Category Archives: nostalgia

God Bless the Lesser Lights: The Undistinguished, Unextinguished.

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Gene

Tweet   Lesser Lights | An Original Poem God bless the lesser lights: Those lives lived on a small scale; Those names that never lit a neon sign, Nor graced a magazine cover, But are forever etched in stone— In … Continue reading →

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West Ham United, Pretty Bubbles and The Still-Hopeful, Melancholy Soul

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Gene

Tweet I was thinking about Dad this morning and singing a song he often sang, just out of the blue, just to break up the silence. The song goes like this: I’m forever blowing bubbles Pretty bubbles in the air … Continue reading →

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The Texas Rangers and Me: It’s About Time It Was Time This Time

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Gene

Tweet The Texas Rangers are— can you believe it?— but one win away from their first-ever trip to the World Series. They are one win away from sitting down the Mighty Yankees, the Bronx Bombers, Baseball’s Bullies. One win away. … Continue reading →

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This Labor Day I Went Way Back When

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Gene

Tweet Yesterday was nice. Donya and I spent the day with her parents and her sister (and Jimbo). It was a slow-moving, easy-going day of banging around little curio shops in Fort Worth and Grapevine…a thing I can take or … Continue reading →

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