O By The Way

Now savoring a day set aside as a national holiday to be thankful.  We enjoyed a time of great fun with family, especially with my mother who came to spend the day with us.  We have had many holidays like this but today seemed to mean a great deal to her, as it is a [...]

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Just saw a piece on “60 Minutes” with Andy Rooney, one of my favorite old curmudgeons, who reminded me of some thoughts about Thanksgiving and how it has been more and more pushed to the side by the beastly consumer push of the Christmas holidays.  When I was a kid, we used to prepare for [...]

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I remember the day.  It was longer ago than I care to think, but I feel like it was like it was yesterday.  I was a sales clerk at the Broadway in Hollywood selling socks, shorts and ties and they came to tell us that the store was now going to be open on Sundays.  They [...]

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Have you ever lived in uncertainty?  No, not like, “I don’t know if I can tickets to that event or not”   of “I am just not sure I can get an appointment for my hair on Friday.”  I’m talking about uncertainty like what is happening to many of our people in these times who are [...]

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If you are like me, you are trying to digest all that has happened in this historic week.  Honestly, it reminded me of when I was in Jr. High and John Kennedy was nominated and elected.  This is playing out like it did at that time, although these times seem to be much more complicated than it was back then.  [...]

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