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Saturday, January 4, 2020

No Bucket List! One Thing Just Leads to Another

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A real book I found in a Bronx Thrift Shop In a thrift shop in The Bronx, I saw the book above.   Inside the book ar...
Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Meditation and a Seven-Minute Mile

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When I re-enlisted in the Army a dozen years ago, I had a goal of scoring 300, the maximum score, on the Army fitness test.   The te...
Saturday, December 28, 2019

The Difference of a Decade: Soldier in Iraq to Street Protester

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At the beginning of 2010 I was a soldier on active duty with the United States Army deployed to Iraq.   As this decade ends I am a Democ...
Friday, December 27, 2019

Fifty Books for 2019: 50/50 Learning and Entertainment

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The first of 20 books in the Master and Commander series Every year begins with a list of books and a stack of books I want to read an...
Saturday, December 21, 2019

My Life in Travel--the Trend is More!

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It's the end of the second decade in this century. But that not-so-profound insight did not occur to me until about a week ago.  I w...
Sunday, December 15, 2019

Visit to the Buchenwald Concentration Camp

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Weimar, Germany The day that I visited Buchenwald, I was sad and angry. I was more sad and more angry as the day progressed.  But t...
Sunday, December 8, 2019

Above 55mph on a Bike the Spokes Sing

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The position for the fastest descent     Just above 55 miles per hour the spokes sing. I hear it with my crotch on the top tube, ...