Category: Commentary
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Depression
Depression seems to be a major topic on several of the blogs I’ve been reading recently. I’ve struggled with it several times over my long life. I believe that it is a normal part of human existence, and the following is my current perspective on the condition, based on my personal experience with it. Depression…
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My Silver Lining by First Aid Kit
First Aid Kid is a sister duo from Stockholm My Silver Lining by First Aid Kit I don’t want to wait anymore I’m tired of looking for answersTake me some place where there’s music and there’s laughterI don’t know if I’m scared of dying but I’m scared of living too fast, too slowRegret, remorse, hold…
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My Education – Memoir Continued
The Education of Billy, Bill, or Liam (me) – Memoir Continued School was always hard for me. I never wanted to go in the first place. That lasted until I was in high school, when I would endure almost anything to be away from the house, away from the drama and sibling rivalry, which Dad…
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A Delinquent at Six – Memoir Continued
A Delinquent at Six I had been walked to school a couple of times by my Mom. After that, I was expected to walk with other kids from the neighborhood heading to school. I did that for a while. One day, I decided on a new plan. When I left the house, I circled around…
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Elyria for a Year – Memoir Continued
Elyria for a Year That was the year I started school, Edison Elementary School, first grade. Miss Beady was my teacher’s name… I think; I was so traumatized by the experience that my memories of that year are more like the slow-motion running, the unfamiliar surroundings and quagmires of a bad dream, a nightmare you…
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Past Professions
Initiated by the WordPress prompt… Past Professions I’ve worked as aplumber aroofer astrummer ashort order cookawaiter acarpenter atechnicalwriteramachinist aqc inspector aprogrammer ateacher anma instructorajack of trades amaster of none asix-decadewage-slave careerfinally done –LE
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The Ghost of Tom Joad
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD by Bruce Springsteen Men walking ‘long the railroad tracksGoing someplace and there’s no going backHighway patrol choppers coming up over the ridgeHot soup on a campfire under the bridgeShelter line stretching ’round the cornerWelcome to the new world orderFamilies sleeping in their cars in the southwestNo home, no job, no…
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Teddy Joins the Family and Yeager Rd – Memoir Continued
Teddy Joins the Family and Yeager Rd – Memoir Continued Shortly after that incedent in Beaver Park, certainly within the year, we moved again, to a finished, or partially finished, basement on Yeager Rd., also in Lorain or its outskirts, on the southwest side of the town. It was rather countrified with a long curving…
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Back to Lorain – Memoir Continued
Back to Lorain – Memoir Continued No explanation for the move was forthcoming, but I assume it was because Dad had found another job, in or close to his old hometown. So sometime after my fourth birthday, we moved to a little cottage in Beaver Park overlooking Lake Erie. The park was on the northwest…
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Far Afghanistan by James Taylor
Far Afghanistan by James Taylor Back home, Indiana, we just learn to get alongCivilized and socialized, they teach you right from wrongHow to hold your liquor and how to hold your tongueHow to hold a woman or a baby or a gun But nothing will prepare you for the far AfghanistanYou can listen to their…
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