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1 year ago

Character building in retirement

Royce Shook · “Our retirement has not turned out as we had planned either. It's been character-forming” was a comment by Jean in a post about the Ukrainian invasion on a posting at “A Retirement Blog by Caree Risover. This blog is always an interesting read and one that I sometimes go to if I ...

2 years ago

Fifty Years With One Wife and No Ties

Jim Murray · Fifty years ago this year, I was 24, and married a young lady, three years younger than me. It was also the last time I ever wore a tie. · I didn’t consciously avoid wearing ties. In fact I had several of them hanging in my closet. That was their principal occupation, just hangin ...

2 years ago

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2 years ago

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3 years ago

Some more granddad jokes and a story for my grandson

Royce Shook · Q. Why do amoebas get their own room when they go to prison? · They are single-cell organisms · Why did the florist refuse to place flowers on the graves? He was afraid that he too might end up “pushing daisies”. · Q. If people were rent my house and they wanted to keep some p ...

4 years ago

Talking to a dying person

Royce Shook · I have talked about this before, the five regrets of the dying but I thought I would talk about it again. My favourite cousin had a brain aneurysm and she is not as fortunate as my wife, who fully recovered from her aneurysm. My cousin is not recovering and her daughter told me t ...

4 years ago

Dancing and Ageism

Royce Shook · Every two weeks, on a Saturday night, we go out with another couple for dinner, and then we usually go for a special coffee. We have fun and enjoy their company and we laugh and we always find things to talk about. Every time we go, my wife wonders what we will talk about but we ...

4 years ago

Proper Grammar Matters :-)

Royce Shook · Thanks to Wally for this gem. · On my 66th birthday (not mine but the joke teller) I got a gift certificate from my wife. · The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man · living on a nearby reservation that was rumoured to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction. · A ...

5 years ago

I Want To Remember This

Jim Murray · This is the first and only piece I ever wrote on the  2001 World Trade Centre terrorist attack. · I wrote on the night of September 11, and have reposted it in various media every year since then. I want to remember this because almost everything of major significance since th ...

5 years ago

Adapting To Change By Meditation

Royce Shook · Adapting to any kind of change in your life can be very stressful. The one thing I have learned when it comes to any kind of change is to keep it on a positive level. To do that I stay calm and sometimes use meditating to help keep it all in perspective. A friend of mine related ...

5 years ago

Cleaning House

Royce Shook · I had walked down to pick up the mail, and upon my return, my neighbor asked if I felt good about the clean-up. I had to think about that for a few minutes but my quick reply was not really. For the last two weeks, we have been cleaning out our house. I understand that Spring Cle ...

6 years ago

Never end a sentence with a preposition

Royce Shook · On my 71st birthday, I got a gift certificate from my wife. The certificate paid for a visit to a wise man living nearby who was rumoured to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction. · After being persuaded, I drove to see him, handed my ticket to the wise man and wondered ...

7 years ago

I Want To Remember This

Jim Murray · This is the first and only piece I ever wrote on the  2001 World Trade Centre terrorist attack. · I wrote on the night of September 11, and have reposted it in various media every year since then. I want to remember this because almost everything of major significance since then ...

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