Category Archives: Opinions

Inspiration

Posted on September 9, 2025 by oldmainer

Inspiration is like a lover Unexpectedly metExciting to engageUrgently pursuedCompelling to embraceOft gone by morning

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How Do You Spell Success

Posted on December 7, 2024 by oldmainer

Over my lifetime, I am sure I must have run into, or a least rubbed elbows with, every personality type of person from A to Z. However, it wasn’t until I was in my thirties that I realized that I … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2024 by oldmainer

I believe in holidays, I’m just not sure I believe in what they have become. As a boy, before I ever sat down to Thanksgiving dinner, I had learned in school why it was a holiday and why we were … Continue reading →

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Transferring The Blame

Posted on June 19, 2024 by oldmainer

Recently, I have been sitting in the bleachers, watching with a mixture of concern and amusement at the college protests that have been so prevalent in the news, regardless of where you access it. Students, (and I use that term … Continue reading →

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I Have A Dream

Posted on April 24, 2024 by oldmainer

On August 28, 1963, I think Martin Luther King said it best when he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. Little did he know that his vision would be used to … Continue reading →

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What I Saw Is What I Thought

Posted on March 23, 2024 by oldmainer

What I sawWithin eyesClosed to whatIs beyond me A vision and victimOf what I knewOr notMaybe its just what I saw A spectatorAt bestIn a worldUnfamiliar Watching a neverAt least to meTime valuedBeyond myself Make an enemyFriends will followStrength in … Continue reading →

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Where Did It Go

Posted on August 29, 2023 by oldmainer

While escaping to my mental worldKicking my cans down the roadThat dictate what I think and feelMicrocosms of my world Paradigms of my life Values instilled in youthTested by time and ageOft forgotten by all but me A world without … Continue reading →

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Emergence

Posted on July 23, 2023 by oldmainer

I think back to the days when youngAnd futures songs were yet unsungBe it those of thought or tongueUrging me to grow As time upon me did prevailUnveiling life in great detailDaring my thoughts to travailPractice what I know Experience … Continue reading →

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Talking To Myself

Posted on July 9, 2023 by oldmainer

As I have aged, I have found myself engaged in more conversations with myself. Of course, there are those with Kramer, my dog, which are also plentiful. Since I live alone, I guess this is probably not unusual, but it … Continue reading →

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Getting What You Want- Wanting What You Get

Posted on June 26, 2023 by oldmainer

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get”― W. P. Kinsella I don’t know how many times, and how many people, I have engaged in conversation that have given me a peek at what is important … Continue reading →

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