Author Archives: profkf

Sometimes the words hit you immediately, sometimes you search and none make any sense

Posted on November 11, 2024 by profkf

This is truly one of those tomes where all the above is true. It is one day shy of a week when our world turned truly upside down. It has taken at least this long to even try to find … Continue reading →

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Some days

Posted on October 22, 2024 by profkf

I want to start this by saying I know how lucky I am. 72+ years up the line. I can still swim (slowly but steadily) a lot of laps in a pool. I average between 50 and 80 most sessions. … Continue reading →

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Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season:

Posted on October 9, 2024 by profkf

Squall’s out on the gulf streamBig storm’s comin’ soonI passed out in my hammockGod I slept ’till way past noonStood up and tried to focusI hoped I wouldn’t have to look farI knew I could use a bloody MarySo I … Continue reading →

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Thoughts and Prayers:

Posted on September 13, 2024 by profkf

Let’s start right here with some words from the online edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica: Race is socially constructed, not biologically natural. The biogenetic notion of race—the idea that the human species is divided into distinct groups on the basis … Continue reading →

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Labor Day

Posted on September 2, 2024 by profkf

I’ve been watching a lot of the US Open tennis matches the past week or so and there are simply some things that immediately take you back so this will be a look back, pretty far back in fact. When … Continue reading →

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Sometimes reality and entertainment merge

Posted on July 18, 2024 by profkf

Yesterday, for no particular reason other than it seemed interesting I fired up Netflix and watched the movie The Long Game. It seemed to be a mash up of Hoosiers and Stand and Deliver. It was very enjoyable and had … Continue reading →

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The Light at the end of the Lap Lane

Posted on July 12, 2024 by profkf

It’s not secret that I running and swimming are a combination of therapeutic and meditative. I frequently have my best thoughts while engaged in either activity and today was no exception. As is the case here in SC at 7AM … Continue reading →

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Why is college so expensive?

Posted on July 9, 2024 by profkf

As always seems to be the case once or twice each year, usually around the opening of school and toward the end of the school year, the discussion of the cost of college comes up and how incredibly expensive it … Continue reading →

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My Father’s Shoes

Posted on June 18, 2024 by profkf

This past Sunday, one of the songs Fred Migliore played for his father’s day show was Cliff Eberhart’s song (the one I used as the title of this musing). It’s from an album of his called The Long Road which, … Continue reading →

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A Question of Balance

Posted on May 30, 2024 by profkf

Why do we never get an answer when we’re knocking at the doorWith a thousand million questions… For most of my adult life I had a dream of exiting the winter and spending it in a warmer climate. That dream … Continue reading →

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