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2019 

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 Pondering Questioning     Pondering Questioning I pondered. Life is full of questions.   Unanswered.  Still to be answered.  Ahh, the leading question.  Open-ended ones.  Some are rhetorical. Others are repeated.  Multiple times.  And repeated again.  Just because.   Lots of questions.  Too many...
02/26/2019
  And The Winner Was...   And The Winner Was... I was right...my prediction was correct...The awards presentation of the 91st Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is now history.  My prediction that the ceremony would extend beyond three hours was true.  Predictably.  Some quotes from the ...
02/25/2019
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   Playing Hopscotch         Playing Hopscotch. Don't wish to be normal.  Wish to be yourself. To the hilt.  Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses,  Wish to be great at whatever you are.                                                                      Loi...
02/21/2019
  Pondering On Judgment    Pondering On Judgment It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexteritythat great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.  Marcus Tullius Cicero  I walk.  I meander.  I ponder. I wonder.  As I wander.   I can do all these things at once...
02/19/2019
   Do These Shoes Match This Outfit?    Do These Shoes Match This Outfit?  This is a pondering moment for sure but it didn't happen to me in front of a mirror.  At least not this time.  Insert a laugh out loud expression or an appropriate emoji if you like.  I ponder.  Then I wonder,  And later I...
02/18/2019
 The Difference A Single Person Can Make   The Difference A Single Person Can Make     It seems that the issue between big versus small exists throughout life.  And in many industries.  Not just real estate. Regardless of the size of the organization, we understand the importance a particular per...
02/16/2019
  Four Score And Seven Years Ago  Four Score And Seven Years Ago    Many of the 272 words found  in the  Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address may have been forgotten but you likely recall those words in the famous beginning.   And while this post is not a tribute to that literary work, it is a trib...
02/15/2019
  Raindrops Keep Falling  On My Head   Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head    It's another rainy day. Or it is scheduled to be.  Perhaps that was  yesterday. Maybe tomorrow.   It's all kind of running together for many it seems.  It's not like this hasn't happened before.  I remember previous rainy...
02/13/2019
  When It Is Not  Just A Matter Of Time        It Is Just A Matter Of Time  We have likely heard it in the past.  Time heals all wounds.  Give it some time.  It seems to be that time is given the role of the bad guy in the script of life. You know the character wearing the black hat in an old wes...
02/12/2019
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    That Memorable Moment  That Memorable Moment  I have been pondering.  Maybe more than usual.  And perhaps just as much as I typically ponder.   I don't keep track of such things.  No need for a "to do" list.   Things just happen as I ponder.  It's not like I relinquish taking charge of my tho...
02/11/2019
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