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Energetic puppy flummoxes all-thumbs owner | Whale’s Tales
I had contrived to reach 62 years of age without the big event.
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Incredible memories of not-so-incredible edibles | Whale’s Tales
After more than 56 years, I can still smell and taste the rubbery things.
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My heroes include Dickey Betts and Merriman Smith | Whale’s Tales
I admire these guys for very different reasons.
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Let’s all paws and appreciate the wisdom of dogs | Whale’s Tales
I’ve heard people say that human beings are the only creatures that know they will die.
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Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives | Whale’s Tales
It seems I got to be a geezer awful fast.
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Snake oil salesmen thrive in the social media age | Whale’s Tales
Like Teddy Daniels, a former candidate for Pennsylvania lieutenant, who is prominently featured in a series of doomsday,…
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Once upon a time, there was a local journalist | Whale’s Tales
I could call up any large chain store in a city and talk to someone without being told…
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If you’re right, and you know it, then read this | Whale’s Tales
As the poet Theodore Roethke once wrote: “In a dark time the eye begins to see…”
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The wit and wisdom of Mrs. Whale carries on | Whale’s Tales
I have not written much in this space about my mother.
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Foreign languages often find a better way to say it | Whale’s Tales
“Learn a new language and get a new soul.”
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The key thing is what we do with our imperfections | Whale’s Tales
I have said and done many things of which I am not proud. That is, I am no…
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Songs trigger memories of growing up in Auburn | Whale’s Tales
That’s what happens whenever I hear the opening notes of Bruce Springsteen’s wonderful “My Hometown.”
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Poetic proof that artificial intelligence needs a human touch | Whale’s Tales
Of course there’s irony here in that LinkedIn is asking writers — who, after all, make their living…
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Once upon a time, flexibility was seen as a strength | Whale’s Tales
I have always considered it a strength, not a weakness, to consult with people with whom we vehemently…
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When it comes to grievances, the joke is on us | Whale’s Tales
I can’t shake the conviction that a sense of perpetual aggrievement is one of the key components of…
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The real devil in American society is willful ignorance | Whale’s Tales
I was curious. I had to know what was true. So I set out to educate myself.
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Grappling with the finality of an oncologist’s statement | Whale’s Tales
Perhaps my brain injected a bit of humor to cover the shock. But I felt the gut punch.
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Musical memories that hit all the right notes | Whale’s Tales
Here are other songs I’ve heard over the years that have had this effect on me.