Category Archives: Old Age

So Many Songs

Posted on 2018/06/13 by JimR, Chaplain

For those of you who know my background through time, you’ll remember me for that period which we were present together in.  My teens were my peers with which I went to school with from grade 1 through 12.  We … Continue reading →

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A Rainy Monday

Posted on 2018/05/28 by JimR, Chaplain

What else can be added to a note with this title.  I personally find it a day to reflect a bit.  My eyes opened this morning around six fifteen with the morning light peering in around the window curtains, and … Continue reading →

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Dangling Participle

Posted on 2017/11/25 by JimR, Chaplain

I’m nowhere near the end, although I know some people who would consider me knocking on death’s door. Continue reading →

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How Much Is Enough

Posted on 2017/09/19 by JimR, Chaplain

As many of you know, I describe myself as the eldest son of a poor dirt farmer.  The story of no running water in the house I lived in for the first nine years of my life.  I won’t belabor … Continue reading →

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Memorial Service

Posted on 2017/06/30 by JimR, Chaplain

Last evening I attended the Memorial Service for virtuous woman I’ve known since 1977.  Mrs Carolyn Cox Rand, wife of Nathaniel Rand, who preceded his wife in passing a couple of years ago. I met this couple when I had … Continue reading →

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Waiting For You

Posted on 2017/05/30 by JimR, Chaplain

Sift my ashes Through your fingers Let the wind take them away. Of me, this is all that lingers. Let me settle in the grasses That which may. Becoming a part of the earth For the rest of days Body … Continue reading →

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My Grandparent’s Home

Posted on 2017/03/16 by JimR, Chaplain

Once upon a time in a seemingly far away place I picture standing on my grand dad’s and grandmother’s front porch at the steps looking through the line of crepe myrtle trees out to the main dirt road.  There were … Continue reading →

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Totally Awesome

Posted on 2015/12/16 by JimR, Chaplain

The way I feel sometimes is totally awesome. Sounds clichéd? Well, maybe, yes. But, still the same, that’s how I feel. Now, why would I say that? It’s not about the absolute pinnacle that I am. HA! Not even close. … Continue reading →

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FOOLISH POSITIONS IN LIFE

Posted on 2015/11/06 by JimR, Chaplain

As I’ve reached sixty-five years of age I found some things in life are foolish. One of those things that became foolish to me years ago was trying to make someone realize they were living down a wrong path. I … Continue reading →

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Comfortably Numb

Posted on 2015/06/10 by JimR, Chaplain

Some may recognize the subject title as the name of a song by Pink Floyd. Libby and I were talking last evening about life in general and I said that I had learned to not let things bother me like … Continue reading →

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