Aging and looking back

As I approach the big “Five-Oh”, I find that I am more reticent to talk to others about my experiences and the things I have learned along this path that is life. Thankfully, some of the people that I have around me that are younger than I either appear to be somewhat interested in what … Read more

Letting go…

Why do we hang onto things emotionally?  It would be nice to say that I am the only one that does this, so think that somehow I am the strange one and am the exception, not the rule.  But I know I am not. There is so much baggage that we carry with us through … Read more

Betrayal

Et tu, Brute? This Article was originally published and then retracted for personal reasons.  I have decided to republish it with the original timestamp. There is nothing more painful that betrayal, especially when it is by a person that you have accepted as a close friend.  But this is something that recently happened to me. … Read more

Changes to come

  With the blessings of the Samurai, I have come up with some ideas that I will be rolling out on the site to help it out. Without emasculating the SamuraiMarine style here, I would like to see if there are any women out there that read this site and if so, what they have … Read more

Writing – My Friend, My Foe

  I like writing…  most of the time. I hate writing… some of the time. Since I was very young, I have liked telling stories.  I can remember making up stories about spaceships and monsters and telling them to whomever would happen to be willing or captive to me at that time.  Most of the … Read more

Why do we fall in love?

  Love is a strange thing.   It is wondrous, joyful and one of the most beautiful feelings you can have.   It can motivate you, drive you to levels you may not be able to acheive on your own and it can push a person to live a better life than the would have otherwise. But … Read more

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