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2024 Birthday Card Compilation

Below is a compilation of my monthly e-mail birthday wishes for 2024.  I have modified the graphics to make it easier to read and have used a common font. Each card closed with “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” and “Peace, Bob.”   January: According to my snow shovel index – how many times in this part of New […]

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May 24, 2025

  May 24, 2025 When we mark the third anniversary of the Uvalde school massacre, it is encouraging to know that we have taken concrete steps to reduce the carnage associated with mass shootings. Company A is offering a window film to schools. The film purportedly reduces the impact of bullets aimed at destroying your […]

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Jose and Maria

The JOSE and MARIA DILEMMA: A Stepback Analysis   Similar to the challenge faced by every individual or organization which is in a helping mode: does all the good work change lives, either from an offensive standpoint — moving forward, or a defensive standpoint — avoiding negative results, the question arises:   where are we […]

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In My Shoes

IN MY SHOES                      Why are there two police cars with flashing lights outside the restaurant where the Hispanic Resource Center (HRC) is interacting with people applying for assistance from its Emergency Relief Fund (ERF)?  Are they interested locally or are they coordinating with ICE? The latter was in town two days before, at a […]

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Truth in Travelogues

TRUTH IN TRAVELOGUES                                                       Christmas, 2024  Number three in a truly discontinuous series that began decades ago. It had been several years since I logged the 600 mile (one-way) trip to be with my daughters and their families on the Big Day itself. Not yet being into the world of podcasts, I knew that something […]

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