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It was such a good evening. We went to a concert at a local civic center. It was bluegrass music. Oh yes. I don’t know if they qualify as strictly bluegrass music, however. This group plays only acoustic music. So I might classify them as folk music. It was The Isaacs. The dobro player isContinue reading “The Acoustics”

All I want right now in this world at the moment is for the light on my laptop’s charging cord to turn green. That’s it. As I write this, I’m uncertain if the battery will die. It’s currently at two percent. The charger is plugged in, and the light is a light yellow, almost cream.Continue reading “The Green Light”

There’s something about conquering fear that makes a person feel more alive. We visited the City of Silver in the Land of Make-Believe and Black Tar yesterday. Son #1 wanted to go to the Fireman Section and run through the water shooting up from the ground. I told him we would after we plunged downContinue reading “The Courageous”

One of my favorite poets, Joyce Kilmer, fought in World War One. At some point during the war, he wrote a poem titled “Prayer of a Soldier in France.” At age thirty-one, on July 30, 1918, he died in action. He had led a scouting party to find the position of a German machine gun.Continue reading “The Soldier”

There are some places you only go to have the experience. We visited an overrated eatery recently. We sat outside on the front porch. Multitudes of people gathered from who knows where to partake of the sustenance the eatery provides. I’m guessing no matter which states they were from, every person there had a mobileContinue reading “The Experience”