Archive For August 15, 2017

All The Way, Jose

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All The Way, Jose

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. – Richard Bach Over forty years ago, together we saved the Portland Indoor track meet.   I had Nike and he had a hammer and a saw and paint.   Jose built the beautiful…

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Talking To Strangers

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Talking To Strangers

I don’t go out much because everybody pisses me off.  Tried to be nice to people once but it didn’t feel right.  I didn’t enjoy it. He was mumbling to himself, inaudibly he hoped. The folks in Arizona are much friendlier than the average Floridian.  Hell, the phrase “the average Floridian” gave the old man…

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