Tag Archives: Random Reflections

It’s The Little Things

Posted on August 13, 2016 by oldmainer

Since it seems to be important that everything has a label anymore, I have a question.  How do you define old?  When you look at something or someone, what drives your decision to label it or them “old”.  I guess … Continue reading →

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Playing Chicken

Posted on June 28, 2016 by oldmainer

Why did the chicken cross the road?  Do you know?  Me neither, and apparently neither did anyone else.  For years this question has haunted us and even our most vaunted scholars could only venture a guess.  But now, the answer … Continue reading →

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The More Things Change….

Posted on June 27, 2016 by oldmainer

As is my custom, each morning, first thing, I walk down to the street and retrieve the newspaper.  As I walk back up the driveway, I scan the headlines to see what new crisis awaits my purview.  You will note … Continue reading →

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Saying It Forward

Posted on May 11, 2016 by oldmainer

I read with some enthusiasm this morning the Kindness Blog, in which a challenge was issued.  Specifically, for one year, to consciously think about what you are going to say before you say it to give yourself the opportunity to … Continue reading →

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The Decline And Fall

Posted on January 26, 2016 by oldmainer

When I was a kid, I would ride my bike everywhere.  I didn’t wear any headgear and more then once my pant-leg got caught between the chain and sprocket, creating some scrapes and bruises.  I played touch football without a … Continue reading →

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Dancing With Life

Posted on January 2, 2016 by oldmainer

This, up until now in his young life, was probably the scariest thing he had ever done.  Not that he hadn’t been scared before.  This had been going on since he was twelve when his mother had sent him to … Continue reading →

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Fifty Cent Memories

Posted on November 28, 2015 by oldmainer

Sitting on the back steps, I could hear the music, and when it got dark, I could see the lights.  Actually, I could see their glow in the sky above the trees.  To a little boy, it was a magical … Continue reading →

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Failure To Communicate

Posted on October 31, 2015 by oldmainer

I am sure that most if not all of you at some time or other, have had a phone conversation with a customer service representative, and came away with mixed emotions. This of course would have been when you could … Continue reading →

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Old Is As Old Does

Posted on September 29, 2015 by oldmainer

Recently a young friend of mine was lamenting about the old cycle she rides to school. She said her classmates make fun of her because of it. Perception, it seems, matters more then function.   It brought to mind when … Continue reading →

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A Child Outside

Posted on September 5, 2015 by oldmainer

Chalk it up to age I guess, but I often find myself comparing today’s environment to that in which I lived as a kid.  Everything was new and exciting then.  Discovery was there for the taking and take it we … Continue reading →

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