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As I See It

Thoughts From a Hospital Bed

In the last couple of years, I have seen a lot of hospital rooms. I have also seen a lot of caring hands. As I write these words I am again in the hospital.This all started because I "over did it." When you are younger it takes a lot to "over do it." Being older I find that you cannot keep up ...

The Big Move

Growing older has had its ups and downs. The ups are wonderful, I now have time for those little things in life that I have come to enjoy, just sitting outside on a beautiful day watching the white puff clouds roll by is one of them. I have gotten back into reading which I have enjoyed since I ...

The Wooden Egg

Though April fools day has come and gone I though I'd tell you how a friend of my mother played a practical joke on me. At the time I was about seven. My mother had friends named Martha and Joe that owned and operated a small farm in Pennsylvania.I enjoyed the farm very much. One of my favorite ...

Spring is near

My two favorite times of year are spring and fall. Spring is just a few weeks away and the weather is already showing signs of the passing of winter. I saw the first robin just this past Saturday.I remember in grade school when I was 12, I could look out the window at a beautiful tall oak that ...

Outgrowing awkwardness

Once upon a time long ago, I was young. Most of the world was still a mystery to me. Love was just between my parents and me. Then the world was bright and full of colors and each day a new lesion was learned. My world was my home, school and the street in front of our house.In school I was ...

Staying healthy as we get older

As I have gotten older, I feel lucky in that though I have some health issues, all and all, I am still in pretty good shape. I do have one worry that comes to mind every now and then. The biggest worry I have is I am afraid of coming down with the Alzheimer's disease. Every time I cannot ...

A short look at nothing

Every so often a writer gets what is called "Writer's Block." I am afraid that is the case with me.What to write about, that is the question. Unfortunately there is not an easy answer. I could write about the loveliness of snow or things with a Christmas feeling. There is the passing of a great ...

That Special Day

My 71st birthday has come. I don't celebrate my birthdays like I did as a kid. I use to look forward to my day of birth and wonder how many gifts I would get and how big my birthday cakes would be. I would try to remember all the fun things I would do on that day of celebration. Now I am just ...

My last show before adulthood

In 1959 I was 16 years old. I spent the greater half of the summer of '59 in Accokeek Md. The person who taught drama at Suitland Jr. High School, Howard Millman, also produced and directed plays in Accokeek. The actors he used came from his classes at the Jr..High. I was among those ...

Transition from summer to fall

Well, here we are in September. All of my life I have loved the fall. In some ways it is like a new beginning. Most, or at lest some of the people, look at New Years as the resetting of the clock, a chance to start anew. I look at the fall in the same way.In West Virginia, where I live, there ...