Category: 65 on up
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Finally, a political explanation I can understand.
The greatest country in the world with a population of 330 million and this is the best we can do?
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an opinion about political parties
I have always voiced a neutral, or, more honestly stated, a non-confrontational opinion to the outside world. I am, and have been, in sales forever and find it easier to navigate this way. This is not to say that if something is vulgar, mean-spirited or patently offensive, I just smile or shrug my shoulders. I…
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be grateful—or else!
I have been given an opportunity to attend a coaching class, specifically for Coldwell Banker agents. It is a seven-week course that began last week and was made available to only 20 agents in an office with 185 agents. Those chosen were generally new to the industry, but not exclusively. The thing in common was…
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lost coffee cup or just the beginning
I pay more attention to medical information than I ever did before. Mainly because the older I get, the more mortal I feel. Aches and pains take on a more sinister attitude because I did nothing in particular to cause them. Sometimes it’s nothing more than psychosomatic, made terminal through WebMD and too many pharmaceutical…
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Acceptance or enlightenment.
I am moving closer to enlightenment. This isn’t a religious epiphany, and it isn’t political. It’s acceptance. I have often thought I knew, or understood most topics enough to have a reasonably intelligent conversation. Not the minutiae of a nuclear reaction or crypto-currency, but the humanities and sports were topics I could navigate. If talk…
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Planning a little trip.
In November 2020, after graduating from real estate school, and being pretty much “done” with the pandemic, I started an AirBNB search for properties, in or around Key West. The general idea was to stay for a week or so during Valentine’s Day 2021. I would be retired from Career A, and not yet full-steam…
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Booster. Roger that.
After months of making a case for rejecting it, I could not continue to ignore the statistical evidence to get it. My initial concern for not getting the shot was because I didn’t want a repeat of my ER stay after receiving the 2019 seasonal flu shot. In March 2021, I got both shots with…
a life always under construction 