Desk Drawer
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30,000 Words

I was cleaning out a desk drawer the other day and found a very little book titled Pocket Rhyming Dictionary.  Over 30,000 words, Eee Gads! A couple of decades ago I wrote a song we […]

Lane Strolling
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Lane Strolling

I was strolling down memory lane the other day, which is where I do most of my pondering, and asked myself, “Art, since you just barely snuck out of high school with a diploma by […]

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70 Years

Yes, is has been seventy years since I began work with the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. In July of 1983, after 35 years of service to the Grand Trunk, I retired from my position of […]

Eagle
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Patriots

Did you ever ask yourself “What have I done to deserve to live in this country, America?” (You readers in Canada and China and Australia might ask yourselves the same of your own countries.) To […]

My bucket list
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A Retro Bucket List

I have just begun reading a book by former President Jimmy Carter titled “A Full Life. Reflections at Ninety.” This week I start living my 90th year and instead of waiting until my ninetieth birthday […]