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Sometimes the seemingly smallest gesture

Posted on January 22, 2022 by profkf

Makes all the difference in the world! It is cold and dreary in the lowcountry today. We’ve had two days of “winter weather advisory” (which is a WHOLE lot different from that same thing in CT, as it turned out, … Continue reading →

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Waiting on a Sunny Day

Posted on January 19, 2022 by profkf

Tonight I’m watching (again) the movie “42” where, in 1946, Jackie Robinson is signed to a contract by Branch Rickey and what he went through. We have also been watching the limited series on Emmett Till, another heart breaking example … Continue reading →

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I can hear your voice in the wind

Posted on January 10, 2022 by profkf

I hope he doesn’t mind, but I borrowed this line from a Cliff Eberhardt song The Long Road. Why? well, today marks the third anniversary of the passing of Uncle Dominic P. Starace. I have written a lot about him … Continue reading →

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We’ll take a cup of kindness yet…

Posted on December 31, 2021 by profkf

Yup, you named that tune on the first note…by pure accident, I came upon a version of the song done recently on YouTube by Kate Taylor and her brother Livingston. Back in 2002 she released an album (yes, that’s what … Continue reading →

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Ka lā hiki ola

Posted on December 26, 2021 by profkf

As 2021 starts to close down, now post Christmas and pre New Year’s eve, I find the need to look back for a little bit. The year started in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, with the glint of hope … Continue reading →

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I Need a Lift

Posted on December 18, 2021 by profkf

Running today, I was not into it at all, it hurt, but I needed to do it, toward the end, on came Greg Holden’s song, “I Need an Energy”….first time I heard it was watching Chasing Mavericks, the simultaneous heartwarming … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 10, 2021 by profkf

Father Time….a career of being undefeated, the only one/thing/event that truly is. I keep trying to put that on the back burner and keep in mind that the longer I manage to keep moving, the better chance there is that … Continue reading →

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Once in a vision

Posted on December 7, 2021 by profkf

I came on some woodsAnd stood at a fork in the roadMy choices were clearYet I froze with the fearOf not knowing which way to go… When you reach a certain point in life, there is a lot of looking … Continue reading →

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Isn’t it a long way home

Posted on December 2, 2021 by profkf

We left Wilton, CT around 6:45 AM the day after Thanksgiving. We drove to Norwalk and took a quick swing by the old house to get a look at it, stopped for gas and got some coffee and breakfast at … Continue reading →

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The Road Goes Ever On

Posted on November 30, 2021 by profkf

So…..we left Colonial Williamsburg early in the morning on, got some coffee and some breakfast sandwiches at Dunkin’ about 2 miles from the Colonial Houses, and headed north. The wonderfully reliable GPS recognized a boondoggle around DC and rerouted us … Continue reading →

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