Tag Archives: Perspective

AI

Posted on April 19, 2023 by oldmainer

I have been reading and hearing more and more about artificial intelligence in the last several weeks. I have known for some time that AI has been infiltrating our lives. Industrial robots supplanting the conventional worker. Skilled labor being performed … Continue reading →

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Bend, Stretch, Groan

Posted on September 20, 2022 by oldmainer

I don’t know if it is age, or if I am just atrophying, but, for the last couple of months, I have been experiencing some tightness in my left leg. Actually, it is slightly greater then tightness. It is a … Continue reading →

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Home

Posted on September 13, 2022 by oldmainer

Last night, I went to bed with the windows cracked open. This morning I woke up to a rather chilly dawn, and I loved it. To me, it said that my favorite time of the year was just around the … Continue reading →

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The Prince

Posted on August 28, 2022 by oldmainer

He ran off the front porch, lunch box and back pack bouncing as he hurried down the front walk. This was everything to him. This was a day that couldn’t have come too soon. It was the first day of … Continue reading →

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Me

Posted on August 26, 2022 by oldmainer

And after all is said and doneWhen everything that was begunWhen all the battles lost or wonAre left for me to live And after all the stress and strifeWhen all the things that touch my lifeWhen acts of violence run … Continue reading →

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Growing Down

Posted on June 30, 2022 by oldmainer

Since I was just a fledgling, everything I did, everything I was taught, and everything I wanted more then anything else, was to grow up. When we were kids, we wanted desperately to be older. When you were four, you … Continue reading →

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Acting My Age

Posted on June 18, 2022 by oldmainer

I was talking to a person the other day that I admit, I do not know too well. He was going on about how respect for others had kind of diminished over time and how much today’s world had changed … Continue reading →

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Lighting The Flame

Posted on June 2, 2022 by oldmainer

Having a lot of time on my hands, and being, I admit, an admirer of a well crafted beer, it is not the reason however, that I frequent the pub at all. In fact, I am there because of the … Continue reading →

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Kramer’s Korner

Posted on September 6, 2021 by oldmainer

Greetings and welcome back to all my readers. Summer presses on and, not long ago, we dodged a bullet named Henri. Everyone was braced for the worst. Bob worried about all the 70 foot trees surrounding the house. However, thankfully, … Continue reading →

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Revelation

Posted on August 10, 2021 by oldmainer

I had an interesting conversation the other day, for a couple of reasons. One is that it encompassed subjects that today we are uncomfortable addressing. The other was because it was with myself. I had just experienced another day of … Continue reading →

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