CHAPTER 51… THE NEXT HALF OF MY LIFE

Even though, not every December birthday has become an entry into my blog, it has always been the opening of a new chapter of my journey. As I open Chapter 51, I smell the paper of a clean page slating to begin my 51st trip around our sun. I look back in amazement and still wonder where all the years...

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A DIVIDED GRADIENT OF BRIGHT RED AND PRUSSIAN BLUE

November 24, 2020 Dear President-Elect Biden: Three weeks ago, when I went to bed on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, I was confident President Trump had succeeded in securing a second term. The states remaining in question appeared to be leaning towards the Republicans. There was no reason to believe these...

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GREETING THE SEASON’S CHANGE

As I lay in bed and battle another night of insomnia, my mind is in a blur of nostalgic and cherished memories of my childhood summers at our cottage on the Severn River in Muskoka, Canada. I remember this time of the year being so bittersweet. This was the polar opposite of the excitement my parents...

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YESTERDAY 08, AFTER 03, TODAY 20

Yesterday, I had enough ... Enough of me waking up every morning all achy and in pain, Enough of the scale screaming at me, as the gym is welcoming me back, Enough of my Mom telling me how I look good, but to eat more, Enough of my BG not stabilizing, despite watching mostly everything I put in my mouth,...

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JUST ANOTHER SALE FOR THE USED CAR SALESPERSON

My Dad often called getting old, not the “golden years” but the “rusting years” as everything begins to get older, rustier and eventually falls apart. As I was rapidly approaching my 50th birthday, I began to notice some wear and tear on my own frame. I didn’t think much of it until I need to have knee...

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FRACTURED COEXISTENCE

Have you ever as a teenager or even as a child remember wondering if ‘X’ never happened how things would be different today. An example of something I pondered recently was if the outcome of the Vietnam War would be any different had President Kennedy never been assassinated and how would it be any...

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