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The out-of-the-boat experiences of a returning American Expat. After postings overseas in three different countries, it is time to come home. Time to start over, to start anew. Everything is on the table now. Let's see what happens.
Recent Posts"Oh, a storm is threatening. My very life today..."I can still hear the haunting guitar intro to this song, released to all of us forty years ago, in 1969.I have been quite diligent of late in sending out invitations to my soon-to-be coming-out...
Some of my friends have been seriously neglected of late.Some of them are gone for good, with nothing any longer in common between us.They have moved away, I have moved away.Sometimes not just physically.Others remain friends, and wait patiently for ...
I suppose we all have our secret passions.You know, the ones that are bad for us.Indulgent.The kind of things that you like to do impulsively, even secretly.Not exactly vices, at least in the Biblical sense of the word.Here's one of mine: Flami...
When you are on the bench, you think about the game a lot.Maybe you think about the game more than the players who are actually in it, because you have the added luxury of not being in it yourself.I suppose that's one of the advantages of being...
This will be the last of my Veteran's Day remembrances.Tomorrow is the big day, and since I am going to be "on the road again" to Kansas, I will throw this one out there this morning.Vigilance is the unsung virtue that we expect from all of our warri...
I went to church this morning with a bad attitude.It happens sometimes to this writer.Joe is out of town visiting her friend, so I made the adventure a solo experience.Probably just as well.A lot of things have gone to the trouble to shape this attit...
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