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College
I look back at the beginning of my continuing educational journey, my first semester at California State University, Long Beach, on August 22, 2022. I’m often asked, “Why are you going to college at your age?” Why not? Better than… Continue reading
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I Got This
You ever have a day, a week, a couple of weeks, a month, a year when sh!t seems to be coming at you fast and… I want to know, should I be screaming with screaming angry voices and making steaming… Continue reading
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KING
King I was nineteen years old on April 4, 1968when the bullet full of hate scorn the fear of losing…a nation of white supremacyMURDERED Dr. Martin Luther King JR Do you remember where you were? I was living in my parent’s apartment in the… Continue reading
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________into 2024
I’ve been arguing with myself over how to describe the transition into 2024. Sliding. Falling. Crushing. Panicking. Skipping. I mean, 2023 was not too bad for me/us. We’re slowly rejoining the rest of the human race with dinners out, attending… Continue reading
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Being 75: The Bucket List
December 8, 1948-2023 The day of 75 has arrived, and damn it, nothing happened. I didn’t emerge from a time machine so I could change all the dumb sh*t I’ve done in my life. Nope, I guess I will have… Continue reading
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Becoming 75: Part Three 1999-2023
On December 8, 2023, I will become 75 years (despite every effort in my life not to make that happen). I’m not going to lie. The last twenty-five years were probably crazier than the fifty years before them. Aside from… Continue reading
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Becoming 75 (Part Two)
On December 8, 2023, I will become 75 years (despite every effort in my life not to make that happen). From 1974-1998, I lived my second twenty-five years attempting to break the time barrier by fitting as much living as… Continue reading
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Becoming 75 (Part One)
The first twenty five years: 1948-1973 On December 8, 2023, I will celebrate, okay, the better description should be, greet hesitantly, seventy-five revolutions around the sun. This will be a big deal for me, but I’m unsure why. I know… Continue reading