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Category Archives: Foibles and Follies

Returning to the Scene, Seasonally and Socially Distanced

May 13, 2020

Returning to the Scene, Seasonally and Socially Distanced You really would not have wanted to be there, in the almost …

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Foible and Folly #1 – “Chairman of the Board”

July 2, 2018

One creative spark flared up and involved my whole family, then extended family, even the Boston Globe. (Self)Publication of my …

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Lyrics #6 – Consolidated Consoles, an “outline,” a concept, some lyrics

March 20, 2018

One last, unexpected time… lonesome writer me, adjusting to the beginning of a new business career, suited up, baffled, a …

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Lyrics #3 – Sunspots on the Moon

May 30, 2017

The beat continues… you really had to be there, but you couldn’t be – just lonesome writer me again.  The …

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Lyrics #1 – The Adventures of Tom Watson

March 24, 2017

Writing a musical script on the early days of IBM

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Electoral Dysfunction

February 22, 2016

Only ten of us were there in 1952 at MawMaw Bertha’s one-cow, one-plow sugar cane farm – MawMaw, Mom and …

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Reunion Silver, Gold, and a Few Blues

September 23, 2015

Let’s hear it for nostalgia – at least, the better parts of it! The individuals here were classmates, some with …

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Flies in the Ointment, or on the Table – a Really Useful Discovery

September 10, 2015

Lots of people were in the vicinity, from time to time, but none were aware of the strategic research. Sidetracked …

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Family Road Stories – Quirks, Mis-Directions, and Angelic Interventions

August 24, 2015

Addenda: Several airport pickups this month re-collected my memory of another incident – this one in the “pure zany” category, another …

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Family Horse and Pony Foibles

March 31, 2015

A companion piece to Family Camping Follies… The individuals who were there – my own family from the “greatest ever” …

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