Category Archives: Musings

Sometimes there is a place that for no particular reason continues to attract and resonate with you

Posted on June 23, 2021 by profkf

When I finished my undergrad degree and had no clue what I was going to do, I took some time off and dipped my toe into the teaching pond after a few months. It was fun (didn’t pay much then … Continue reading →

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And just like that..

Posted on June 10, 2021 by profkf

It’s done. The window has been closed, the door locked, the AC shut off, and the name plate on the door removed. For the first time since 1975 as of this moment, I have no job. I’m not employed, I … Continue reading →

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Nineteen Forever…

Posted on June 3, 2021 by profkf

“Sometimes I feel so aliveSometimes I see so clearJust like the way we always wereSo young and free from fear” So opens the song of the same name from Joe Jackson…I’ve been struggling with the idea of time and it’s … Continue reading →

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The Time Has Come, The Walrus Said,

Posted on May 5, 2021 by profkf

To talk of many things…. This has been a year like no other that I can remember, so many life events have happened that it is almost impossible to realize it’s only been just one year up the line. Let’s … Continue reading →

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Fragments

Posted on April 29, 2021 by profkf

I still look in the mirror and see 19. I can taste the salt of the ocean, I can feel the sunshine on my skin or, today, the rain on my face. I look around and see the same things … Continue reading →

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Pater Familias

Posted on March 31, 2021 by profkf

When you are 16, you are immortal. In the summer of my 16-19th years on the planet, I would hardly sleep, we, as a group, would indulge in cheap tequila (Jose Gavilan was the beverage of choice, I believe it … Continue reading →

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A little short of a month ago

Posted on March 17, 2021 by profkf

I wrote a post about getting to the end of a dream and how it seemed a bit distant. Some of that has changed, the reality is that a lot of what I was worried about seems, at least as … Continue reading →

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It’s been almost a year

Posted on March 8, 2021 by profkf

March 13, 2020…the day the world stood still…both Sue and I left our respective schools that day and had no clue the extent of what was about to happen. I don’t think I need to revisit any of it for … Continue reading →

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Where do you go when you get to the end of your dream?

Posted on February 20, 2021 by profkf

I’ve always looked forward to my “golden years”. I have been working in one form or another since I was about 10 years old. I asked for a snow shovel for Christmas 1962, why? because there was money to be … Continue reading →

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Well the highway is alive tonight…

Posted on February 12, 2021 by profkf

About a week ago I was in an incredibly moribund state of mind not in the strict sense of the primary definition but more secondary. My lovely wife was concerned I might be clinically depressed. It was snowing (again), we … Continue reading →

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