"... but that was yesterday, and yesterday's gone."

This was a phrase I've used many times in my life to refer to situations in which I may have wished for a different result or a chance to do thingsdifferently but couldn't. The time had passed and there was no going back to yesterday to replay it even if I wanted to.

I heard this . . .

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I haven't posted an article in some time. It isn't that I haven't thought about it, or even made a couple of attempts. It's that nothing happened. Article ideas went nowhere and good intentions didn't result in a post. Let me start with a nice sunset from Queretaro, Mexico.

Let's catch up....

A Gig-Filled Life

Part of . . .

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A jobless life.

Call it retirement or simply quitting a job and not getting another one, the question is the same.

Is it time for me to quit?

For most of us, the job consumes the best hours of our days and much of our energy during any given week. We can soon see that the job will chew up most of the prime years of our lives. I . . .

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Summers in Arkansas are hot and humid, miserably so. This year seems even more so with numerous days recording dew points above 70 degrees. 

Needless to say, I tend to move indoors more as this weather establishes itself. Spring and fall are the times to be working outside, especially when you don't have to be out there. I have to . . .

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You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. - Steve Jobs

We are creatures of faith.

I'm not making some religious statement here, but merely a statement of fact. We get up in the morning and go about . . .

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Greetings!

I just released a second edition of the sorta popular travel guide on Bermuda titled Bermuda Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Traveling to Bermuda. It is written under the pen name Elisabeth Sanz.

This 66-page book has been popular in both North America and the UK. Bermuda is an British Overseas . . .

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.... long live Snow White.

I've had a relationship with Black Beauty for some 15 years and it has been a great relationship. She's always been good to me, and I've always been good to her.

I strove to keep her clean and well maintained. In return, she has made us look good together and been a reliable partner.

In sum, it's been a . . .

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