Category Archives: Reflections

What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Jerry Wilson

Another one of those “need to say this in order to set up that” posts, so please bear with while I chase down yet another rabbit hole. Which has nothing to do with Brer Bear chasing after Brer Rabbit, although … Continue reading →

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The Faraway Look In My Eyes

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

To date no one has invented a method by which one can observe the changes in mindset brought on by the passage of time without personal participation in said passage.  Thus, each generation finds it necessary to seek forgiveness by … Continue reading →

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Eat Your Heart Out, Michael Knight

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

My father’s vocation was engineering.  His avocation was as a car guy.  For him, a perfect weekend was one spent in the garage tinkering on whichever station wagon was the current family transport; only Chrysler products allowed (this was back … Continue reading →

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Nothing New Under The Sun

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

There is nothing new under the sun, Solomon noted thousands of years ago amidst the weary survivor’s rumination we know as Ecclesiastes. He was quite correct. Oh, we have new toys to play with. But nothing has changed. Not really. … Continue reading →

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Wonderfully, Terribly Bizarre

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

How bizarre the juxtapositions of this world can be. Earlier today, Mrs. Dude and I concluded a brief visit to southern California.  Our purpose was celebrating the occasion of our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.  A sadly rare accomplishment these days.  One … Continue reading →

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Heaven Is A Better Place Today

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Jerry Wilson

We are a society inured to death.  It is filler for the back page, a faceless news item quickly scanned and responded to with clucked tongue and mumbled expressions of what a shame even as the names involved are forgotten, … Continue reading →

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