Tag Archives: Personal

Listening to a book isn’t reading it.

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Traveler

Remember story time? I don’t either.  But as a grownup, I’ve come to appreciate the value of being read stories to. When it comes to the effects on the brain, though, I’d guess that listening to a story being read … Continue reading →

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Babysitting by Willard

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Traveler

One of my favorite posts on the entire Internet — an excellent piece titled “If 70s Moms Had Blogs” — takes me hilariously back to the long-gone good-and-bad old days of the 1970s.  I’m somewhat of a nostalgia addict, so posts … Continue reading →

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Frank

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Traveler

I’ve written several times in this space over the past few years about death and dying and those I’ve lost.  Unfortunately, on April 1, there was another death, this one unexpected. His name is Frank, and he was the longtime … Continue reading →

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The passing of Genius

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Traveler

Precisely five years ago this month, in April 2011, I attended (and wrote about, here) a personal event at a Prince concert at The Forum in Inglewood, California.  The Purple One was doing a series of concerts at the time … Continue reading →

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Happy new year, while it’s still January

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Traveler

I hate to admit it’s been about a month since my last post, but it has.  I’ve been away from my home, staying with my mother, in the home I grew up in, for the past 25 days.  There are … Continue reading →

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Burials

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Traveler

A little over a week ago, we buried my father. Yesterday, I learned that my old friend Pam had been buried too.  There is a 36-year difference between the ages of my father and my friend.  Both are gone too … Continue reading →

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There goes my hero 1926-2014

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Traveler

    Too alarming now to talk about Take your pictures down and shake it out Truth or consequence, say it aloud Use that evidence, race it around There goes my hero Watch him as he goes There goes my hero … Continue reading →

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