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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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  • 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,…

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  • The Post Where We Reach an Agreement

    Without a doubt, I am trying too freakin’ hard and making this way too difficult. This is the sixth post I have started since last Thursday. If I actually complete this one, it will be the first. All the others are languishing as “drafts,” waiting for that magical moment, that special ingredient, that one great…

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  • If Your Blog Dies, It’s Your Own Fault, Not Ours

    I failed to write anything yesterday. In my mind, I came up with several ideas, and even some opening sentences. The problem is, in my perverse pursuit of perfection, I wordsmithed them to the point of useless drivel. Call it writer’s block if you want; I call it fatigue and frustration. When I started this…

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