It’s funny how viewing or hearing a snippet of something can hit your emotions instantly and unexpectedly. This morning the prolific social media entertainment poster, Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17 on fka Twitter and Threads), put up a clip of Christopher Plummer’s scene from The Sound of Music singing Edelweiss. As Captain Von Trapp, Plummer gets to […]
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I got back from the Dermatologist’s office this morning, where the doctor informed me that the skin cancer he removed from my leg earlier in the month showed no sign of spreading. It was a Squamous Cell Carcinoma, which is generally not dangerous if caught early, which, thank goodness, mine was. I’m a bit embarrassed
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I have been struggling lately to find my reason for being in the golden years of my life. Sure, I want to continue to be a good husband, father, and grandfather, but I am referring to my raison d’être, the reason/justification for my existence in society from now till the end of my days. I
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A year ago this past December, the quarterback of my high school football team died. He was 65. Gillain-Barre had paralyzed him and he developed blood clots that ultimately killed him by causing a stroke. I had just spoken to him over the phone a month before. He was excited and planning to do another
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