I couldn’t even guess what number cruise this is I’m on. Carnival Panorama. It is safe to say I’ve cruised over 100 times. And I’ve probably been on over 100 cruise ships. I love cruising but except to take the grandkids or to lead a group I think I’m done. I never thought in my…
DetailsAnother cruise. Carnival Panorama to the Mexican Riviera. I have to accept my new normal. Walking 10,000 steps or 4 miles in one day tires me. And that’s just what I did today. It’s now 9:45 at night and I’m in for the night. I’m tired. I just have to pace myself. Getting up at…
DetailsI don’t go to services on a regular basis. I always say to myself I should go much more often than I do. I love the music of the service. I understand the order of the service. In fact,on many a Friday night I will listen to religious music on my headphones. The music really…
DetailsGrandpa, tell me a story. Never entered my mind that I would hear that until it actually happened. My grandson Jake who is already 5 years old asked me that a few years back. And I had to come up with something really quick. SO I told him the Time Woody story, about my older…
DetailsThere hasn’t been a moment in my life when I wasn’t interested in history or the news or current events. I always wanted to know what was going on in the world. And in school, social studies and history were my favorite subjects. So when big events were going on I was always in front…
DetailsDo you remember where you were when JFK was assassinated? November 22, 1963. I was in 5th grade. I was 10,years old. I was in Mr Heinz’s class. It was about 2:00 pm in the afternoon and the principal of the school came over the loud speaker, which never happened, to tell us what happened.…
DetailsWhat makes me start thinking at night ? I don’t know. Maybe a song I’ve heard. Or a random memory pops,into my head. I do enjoy writing down my thoughts. They have no,structure; no Rime or reason. Talk about friends talk about relatives , just whatever comes into my mind . The writing calms down.…
DetailsI am an observer of people At least I try to be However, by looking at other people Maybe just maybe I’m looking for me. I wrote this while in college almost 45 years ago. I believed those words about me then and I believe they define me til this day. My life has been…
DetailsThis is my time of the day. Laying in bed………up. My new normal. Been dealing with Pain and discomfort the last few days. All in my chest and left shoulder So I went to the cardiologist my new best friend Dr. ismael. And he,s great. He put in my pacemaker. He diagnosed my pain, and…
DetailsThis is as bad as it has been since my open heart surgery In June. The pacemaker incision site in my upper left shoulder combined with pain in my lower left rib cage below my heart is really bad. And I’m not a happy camper. I also,have a little shortness of breath because when I…
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