Tag: life
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Stepping Up, Stepping Down
During my more than seven decades on Earth, retirement was not something I thought much about. I knew old people pondered it, some with joy, others with sadness, a few with fear. For me, the cessation of labor was something far off in the future, and not something to worry about! Recently, like a pesky…
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A Truck Load of Sunshine
Four girls stood together on the the far side of the table from me. To none of us in particular one blurted out, “I love you!” Then, all burst into gales of laughter. The phrase was probably the only English they knew. They probably learned it from American movies played at theaters and on TV…
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Hitchin’ Rides
We waited three hours for our next ride. As we hoisted ourselves onto the truck, we noticed a pile of garbage towards the front of the truck bed. As we tried to settle in we smelled it. It was not pleasant. There were rotten bananas and other unnamed, decomposing stuff that should have been thrown…
Writings By Phil 