Saturday, August 31, 2013

Running Towards an Immutable Truth

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"Uphill"  --Picture by Stefan Jansson   Copyright © by Ralph F. Couey Except for photo and cited quotes   I love to r...
Monday, August 05, 2013

Becoming an American

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Copyright © 2013 by Ralph Couey Words and photo, except cited quotations. Americanism is a question of principles, of idealism...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Civil War: Events of August 1863

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August 1st: Admiral David Porter assumed command of Federal naval forces on the Mississippi River.  That same day, Union forces began a sust...
Monday, July 22, 2013

Adrift and Alone

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Earth from the rings of Saturn From NASA Cassini spacecraft Copyright © 2013 by Ralph F. Couey Written portion only, except qu...
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Monday, July 08, 2013

Favorite Rides: Fort Valley Loop

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Copyright © 2013 by Ralph Couey Maps from Microsoft Streets and Trips, and Google Maps     160 miles 3 hours US29, US211, U...
Monday, July 01, 2013

Favorite Rides: The Winelander Run

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Copyright © 2013 by Ralph F. Couey   For six great years, I hosted a two day motorcycle ride which I called "The Winelander Run....
Sunday, June 30, 2013

Favorite Rides: Southwest Sojourn

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  Copyright © 2013 by Ralph F. Couey   Alamogordo, New Mexico to Tombstone, Arizona 330 miles, about 6 hours US70, I-10, NM80,...

Writer's Block: The Dam of Creativity

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From Henry Harvey Books.com   Copyright © 2013 by Ralph F. Couey Written Content Only.   Every writer, whether accomplished Pul...
Monday, June 24, 2013

A Reservoir of Memories Found on a Humid Summer's Night

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Copyright © 2013 by Ralph F. Couey   After a long and coolish spring, summer has finally arrived here in Northern Virginia.  For the ne...
Monday, June 17, 2013

Favorite Rides: Virginia Byways

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Copyright © 2013 by Ralph F. Couey Virginia Byways US50, Snickersville Turnpike, VA7, Blue Ridge Mtn. Rd., US17, VA55, Middleburg.   ...

Favorite Rides: Der Weinstrasse

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Copyright © 2013 by Ralph F. Couey The Weinstrasse Jefferson City, MO – St. Charles, MO 140 miles, mainly US 50, Routes 100 and 94 ...

Favorite Rides: Arizona Mountains and Canyons

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Copyright © 2013 by Ralph F. Couey Arizona Mountains and Canyons Route 89/89A Start: Congress, AZ End: Flagstaff, AZ Miles: 130 ...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Civil War: Events of July 1863

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The pivotal Battle of Gettysburg opened on July 1st as 2,500 Union cavalry led by John Buford fought a delaying action against 20,000 Confed...

Civil War: Events of June 1863

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On June 1st, Union General Ambrose Burnside ordered the Chicago Tribune to cease publication because of the newspaper's vitriolic anti-L...
Thursday, June 06, 2013

Cooperstown and the Fulfillment of a Childhood Dream

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The Babe Copyright © 2013 by Ralph F. Couey I have always been cursed by that nomadic condition popularly referred to as "it...
Friday, May 24, 2013

My Day in History

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Copyright © 2013 by Ralph F. Couey   In checking some history-related websites, it would seem I share my birthday with some interesting...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Another Year Older, Another Year...

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Copyright ©2013 by Ralph F. Couey Today is my birthday. 58 years ago on a muggy Tennessee morning, my parents rushed to the Henry C...
Monday, May 13, 2013

The "So What?" of Being Happy

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From natcom.org Copyright ©2013 by Ralph F. Couey Written content only Consider these two different conversations: "He...

Nuts and Bolts and the Future of Medicine

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Luke and his trusted physician. From Redfordfilms.com   Copyright ©2013 by Ralph F. Couey Written content only.     My mind...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Walking a Battlefield

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Walking in the path of Pickett at Gettysburg   Copyright © 2013 by Ralph F. Couey Except quoted portions.,   "It was here....
Sunday, April 14, 2013

That Drug Called "Running"

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From Navyrunning.com Copyright 2013 © by Ralph Couey Written content only One morning last June, I awoke from my slumbers som...
Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Baseball and My Childhood Memories

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Copyright © 2013 by Ralph Couey Written content only. Pictures culled from the Internet, mostly MLB, Topps, and various media outlets. ...
Sunday, April 07, 2013

Lap Band Update - 15 Months Down a Rocky Road

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                                            Old Me                                          Current Me Copyright © 2013 by Ralph Cou...