I remember writing about the evolution of the human soul a few months ago and waxing philosophical on what a fascinating phenomenon it is to witness. It is the ability of men and women to evolve after reaching a point of enlightenment regarding basic characteristics of their own being that gives me a lot of…
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Highlights in the headlights: celebrating four years of RRS
As it turns out, writing is a more common passion than I thought. Yes, there are those whose living depends upon their ability to express themselves in words and to create something from nothing by painting life portraits on blank pages via written language. Seeking to earn a living by such means is an honorable…
Continue ReadingThe First Armistice at 100
One hundred years ago at the stroke of the eleventh hour on this, the eleventh day of the eleventh month, all the guns on the Western Front fell silent. Jubilation ensued on both sides of No Man’s Land as the front line soldiers emerged from their trenches to embrace a very welcomed peace. If only…
Continue ReadingPreserving our humanity
Inner peace is the most precious intangible any soul can find, achieve or arrive at as a destination. Each individual must seek to find that often ethereal and elusive sense of well-being that provides that reassurance from a still small voice emanating from deep within that tells them all is right with their World. This…
Continue ReadingTen years without Carlin: Oh George, how we miss thee!
I am forever grateful to live in such an interesting time and place such as in the middle of the United States in 2018. The more things that focus the attention of both brilliant less gifted minds weighing in on daily happenings in America and the World, my calling as a chronicler of the events…
Continue ReadingA look back on a leader in crisis
As I have often mused while waxing nostalgic, the more things change the more they stay the same. As a child, I remember asking certain of my elders what they thought of what we were seeing on the evening news only to be dismissed by categorical proclamations that the World and the nation were “Going…
Continue ReadingThe heartbreak of failed leadership
Having served in the Navy as long as I did, I learned a few things about leadership. I remember receiving an intense hands-on tutorial on the subject in my early enlisted days. I have the direct authority of front line superiors to thank for those valuable lessons. Some of those mid grade and senior NCOs…
Continue ReadingEndings, beginnings, aspirations and expectations
This week as I transitioned into living in 2018, I experienced a deep and visceral sensation that I am sitting stationary on a huge existential conveyor belt being slowly but forever pulled forward on a great master timeline. So many times in my life the month of January has been one of endings and beginnings,…
Continue ReadingFinishing Volume 43 and reflecting on 2017
As the current year’s final hours tick by, I wax nostalgic about the binder full of daily entries I have compiled since January 1st. The December 31st entry will bear the cataloged number of 43-365 and will mark the end of my 43rd volume of daily records, a personal activity which I began in the…
Continue ReadingOur slow but steady downward glide
Evolution, be it that of a living organism, a nation’s identity or an individual person’s character, is a fascinating process. I am perhaps a little biased and maybe outright unrealistic when it comes to the evolution of a person’s character. I would really love to believe that just because an average soul such as myself…
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