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Hi Everyone, I’m expecting a power outage because of Hurricane Irene so if you do not see a new post on this blog Monday morning it will be because the power is out. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can with some photos and observations of the storm. Be well and safe, [...] Continue reading Post and Power Good Morning All, By the time you read this missive this morning I will be well on my way to join friends in Colorado for a short skiing vacation. I’ve decided to drive. I know, it’s a long way, but I have some time and I enjoy observing the American portrait of life and living. [...] Continue reading On The Road To all a very Happy Thanksgiving. RGS Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving I have an IT friend who knows the ins and outs of the Internet. There is a program that can determine who is looking at a blog and from where their look or surveillance originates. Mr friend did it for me on my blog. Guess who showed up as reading my posts from Kenya? Homeland [...] Continue reading Peek-A-Boo (Note) these photos are from the Internet. Mine are not yet available. I’m working on it. Monday’s post…post Nairobi. For me there is no other way to describe the emotion of my visit to the Mathare slums of Nairobi than by the use of symbolic poetry. It will follow this preface. Over a million people [...] Continue reading Mathare Slums Good Day to all, This is what I tried to send this morning as my plane was winding its way to the terminal. I see that only the title came through. Sorry about that. It’s good to be home and I’m fortunate to have had the experience of Kenya. It is not the Kenya of [...] Continue reading Home I had a magnificent experience over the last few days. I attended my 50th high school reunion. Many of my old friends and acquaintances also attended and it was an exercise in extrapolation of memory and then applying what you remember of a person to the weathering of age, accommodations of physical change and then [...] Continue reading Old Friends, New Times DEFINITION: Main Entry: mock·ery Pronunciation: \ˈmä-k(ə-)rē, ˈmȯ-\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural mock·er·ies Date: 15th century 1 : insulting or contemptuous action or speech : DERISION 2 : a subject of laughter, derision, or sport 3 a : a counterfeit appearance : IMITATION b : an insincere, contemptible, or impertinent imitation 4 : something ridiculously [...] Continue reading DEFINITIONS and Beyond |
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Two storms
Outer storm gone, inner waning. Recuperating from Lyme Disease. Damn debilitating. Blogs to follow soon. Thanks for tuning in. RGS
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