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Entries Tagged as 'Philosophical'

“Das Boot” a/k/a “THE BOAT” – Conclusion

July 20th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Humor, Philosophical, Reflections, Tom & Me

Time had streamed rapidly by, gliding from a cold winter, into wet spring and now into the morass of hot, humid heat called summer on the Mississippi gulf coast.  Tom remained land locked.  He fretted and frittered his time away, necessitating me taking a longer time away from home than usual.  It was too sad [...]

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God’s Beautiful LITTLE Things in Life

May 22nd, 2010 · 11 Comments · Inspirational, Perspective, Philosophical, Reflections, Spirituality, Tom & Me

This has been a most stressful week for me, with no modem/internet for four days, my blog host moving all of us TheoBloggers over to a new server, with us having some down time here on my blog, and assorted family emergencies and crises.  Being an in-betweener, with my mom still with me, having grown [...]

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The Girl in the Woods

May 18th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Friends, Inspirational, Perspective, Philosophical, Reflections, Spirituality, Stories, Uncategorized

She lived out in the deep Piney Woods of East Texas, a good ways out from Nacogdoches.
She was 19 years old and married to a small thin man in his late 30s or early 40s who looked to be twice his age and was crippled up in his left arm from a working accident some [...]

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Calmness & Serenity: My Word(s) for This Year

January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Inspirational, Philosophical, Reflections, Spirituality

[Note:  I'll start back on the Arkansas Memories Tour of 2009 next week.  There are a lot more stories to tell from that tour, the next chapters being all about when "the boys" lived in Cotter, AR.  For today - thoughts on this "new" year.]
Every January I take stock of my life a little differently [...]

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Reflections & Remembrances Intertwined: A Lovely Girl; A Beloved Father

September 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Perspective, Philosophical, Photos, Videos, Reflections, Tom & Me, Tom's Family

These shortening days gliding slowly into fall when the shadows lengthen no longer bring so much deep sorrow and grief to Tom and me as we think of his beautiful daughter Kim and my loving dad, but as the years have gone by bring more lovely reflections and remembrances.
I’ve written here each September [...]

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Words of Wisdom

August 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Humor, Perspective, Philosophical

I was going to post some photos today and/or start my new series, “Story Tellers,” but cannot figure out how to work in Adobe Photoshop this morning to do what I need to do.  I shall have to wait on my own personal Photoshop guru, Mr. Andrews, who unfortunately, has to work, which we understand [...]

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Insight Into Men's (Mostly Husbands') Logic

August 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Friends, Humor, Philosophical, Tom & Me

This Post is Dedicated to Tom, Greg, Patrick & Other Such Fanatic, Obsessed Husbands With Hobbies

For those of you just joining us, I’ve spent the past couple of posts sharing the story of Tom’s purchase of a small sailboat a year and a half ago and the ensuing expenses of maintaining and upgrading said [...]

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