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Coloured lights twinkling in windows up and down the street. Outside along the eaves. Embracing front yard trees. The shopping malls are full. Magic. I’m not so sure what it all means, ultimately. Oh, I know what it is supposed to mean…..the wonder of the season, family and friends, etc. But there is something else……

The other evening I started to watch a movie…..okay, part of a movie, about a house that was carried away by balloons…after the first ten minutes or so, I was so overwhelmed by the little guy’s tragic life I couldn’t watch any more. What the heck was that about?

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“What do you do with yourself these days, Rich?”
The question kind of caught me off guard. And as off-guarded as I was, I responded with, “Nothing.” I almost apologized, thinking that this was a totally inappropriate answer.

Having coffee with friends, I am often asked about my days. I guess it is a conversation starter for us retired folks. My days are filled with projects and partial projects, and there are times when I just want to say I do nothing. Why is it so hard to tell someone, “I am doing nothing. Maybe tomorrow as well. And the next day?” What I sometimes feel like adding is, “You got a problem with that?”
Why the defensiveness?

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It has been a time of mental turmoil, these past few weeks. Five persons from my circle of friends have passed away. I have tried so hard to put words together to express what I feel. The truth is, I’m not sure exactly how to sort out all my emotions these days.

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I am standing in the department store looking at a fairly powerful astronomy telescope. I had been reading in a physics article that there is a harmonic overtone, like a musical vibration in the Universe, coming from somewhere out among the stars. I’m thinking that I need to look for the musician hiding up there, whoever is making those sounds!

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