Category Archives: Musings

Men are never so serious, thoughtful, and intent, as when they are at stool.

Posted on September 6, 2021 by profkf

And thus one of my favorite lines from the far overlooked satirist Jonathan Swift (honestly, does anyone in any school even read him any longer? he has so much to give….) comes to mind tonight. I promise I am not … Continue reading →

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Swamp Fox

Posted on August 25, 2021 by profkf

Well the title is a reference, for those of you FAR younger than I, to a very old Disney set of episodes about Francis Marion (it ran from Oct 59 till Jan 61, see I told you OLD) It starred … Continue reading →

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The Time Has Come, The Walrus Said, To Talk of Many Things:

Posted on August 22, 2021 by profkf

Let me start by saying I know all the very good and positive things that are on the horizon, and I also know “one day we’ll look back on this and it will all seem funny”. Now that we’ve established … Continue reading →

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Across the Great Divide….

Posted on August 22, 2021 by profkf

Thinking of Nanci Griffith tonight…and a LOT of other things… “I’ve been walkin’ in my sleepCountin’ troubles ‘stead of countin’ sheepWhere the years went I can’t sayI just turned around and they’ve gone away I’ve been siftin’ through the layersOf … Continue reading →

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Stars

Posted on August 14, 2021 by profkf

There are some losses you simply cannot get past. Most of them are “friends” I’ve never known but have been part of my life for a very long time. Dan Fogelberg, who today, would have turned 70 is one of … Continue reading →

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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end

Posted on August 12, 2021 by profkf

The end of May 2002, we closed on this home in Norwalk and began a life together, it was a brand new beginning. It has been an incredible ride. Politicians always seem to ask the question “are you better off … Continue reading →

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The Night Before…The Morning After

Posted on August 8, 2021 by profkf

As all three of you who read this periodically know, Sue and I are about to embark on a new journey, in two short weeks, I will be leaving with Drew (my son) and Abbey THE dog to drive to … Continue reading →

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A Moment in Time

Posted on July 29, 2021 by profkf

When I left Greenwich High School in 2004 to teach at Weston High, it was both scary and exciting. Change, as I am going through right now, with this massive relocation, always scary. I had to meet new people in … Continue reading →

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A Question of Balance

Posted on July 5, 2021 by profkf

Mortality, timeline, years, days of future passed, slow below the surface, carpe diem. I’m floundering dealing with all of these things. This has been a time period unlike any I can recall. Life brings loss, that’s part of the game, … Continue reading →

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Goodbye My Friend

Posted on June 28, 2021 by profkf

“Oh we never know where life will take usI know it’s just a ride on the wheel.And we never know when death will shake usAnd we wonder how it will feel…” In July of 2015, I took the gigantic leap … Continue reading →

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