Category Archives: Loss

And Then I Cried

Posted on August 28, 2025 by oldmainer

I have been around a long time. A very long time. Some might say too long. But be that as it may, I have had the opportunity to experience a lifetime of wars, peace, and foremost, change. Life for me … Continue reading →

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When Things Break

Posted on April 6, 2023 by oldmainer

When you were a kid, did your parents ask you what you wanted for your birthday? Well, mine didn’t. Not because they didn’t want to give me a present I desired, but, because they didn’t want to instill expectations that … Continue reading →

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Neptune

Posted on August 6, 2022 by oldmainer

I’m sorry” she said. “I just can’t do that” “Oh come on” he replied. “It’s no big thing” “Maybe not to you, but it is to me” “I don’t get it. It isn’t like I was asking you to do … Continue reading →

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The Gold Ring

Posted on March 7, 2021 by oldmainer

It’s funny how your mind can drift. One minute you are thinking about something and the next you have traveled to a completely different thought. It happened to me the other day. I was focused on my diet and the … Continue reading →

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Sorting Through The Debris

Posted on December 4, 2020 by oldmainer

The other day I was working with my archives and stumbled across a post I wrote back in 2012. It was when life was ‘normal’, the reality being that our normal still held it’s share of disasters. Many or most … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Coping, Fear, Future, Insight, Life, Loss, Pandemic, Perspective, Reflection | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Scooter

Posted on October 6, 2020 by oldmainer

The first time I saw his picture on the web, I was in love. I little Cocker Spaniel named Scooter, about one year old, was down in Arkansas looking for a forever home. After talking it over with my wife, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Compassion, Coping, Death, Dogs, Friendship, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Perspective, Pets, Reflection, Relationships, strays, Tribute | Tagged , , , , | 9 Comments

Where Two Once Stood

Posted on September 8, 2020 by oldmainer

Where two once stood, now one aloneLeft to journey on their ownGone the love they chose to shareDashed in the ashes of despairA heart now turned to stone How for this loss will I atoneSurvive without the love I’ve knownOne … Continue reading →

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What Price Freedom

Posted on August 22, 2020 by oldmainer

I have long been a student of the Civil War.  A time when, not unlike today, our nation stood divided.  Strongly held beliefs forcing the population into a state of denial that we could continue to exist as a nation … Continue reading →

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Whispers

Posted on August 9, 2020 by oldmainer

Not again he thought silently, slightly shaking his head as if warning them off.  Sounds, unintelligible, always lurking just beyond comprehension.  ‘Leave me alone’ he thought.  I already have enough problems without you adding to them. “What do you want”?  … Continue reading →

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Killin Time

Posted on July 28, 2020 by oldmainer

I have always loved music.  I can’t sing and I can’t play an instrument, so it was always a spectator sport for me.  But I loved what I heard, whether I could create it or not.  I’m talking any kind … Continue reading →

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