Category: Commentary
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Anne – Part 18 – End of a Nearly 20-Year Relationship – Memoir Continued
End of a Nearly 20-Year Relationship On Valentine’s Day of ‘96, we went out for a ‘Valentines’ dinner, just she and I. We went to NightTown in Cleveland Hts. (I think). It was very nice, drinks good food and soft jazz piano. I enjoyed it and thought she did, too. But when we got home,…
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Anne – Part 17 – Kinetico – Shaky Paradise
Kinetico Fortunately, I did find a full-time job as a technical writer after a few months of part-time jobs. I was hired by Kinetico in Newbury, Ohio, to write proposals and manuals for their Reverse Osmosis and other filtered water systems, which they manufactured on the site. It was a 45-minute drive to and from…
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Listen
Listen I hope you will listenTo the songs inside yourselfNot be led by someone elseAbout the good life you can haveYes, I hope you will listenThere truly is a lessonIn the earth, the starsThe moon and the sunPotential is growingMastery is knowingHow to listen to yourself –LE
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Human
Humanby Rag’n’Bone Man I’m only humanI’m only, I’m onlyI’m only human, human Maybe I’m foolishMaybe I’m blindThinking I can see through thisAnd see what’s behindGot no way to prove itSo maybe I’m blindBut I’m only human after allI’m only human after allDon’t put your blame on meDon’t put your blame on me Take a look…
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Anne – Part 16 – My Tech-writing Job Ends
My Tech-writing Job Ends Shortly after my return from Grammy’s funeral, they started laying off people at work. It became evident that my days were numbered, too. So, I offered to resign if they would continue to use me as a contractor. There were still a couple of manuals that needed to be done. I…
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Anne – Part 15 – Grammy Dies – 1993
Anne – Part 15 – Grammy Dies 1993 About a year into my adventure in technical writing, my maternal grandmother died. She was 98. She had fallen and broken a hip. She had a hip replacement. I was told that she came out of the surgery fine. but after a few days in recovery, quit…
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Anne – Part 14 – Even More Complications – Memoir Continued
Our Life Got Even More Complicated It got complicated for everyone. These were the Reagan and Bush Sr. years, with their combinations of union busting and suppression (and corruption) and good jobs leaving the country in troves, and then even faster during the Clinton years, soon to follow. There were few teaching positions open anywhere…
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Steed
Steed At least I have my wheels, my vehicle,My shiny, faithful, always trusty, steed. When she treats me well, she’s My sweet machine, My cherry ride, My shiny sweet serene. But when she’s fickle or broken down, she’s My god damn, My rust bucket, My infernal, My death trap, My garbage scow. She’s the kind…
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Affirmations / Aspirations
Affirmations/Aspirations I amWe areLoveCompassionThankful I amWe areThe VoidThe TaoThe Source I amWe areThe quantum fieldThe unified fieldThe universe A wave ofUniverse energyA point of viewLooking at myselfThe universe As I recedes New wavesCome forth newIndividual pointsTo view the ONE –LE
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Winter’s In The Air
Winter’s In The Air now the leaves have fallenthey’re lying on the groundautumn’s many colored blankethas turned a brittle brown and now we wait for winterwearing his hoary crownhe steals our body’s heatand chills us to the bone his arrival brings the holidaysto warm our hearts againthe solstice and the new yearjoys to tide us…