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A Nostalgic Look Back Through Personal Memories and Cultural Shifts Some thoughts linger after reading the morning news, weaving their way into present musings. Today, unexpectedly, “As the World Turns”—an old soap opera—floated into my mind. My grandmother, Ma Reeves, a devoted Baptist with few indulgences, never missed an episode. The show became more than…
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Famous people, Infamous people… Rambling on about not being star struck by people… We are all people
When I read this question this morning I had to think a bit. Mainly for the reason that I am not the kind of person to be all giddy and excited to follow or be impressed by what society deems “Famous People” and the Infamous ones I know of I have thankfully never met. I…
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Once upon a time when I was young and felt the world was there for the taking, I dreamed of being an archeologist, I dreamed of digging up the past and learning the ways of those who lived so very long ago. It was a romantic notion, I know now… To backpack in places and…
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Rambling on about life before and with My Computer… My life without my computer, I am one of those people who can remember life before the computer. When they came it took a bit of persuasion to make the switch. Before the invention, my desk held a typewriter and a file holder, legal pads and…
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The Nerve Fraying Agony of Overused Phrases Yes, we live in a world saturated with language, where words whirl past us in coffee shops, at work, and through the endless stream of digital conversations that are now everywhere you go. I admit it seems that certain phrases linger longer in my mind than others and…
