I 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…
Details32 The Birches,Roslyn Estates. The Coopers moved there in August 1967 I went to high high school in Roslyn I’ve lived in or been part of Roslyn pretty much ever since then I lived there until 1971 and then went away to college. But I always. Seemed to come back to Roslyn. We bought a…
DetailsMy older brother was a dog. If I ever write my autobiography, this will be the title of the book. Or maybe the title will be Everything Important I ever learned, was from a dog. You see when I came into this world and my mom and dad brought me home from the hospital, there…
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