Category: Aging

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Grandma May

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She was Judy Maybelle Clark Linebarger. She was my Great Grandmother. When I was a kid she lived with her daughters. It seems like she kind of moved with the seasons. It wasn’t because she wasn’t happy one place, but rather because she enjoyed all of her girls (all 4) and choose to spend her later years with each. At least that’s the way it seemed. The time I remember her the most was when she was staying with my grandmother Ruby in her home in north central Austin. Grandma May was a lady that never complained and was always … Continue reading Grandma May

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I Don’t Even Know Where To Start With This

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From my previous writings, I’m sure most of you have figured out that I go off half cocked at times and do things that create my own problems. But I’m as innocent as a newborn bunny rabbit in this deal. As many of you know, my wife’s mother, who turned 92 a month ago lives with us, as she has alzheimer’s. She is still very mobile, as any 92 year old can be. She is healthy, always has a great appetite and is generally very happy. Her daughter, who is “Her Friend” is extremely attentive to her and is so … Continue reading I Don’t Even Know Where To Start With This

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Doing What Made Me Happy

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It’s funny how things are ever evolving when it comes to finding happiness. As a small child, everything made me happy or at least a lot more things made me happy than made me sad. In elementary school days I could walk through the door after a hard day of school, smell the pot of pinto beans (we actually called them brown beans) cooking on the kitchen stove. Knowing my momma would get us a bowl dished up and a couple of pieces of light bread (we now call it white bread). Momma would say “Here, this will tide you … Continue reading Doing What Made Me Happy

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Looking Back On A Life That Was Well Lived

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I looked it up and the life expectancy for a male in the USA in 2024 is 73.5 years. Kenny made it to 74.02 years, but even though he beat the odds by just a hair, that’s not how he lived his life. He always went far over and above the average with everything. It didn’t matter what he undertook, he wanted the best and he achieved it. If you drove out in one of his pastures, he had the best looking herds of cattle. His boar goats were bred to all have markings as close to each other as … Continue reading Looking Back On A Life That Was Well Lived

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Is There A Difference In Men and Women?

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I’ve been thinking about a subject this morning that I’m going to ease into, so as to not harm anyone’s sensibilities. The other day I was telling someone about me going in and having my uvula cut out. You know the little hanging down thing in the back of our mouth, where it goes down into your gullet. This was several years ago and I scheduled it 2 days before Thanksgiving. If you look way inside my mouth now, you would think that doctor used a mini-chainsaw to whaller out the back of my throat. By the time he got … Continue reading Is There A Difference In Men and Women?

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Kenny’s Passing: A Reflection on a Meaningful Life

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Letting Go Is Hard, But It’s Necessary Kenny and I have always been close, walking in similar footsteps throughout our entire lives. We have shared countless moments of joy and laughter, as well as endured the hardships that life throws at us. Although I will miss my brother dearly, I will always cherish the thousands of memories we made together. The sadness lies in the fact that we won’t be able to create more memories together. Kenny and I didn’t always agree on everything, but where would the fun be in that? Now, it’s my turn to be strong and … Continue reading Kenny’s Passing: A Reflection on a Meaningful Life

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The Lady With the Beautiful Green Eyes

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In the spring of 1969, my dad had a trailer truck that he would send down below San Antonio to pickup carpet grass and deliver around up in the Marble Falls area. There was a man and his wife that built a new house just down off of Haynie Flat Road near Paleface Ranch. The house was right on top of a big bluff overlooking the Pedernales River. It was a very nice, ultra-fancy place for those days. We had the job of hauling a bunch of good topsoil in, to go over the rocks. I got several of my … Continue reading The Lady With the Beautiful Green Eyes

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In My Next Life

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I’m not sure what the afterlife or the next life looks completely like. But what I know for sure is if given a chance to re-live my life over, I want to do it in an occupation where rain is never a bad thing. For over 50 years, while rains could come over a weekend and it wouldn’t stop work, but even then there would be pumping out holes and cleanup come Monday. But the real anxiety would be when the whole week would call for rain in the forecast, turning into a disaster when it actually happened. The weather … Continue reading In My Next Life

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My Epitaph

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Realizing I’m not ready to call it quits just yet, I thought I’d get a little jump start on things, just in case. I’m not sure just how this would be written if left to someone else. While I’m not going to insist that this be read at my funeral service, I would be fine with them extracting bit and pieces of it to give the preacher man or woman when the time comes. Oh wait, I’ve already requested that they not have a traditional service for me, but rather just have the ones that can attend come to a … Continue reading My Epitaph

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I’m Living Right This Morning

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A call came in on my cell phone. It was “Gerald” wanting to talk about my Medicare Coverage. Had that strange sounding voice. My wife was sitting here beside me in the living room and we are drinking coffee. She doesn’t like listening to me cutting up with these people on the phone. So I held off a few moments deciding whether I should just hang up or whether to go in the other room to talk my usual shenanigans. Then Gerald asked if this was Ronald and Madeline. It was really Geraldine, a lady up in DFW that was … Continue reading I’m Living Right This Morning