The Life and Times of Finley Ray Clark

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A Zissen Pesach! Happy Easter!

I haven’t taken the time to calculate how often the Jewish holiday of Passover coincides with Easter, but of course it does happen now and again.  That makes this weekend VERY HOLY and VERY  SPECIAL! It started on Thursday for the Christians with Holy or Maundy Thursday services.  I remember them well.  This was the [...]

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“Make New Friends. Keep The Old…

One is Silver and the other is Gold.” Two nights ago the Empire State Building was lit totally in green to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America!  Some things you just never forget and I always remember that Girl Scout saying about silver and gold friends. Tonight I had dinner [...]

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Happy New Year – AMUSE-BOUCHE du jour

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Happy Birthday Dear Son!

Joel is 40 years old today!! ! OMG, it’s hard to say it out loud!  How is it possible that my first born child, my son, is 40 years old?   This IS the only time I’m going to admit in writing that I actually have a 40 yr old son. It doesn’t seem that long [...]

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9/11 Then and Now – A Few Memories Shared

The posts I thought I was going to do did not get done, quite obviously.  And it’s not because I brushed 9/11 aside.  Quite the contrary, Sunday night turned out to be the most emotional 9/11 I’ve had since the 9/11. I went to a memorial service held in the Great Auditorium and within minutes [...]

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Decade 9/11-Shock, Horror, Anger, Grief, Numbness, Healing, Life

It’s Thursday night, well actually early Friday morning and as the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches… events, memorials, remembrances,  prayer services, concerts, readings, forums, panels, meetings, articles, press releases, books, dedications, stories, songs and gatherings are coming together to honor those who died that day. So in a way, consider this the Amuse-Bouchedu jour and [...]

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A Thank You Goes Out in Cyberspace

You know there are a lot of people who complain that we have become a society of keyboard krazies, communicating only thru email, texting in 3 letter abbreviations, sending emoticons to let another person know whether we’re  happy or sad.  There’s some truth to that BUT, on the other hand, the internet has opened up [...]

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How to Spend Memorial Day Weekend on the Jersey Shore

It’s Monday, it’s officially Memorial Day, the last day of long weekend.  You know when you work in an office, everyone wishes each other a restful relaxing weekend;  Now I don’t really work in an office on a daily basis and no one wished me a R&R weekend and I wonder if someone had, would [...]

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Birthday Bowling Party

I had a birthday last weekend and I decided that a Bowling Party would be great fun.  I actually had one many years ago so the idea to do it again has been on my mind for the last couple of years.  So much so in fact, that I have been collecting bowling trophies since [...]

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