Tag: history
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Caitlin and Dylan Graduate – Memoir Continued
Caitlin and Dylan graduated from high school in 2007 – Memoir Continued If I remember correctly, their graduation was at Severance Hall, or perhaps that was just a reception. I remember taking pictures on the steps, out in front. If my time frame is in perspective, life for me was extremely hectic, not working regularly,…
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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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La Fiesta de los Vaqueros – Tucson Rodeo
La Fiesta de los VAQUEROS – Tucson Rodeo Rodeo was this weekend. This is the rodeo’s 99th year in Tucson. The Rodeo Parade started at 9 am. on Thurday. Schools were closed on Thursday and Friday, so kids could attend the rodeo. The rodeo ends on Sunday. I rode my recumbent to the parade and…
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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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Towner’s Woods Remembered
Towner’s Wood Remembered leaf-carpet strewn pathssoggy in low trail dipsdry and brittle where elevatedoak, brich, maple, sassafrasbeach, black walnut, andtree of heaven leaves intertwinedforming that carpet decayed, disintegrating bridgespans the stream-bed leading toTwin Lakes, visible through thetree trunks and from theindian mounds, worn trail tothe crests, offerings scatteredover the rocks old railroad water station andtrack-bed…
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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…
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Something Is Terribly Wrong
There is something terribly wrong… I’ve immersed myself in alternatives to our currently accepted notions of economy, humanity, and even civilization. The news, both political and economic, along with trends in manufacturing and technology, have convinced me that the current economic model is unsustainable. It’s collapse is inevitable. The only real questions are, when and…
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