Category: Ethics
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Sean Graduated High School – Memoir Continued
Sean Graduated High School, June 2005 Sean’s graduation was celebrated at Severance Music Hall. My memory of the event is vague, but with some prodding, I recall being a little miffed because I hadn’t brought my camera for pictures due to being advised that no cameras would be allowed in Severance. That was either misinformation…
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Life in Ravenna Until Retirement – Memoir Continued
Life in Ravenna Until Retirement – Memoir Continued Shortly after my Rockwell job ended, I bought a trailer (mobile home) in Ravenna (a few miles northeast of Kent), where I lived until I retired. The lot rent and my loan payments for the trailer, combined, were quite a bit less than what I had been…
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Shake The Dust
Shake the Dustby The Sweeplings RiseGuide me to the lightOh, how IBreathe the night, breathe the nightRiseBreak out from the rustSee every captive freeTo shake the dust RiseI won’t be held downOh, how IFeel it now, feel it nowRiseLeavin’ all that wasSee every captive freeTo shake the dustSee every captive freeTo shake the dust Here…
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Coyote-three-pack
Coyote-three-pack Desert Survivors Native Plant NurseryHoney-glazed in the late morning sunCoyote-three-pack shimmers toward theSanta Cruz and its dry bedLooking healthy and well fed Dapper Roadrunners colorfully decked-outFor the mating season’s onset, scurryTo and fro between nursery and riverbedWith coyotes stalking those colorful birdsWhat would Wiley E’s advice be? –LE – 2/20/24
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My Date at the Local Big Boy – Memoir Extract
My Date at the Local Big Boy – Late 1960s Beaver Park BallRoom, cover band (The Four) playing top 40, Four Seasons, Tommy James, Wipe-out, and most were… Rode with Tiny D…, who having gotten lucky, as usual, left me to find a ride or hitch home. It was late by the time I walked…
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What’s the True Motivation – Memoir – Philosophical Appendices
What’s the True Motivation? I always thought I did things because they were what I wanted to do. But recently I’ve been wondering whether my choices were in reality made for me by society and my peers, fabricating my desires. Did I become a musician, artist, writer because deep in the core of my being,…
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My Residence In Kent – Memoir Continued
My Residence in Kent Toward the end of my time in Kent, Kristen and her family came to visit me. That included her husband, Jerry, and her two sons, Jerid and Colin (my grandchildren), who were a year or two younger than my twins, Dylan and Caitlin (their aunt and uncle). We had a good…
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The River
The River by Blues Saraceno Oh, my Lord, take this soulLay me at the bottom of the riverThe devil has come to carry me homeLay me at the bottom, the bottom of the river Oh, my Lord, take this handSave me from the gallowsHear this news, bear my goldLay me in the shallowsEvil’ll come if…
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Verbal Tomatoes
Verbal Tomatoes 🍅🍅🍅 Yes, I’ve chosen to sit back and enjoy the show, as George Carlin liked to phrase it. That doesn’t mean that I have to stay quiet or shut up about the villainy or rank stupidity that I see blatantly thrown in our faces on a daily basis. I am enjoying the show.…
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Some Poignant Quotations
I know it’s difficult, but from time to time, we need to rethink our so-called ‘principles’ and ‘values’ and hopefully realign ourselves in truth (verifiable facts) and reality… Some Poignant Quotations to Help That Realignment “When something vibrates, the electrons of the entire universe resonate with it. Everything is connected. The greatest tragedy of human…