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Writing Freedom
A few posts ago, I wrote about purchasing a new camera. The image on the left is a picture of it, a Nikon COOLPIX P510. I’m still learning to use it, but so far I like it a lot. It’s still a point and shoot camera, not a DSLR, but it is just enough camera…
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“Rest of the Story” updated
After several months of random, inconsistent blogging, I finally updated one of the pages I created early on. Here is a bit of a favorite quote, But we in it shall be remember’d; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; You can read the rest of the quote and a little about me…
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Oxycodone: The cost of pain relief
I’ve been taking Oxycodone (Percocet) for several weeks now to treat pain. It is the only self-administered drug that provides any relief from the pain I am suffering. Like any drug, particularly narcotic drugs, there are side effects, as indicated by the photo. I am certainly experiencing some of them. There seems to be another…
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Muddled and Befuddled
I haven’t written for this blog in months. I really haven’t done much these last few months but visit doctors and ER rooms. Mostly I’ve dealt with medical problems. Some of them have finally been diagnosed, but we are still testing for others. Most of the time I’ve just felt muddled and befuddled. Since I am…
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Grateful for Today
The accompanying image is a photograph of the eternal flame that marks the grave site of the late president John F. Kennedy. John Kennedy was the thirty-fifth president of the United States. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. That date is so engrained in the psyche of Americans of my generation…
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Bad Fiction – Part 1
John my so called friend told me I couldn’t write a story. I told him he was a lie. This is how it went. “You can’t write a story. What makes you think you can?” “I bet I can. Why shouldn’t I?” “You ever wrote a story? I mean a real story?” “Well no…” “See,…