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Gaps Forming
Getting old consumes time . The geezer has been shamefully derelict in keeping this story going, He apologizes, but he can’t promise a change of…
Nov 29, 2021
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September 2021
Meaning or Being?
What now?
Sep 29, 2021
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Meaning or Being
The geezer has sat silent on the shelf for too long now. He apologizes. The older he gets the slower he goes. The older he gets the more difficulty he…
Sep 29, 2021
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August 2021
Old Man
Way, way back when, if you’re old enough, you may remember a song called Old Man River. It was about the tribulations of being black, specifical…
Aug 23, 2021
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Forgiveness
There’s a post of this same name, just out. It’s about the burden an unforgiven wound can place on a person’s life, and it poses some question a…
Aug 11, 2021
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Forgiveness
Somebody did you wrong. Somebody betrayed you, broke your heart, messed up your life. It might have been a parent, a sibling, somebody you were in love…
Aug 11, 2021
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July 2021
A Community of Geezers
So, my geezers, Here’s what’s happening. A lot of what’s been getting posted here comes from a book in draft. Recently the geezer was told, by p…
Jul 21, 2021
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Four Hands
It's summer, the season to be lazy. Here's a poem from a few years back. Rest easy. Feel deeply.
Jul 13, 2021
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June 2021
Kinfolk
Maybe you have a brother and/or a sister. Maybe you don’t but wish you did, You want other humans you can hold to your heart, men and women who know you…
Jun 26, 2021
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The Gift of Lightness
There are geezers in worse shape than you are. Maybe its a cousin, maybe an old friend. Maybe somebody stops being able to talk. Maybe somebody loses…
Jun 4, 2021
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May 2021
Jack LaLanne
Jack LaLanne was a mythical creature who did his stuff more than a half century ago. He was an evangelist for health, fitness, pride, discipline, mind…
May 27, 2021
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A Geezer and a Half
With the evolution of ubiquitous media, we also experience role models remote from the flesh. We become inspired by actors and athletes and preachers…
May 19, 2021
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