year I started high school. It seems like it was yesterday… Continue reading
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A Pondering Thought
coffee what would I do without it I would most likely be a basket case and bouncing off the fucking walls thats why I keep a steady supply of different brands I do like to change it up so I don’t get tired of drinking the same old same old Continue reading
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A Thought
life is a crap shoot you win some and you lose some Continue reading
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Tuesday Evening
Fourth of July is nearly over with and with that said it seems that summer flies by and the next thing is that you wake up and its Labor Day and football season is upon us the kids are back in school plus the days keep getting shorter till the middle of December … well Continue reading
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Friday Afternoon
Here it is a humid Friday afternoon. There’s a advertisement on the boob tube,that I have a beef with. It concerns doing the laundry, and the guy says that its the second most hated chore to do. What number one is I have no fucking idea, and I won’t even hazard a guess as to Continue reading
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Thursday’s Observations
The afternoon is half over with and it is humid and when I arrived home from my walk I thought I would have to pry off the t-shirt as it felt like it was glued on to my body Come tomorrow another week is coming to a close along with the closing of the month Continue reading
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Wednesday Morning
Last Wednesday of the month and have no errands or any other running around to do. It does look it wants to do something weather wise as it is getting dark. If it rains I can live with that. What I don’t deal with is the sticky stuffy humid air. I am at my worst. Continue reading
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Umm …
Let’s see We go to bed when we are tired We eat when we are hungry We drink water or other types of liquids when we are thirsty We buy food so we don’t go hungry We work to make money We do multiple other things in life So you are wondering where I’m going Continue reading
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Okay So
June 1st signifies a new month, a new day and the month that has the longest hours of daylight. Also, it is the beginning of the sixth month which at the end will bring us to the halfway point of the year. Sure it is getting close to the real summer to begin, which means Continue reading
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Past or Present
Were things better back in the day versus the present time. I’ve often would run this through my mind, would come up with the most common things that when I was a kid, it seemed that we were relying on the radio, television and newspapers for all the information. To me it seemed to be Continue reading
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Sunday Night
Another Sunday is soon coming to an end, and a new day will come about. Took my walks today, even though it was hot, it humid at all. On the early evening stroll, I decided to go walking on the boardwalk as it runs parallel with the river. About halfway down the way I ran Continue reading
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A Warm Saturday Evening
Came back from my usual after meal walk, and it is really warm out. When I left which was around 5:30, it was 77 F, and when I finished it was 74. Sunday it is supposed to 90 or close to it. To me that is much to early for this time of year. Temperatures Continue reading
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Friday’s Quote
“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.” ~ Martin Heidegger Continue reading
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Friday Afternoon
Late Friday afternoon the starting point for the working people which I am no longer a part of, the three day weekend. I remembered when I would look forward to the long weekend and how fast they flew by. Now that I am retired the longer weekends don’t really matter much. On the home front Continue reading
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It Can Be Embarrassing
Walking with one’s head in the clouds, can end being an embarrassing event. I have done it myself but snapped out of it pretty quickly before anything happened. A few years back when I was part of the work-a-day-world, I was returning back to where I work, I was on JFK Street in Central Sq., Continue reading
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Wednesday Evening
Never got around to posting yesterday, so I will try and give it a go. Anyways … after I finished posting Monday evening, there was a medical emergency I had to attend to. My partner became ill, and asked her what was wrong, and she thought she was having a silent heart attack. Like a Continue reading
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Monday Evening
Monday evening and all is well. Nothing much to report on, so … anyway I hope to get back to posting on a daily basis. I know it can be hard to find the time to sit down and get on with it. With that said, I will give it my best to come up Continue reading
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Saturday
Saturday evening and and nothing really exciting happened today. Its been raining all afternoon and it is still going on. I did manage to get a couple of walks in, got some book done. Sadly the book that I am currently finishing up is by Martin Amis. He passed away on Friday in Florida at Continue reading
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Never A Dull Moment
As you all know, if not some of you know that I do a lot of walking. Most days, it will be three sometimes 4 times a day, and average about anywhere from three to sometimes 6 miles in a day. I will admit that there those days that I have to push myself to Continue reading
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I’ll Take It
its Saturday afternoon and its sunny, warm and lots of clouds and I am tired from keeping myself busy as in busy as a bee did i just say that oh my what was I thinking well i could be tired from getting up to early or from not enough coffee nah then there’s the Continue reading
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Going With The Flow
Its the last day of April, and still dealing with this damn head cold. Its not as bad as it has been. Anyways, I’ve been more or less taking it easy, getting the things that have to be done out of the way. As for books, I can’t seem to get my head around into Continue reading
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The Blahs
Haven’t been online much lately, as I have been dealing a damn headcold. I came down with it late last week. Anyways, I’m just taking it easy and only dealing with the important things that have to get done. Oh well. Such is life. Continue reading
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ok …
what I learned new today, is that yesterday is in the past, and whatever happened – happened. move on … Continue reading
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Ok …
if I learnt anything new today it was not a damn thing I can live with that Continue reading
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A Thought
With a mass shooting in a supermarket, which earlier last year. In late November a lake effect snowstorm which buried the greater Buffalo area. Then the blizzard in late December which paralyzed the city and its environs, and the people who lost their lives. And last, Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills going into cardiac Continue reading
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m
mind less madness mingling mind meaningless masturbatory machinations of a mangled mind Continue reading
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So
so today is a new day, a new month and a new year, which means in five weeks from now, I’ll be another year older and hopefully wiser with age. since it is a new year, what way to start it off with is plenty of black coffee … got to have coffee and start Continue reading
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Question
is it just me the year has flew right by or am I just imagining it it seems like we are living on a time warp speed with no limits Continue reading
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Documents Of The Mist
“Our radio plays rhythm and blues as we pass the joint back and forth in jutjawed silence both looking ahead with big private thoughts now so vast we can’t communicate them anymore and if we tried it would take a million years and a billion books – Too late, too late, the history of everything Continue reading
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its ….
