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Waiting to Fly from Charlotte to Kansas City – A Story from a Gentle Man Spanning Many, Many Years

Waiting to Fly from Charlotte to Kansas City – A Story from a Gentle Man Spanning Many, Many Years

A Story from a Gentle Man Spanning Many, Many Years He was a gentle man, a kind, soft-spoken, older, thoughtful man, with manners and a quiet grace.  He was by himself.  I had left the seat beside him at the airport gate about ten minutes earlier to use the restroom before we started...

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The Flag of Ukraine in the Window – Прапор України у вікні

The Flag of Ukraine in the Window – Прапор України у вікні

The Flag of Ukraine in the Window Прапор України у вікні I was in the New York area for a grandson’s birthday, for his birthday party and another time of spending a day in Manhattan just with him, for a time of refreshment within the city’s multiple and numerous art museums, and upon the busy...

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Echoes of the Death of Jarrett, Our Infant Son

Echoes of the Death of Jarrett, Our Infant Son

Echoes of the Death of Jarrett, Our Infant Son I created the piece below for inclusion in an electronic book of Memories/Testimonies for our 55th high school reunion and wrote of how I put it together in the introduction. The photo is of the crib, now in use by our family for 75 years, in which I...

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A Happy, Spirited Four-Year-Old Beams Proudly as She Pushes Her Own Pram in a Video Recorded by Her Mother to Chronicle Their Day Out Together in Central Ukraine (New Second Posting) – Щаслива, енергійна чотирирічна дитина гордо сяє, коли вона штовхає власну коляску на відео, записаному її матір’ю, щоб записати їхній спільний день у Центральній Україні (Нова друга публікація)

A Happy, Spirited Four-Year-Old Beams Proudly as She Pushes Her Own Pram in a Video Recorded by Her Mother to Chronicle Their Day Out Together in Central Ukraine (New Second Posting) – Щаслива, енергійна чотирирічна дитина гордо сяє, коли вона штовхає власну коляску на відео, записаному її матір’ю, щоб записати їхній спільний день у Центральній Україні (Нова друга публікація)

A Happy, Spirited Four-Year-Old Beams Proudly as She Pushes Her Own Pram Щаслива, енергійна чотирирічна дитина гордо сяє, штовхаючи своїх *** (I previously published this posting in July 2022. As my readership in Ukraine has increased to second in national number, I came back to this one to add...

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Postcard Stories – Morning Glories – Suzuki Kiitsu – Early 19th Century – The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Our Eyes Upon the Horizon & Details – A Thought Piece

Postcard Stories – Morning Glories – Suzuki Kiitsu – Early 19th Century – The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Our Eyes Upon the Horizon & Details – A Thought Piece

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/48982 Morning Glories – Suzuki Kiitsu – Early 19th Century Our Eyes Upon the Horizon & Details - A Thought Piece Second Sister's Spouse – 06/28/21 …and of course, it is good to see the whole, as much as one can, to get the “big picture”, for as a...

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Understanding Will Come Unto You All your Life & You will be Blessed, a Shining Pearl among Those around You, & Your Hands will be Filled with More and More Good for Those with You & for Those to Come after You, Forever.

Understanding Will Come Unto You All your Life & You will be Blessed, a Shining Pearl among Those around You, & Your Hands will be Filled with More and More Good for Those with You & for Those to Come after You, Forever.

Understanding Will Come unto You All your Life The mind and thoughts of a young person are wondrous and complex, and rarely shared in full.  There are so many things to gaze upon, consider, and understand – though understanding is a far-off thing, always still just out of reach for most of...

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