Tag Archives: Integrity

The Face of Happiness

Posted on September 26, 2013 by oldmainer

I just read a blog entry by one of my favorite bloggers, Mostlytrueramblings called “What Is More?”  In it, she imagines being an 80 year old, lying in a hospital bed and thinking about what in life she would have … Continue reading →

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So Why Am I Angry?

Posted on September 21, 2013 by oldmainer

I am a guy that loves to read a feel good story, which I don’t get to do very often, given all the local and national crises that permeate our media.  But this week was different.  I had not one, … Continue reading →

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Yeah, But

Posted on September 18, 2013 by oldmainer

“We want the facts to fit the preconceptions.  When they don’t it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions” Jessamyn West American Author 1902-1984 I read this quote recently and thought to myself “old Jessamyn may … Continue reading →

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Making His Point

Posted on September 10, 2013 by oldmainer

According to recognized aero-technical tests the bumblebee cannot fly because of the shape and weight of his body in relation to the total wing area. But the bumblebee doesn’t know this, so he goes ahead and flies anyway. @@@@@ David strolled down the … Continue reading →

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The Anatomy Of No

Posted on August 26, 2013 by oldmainer

Why is it that a word with only two letters and one syllable can be so complex?  I don’t know the answer to that, but it is.  I have come to believe however, that it is not the word itself … Continue reading →

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George

Posted on June 3, 2013 by oldmainer

I think George was an old man the day I was born.  Gray haired and grumpy would describe him.  He kind of kept to himself and it was obvious that he didn’t have many friends. I was in my late … Continue reading →

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Life’s Lessons

Posted on May 24, 2013 by oldmainer

Maybe I’m just getting old and therefore have a tendency to embellish the past, but it seems the values I was taught as a child, more specifically, respect for your elders, are much different today.   I think of my youth … Continue reading →

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Jacobs War

Posted on April 7, 2013 by oldmainer

Jacob Hatch was big. Rugged big. At age eighteen, he stood just shy of six feet, tall for a male in the 1860’s. He had been born on a farm up in Waldo County, Maine, in the little town of … Continue reading →

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The Winning Play

Posted on March 31, 2013 by oldmainer

I love feel good stories.  Can’t get enough of them actually.  So when I find one, I want to share it.  I just wish I could find them more often. I found one such story while surfing the web recently. … Continue reading →

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