I think I have turned into a writing machine. A very long time ago writing was one of the farthest things away from what I thought I would enjoy doing. I think the teaching methods of early grade school (55 years ago) made writing seem like such a difficult craft. There wasn’t any fun in doing it. Today I can’t believe, well I guess I do believe… I actually enjoy writing. Reading is such a...
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A Banana September
No! Tell me I am wrong. It can’t be mid October already. What happened to September? Was it cancelled this year? There is something happening to the time/space continuum as I grow older. Or is it the space/time continuum? Experts diverge on that idiom. Any who… I seem to be moving faster into the future than I intended. Unfortunately there is a flaw in my time machine because as I travel, my mind and body...
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I have seen this term posted around quite a lot lately. I assume Generation X has been superseded by Generation F. I guess as I get older it is harder to keep track. I know what it means but I don’t assume that it is important. I am the leading edge of the real baby boomers having been born less than a year after WWII ended. Each generation seems to have established a new title...
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I like the real meaning of words. Many people use words they don’t fully understand. In speaking one can get away with using similar sounding words inappropriately. However, when writing there (their) is no such luxury. The freedom of easily producing and displaying the printed word is now provided by the advent of cheap computers and electronic publication on the internet. This is a mixed blessing. I have witnessed several Internet exhibitions of a fledgling...
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