thursday morning had my coffee with more to imbibe…now i sit and drumming my fingers on the table am i thinking or bored or a combination of both Continue reading
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hmmmm
the 1st Monday of the year 2022 with 51 more of them to come Continue reading
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Same old, same old
same shit different day same shit different month same shit different year and it goes on and on and … Continue reading
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Coffee Cup Inspiration
Photo by Alina Kurson from Pexels Continue reading
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Alertness
drink water to stay hydrated … drink coffee to stay awake … and alert Continue reading
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A
good book good coffee a comfortable place to do it Continue reading
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I Second The Motion
Photo by Simon Noh on Unsplash Continue reading
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Early Sunsets
With daylight savings time done for the next four months… it won’t stop me from taking my early evening walks…I’ll admit that I enjoy it….even when there is snow and whatnot on the ground…plod on…plod on…. Continue reading
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Soooooo
you can’t have your cake and eat it too … fine … i don’t eat cake… _____________________ just tell it like it is Continue reading
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Yup
sunday night sitting on the living room couch which is accommodating a retired person like me so…i have no qualms about it…yup Continue reading
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Okay
nothing said nothing written nothing to read Continue reading
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A Syndrome
so I have been self-diagnosed with brain fog syndrome no long term effects the only cure is to wait it out ________________________ just something to write – that’s what I did in my other life Continue reading
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Its time
to put Columbus Day to bed and make the change to indigenous people day. They deserve it. Continue reading
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I
just go with the flow its a great feeling Continue reading
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Gloomy
day good for puttering around apartment good for kicking back relax good for taking a siesta good for doing anything a person chooses to do Continue reading
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Calm State Of Mind
alone at his favorite outdoor table while quietly thinking … blocking out the sounds of the traffic and people passing by … completely focused on the other world that he knows will never happen Continue reading
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Sundays
are for kicking back relaxing reading writing crosswords sports on the boob tube or… just being a lazy ass… Continue reading
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What is
what is reality what is real what is fake what is true not even going to try and figure it out just crawl back into my niche and live Continue reading
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its been
so long since i used an alarm clock … probably wouldn’t know how to set one and even if i did … well Continue reading
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Monday Morning 9:13 a.m.
the air stinks from the wildfires out west…cut my walk short…can see the smoke on the horizon Continue reading
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sunday afternoon 4:44 p.m.
since its Sunday not much if anything is happening in my neck of the woods …that’s fine with me Continue reading
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11:54 a.m.
approaching noontime on the east coast the day is about to begin the second half Continue reading
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thursday 3:41 p.m.
what to think…say…write…will it make sense…what to make of it…it looks and sounds daft to me Continue reading
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10:38 a.m.
all is well in the neighborhood love it Continue reading
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Dedication To A Friend
A few months back, I contemplated whether to continue blogging, or throw in the towel and call it a day. One of the first to email me, to say she would miss the things I post, and what not. Another follower from my local area, more or less said the same thing. Anyways, after a Continue reading
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yup
morning coffee will make the lousy weather a bit more tolerable Continue reading
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6:39 a.m.
dark. dreary. rainy. lightning. thundering start to the morning Continue reading
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so
went to the store as I needed to get a few things…when it was time for me to do what shoppers normally do at the register…the cashier had the personality of a sloth… when I was done, I was just shaking my head in wonder as to why they hire people like her…yikes Continue reading
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4:37 p.m.
i’m a human not a potato sitting on the couch…ho-hum Continue reading
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4:34 p.m.
just a lazy saturday afternoon being spent on the couch Continue reading
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7:44 a.m.
its a new day but the same old same old Continue reading
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and
did i say i sometimes write utter nonsense… at least i admit it and it gives me pleasure writing it Continue reading
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okay
so i’m an unofficial member of the… there’s a method to my madness club Continue reading
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me
an easy going guy get along well with others but generally keep to myself as I don’t like to get caught up in someone else’s bullshit religion is not my thing and politics…well that’s a subject that can get you into a lot of trouble… so tend to stay away from the subject what keeps Continue reading
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hmm
friday will be hot and humid have things to do so i’ll pace myself also have plenty of bottled water Continue reading
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time
the times are changing along with the climate nothing stays the same Continue reading
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