Thursday, July 06, 2017

Signs of the Times of Yore

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Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey Memory is a funny thing.  Snippets from the past can lie dormant in the brain for decades un...
Saturday, July 01, 2017

Giving Our Best to America

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Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey "America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination,  and...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

The Sonora, and its Siren Call

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Giant Saguaro Cactus, The symbol of the Sonora Desert Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey Since coming here with my Dad in my ...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

The Wild, Wild West of Cinema

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Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey I grew up watching the west.  Not so much the actual place, although I did travel there with m...
Monday, June 12, 2017

The Rock of Aging

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Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey Past a certain age in life, the number of obligations begin to shrink in number, creating...
Saturday, June 10, 2017

In the Presence of the Past

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The Ruins at Casa Grande Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey "The ascendance over men's minds of the ruins of the stupe...
Thursday, June 08, 2017

Where We Are, Who We Are, What We Are

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From Pinterest.com Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey Every part of the country – heck, every part of the world has its particula...
Thursday, June 01, 2017

The Dream, and Living It

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Appalachian Trail, Virginia Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey It's early.  The night has just given way to a grey, overc...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Where Dawn's Early Light Illuminated a Nation

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Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey The morning rain had given way to a light mist and a warm, palpable humidity, an unfamiliar sen...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Where I Want to Live

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Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey I want to live in a place where people wake up with the promise that as long as they draw breat...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

Another Birthday...

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Yeah, I feel like this sometimes... Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey A few days from today, the anniversary date of my arriva...
Sunday, May 07, 2017

The Search for "Home"

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Oakwood Homes, Inc. Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey One of the major steps in a relocation is finding a place to live.  Our ...
Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Altitude and Attitude

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Aurora Reservoir Trail, Arapahoe County, Colorado Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey It's been about four months since we q...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

My First Book, and the World Created Therein

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Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey " Writing a story about a place  calls that world into existence." --Alan McClus...
Monday, March 13, 2017

The Last Real Team

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Eric Hosmer's mad...no, insane  dash home and what was the penultimate moment of the 2015 World Series. © 2015 Newsday Copyri...
Friday, March 10, 2017

The Challenge of the Final Frontier

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NASA, Apollo 8 Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey Written content only Curiosity.  Wonder.  That persistent desire to kno...
Monday, March 06, 2017

"The Big Short" and The Curse of Earned Cynicism

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The U.S. housing market in 2008. (US Atomic Energy Commission/Department of Energy) Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey Wr...
Wednesday, March 01, 2017

Finding Passion in Words of Freedom

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From Monticello.org Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey Of the many things we Americans take for granted, at the top, or close t...
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Building Something New From the Rubble of the Past

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Ultra Deep Field Image from the Hubble Space Telescope NASA/JPL 2014 Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey I often find myself i...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Hiking, Part 43

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Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey Words and pictures Today, in our fifth week as Coloradans, we took to the trails to t...
Thursday, February 09, 2017

The Mess of Role Reversal

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Chicken Parmesan.... ...and Italian-Style Meat Loaf Picture credits?  Not sure, but  they're all better at cooking than I am...
Friday, February 03, 2017

They STILL Say the Darndest Things

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Ian Couey Photo © 2017 by Yukyung Couey Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey Written content only. "We can waste a lifet...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Getting in Rythm

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Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F. Couey Words and Pictures We humans are creatures of habit.  A regular routine helps keep us sane, ...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Birds, Brains, and Beauty

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From Crafthub.com Copyright © 2017 by Ralph F, Couey Written content only Nature is many things from the violent to the visua...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

From the Other Side

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From Pinterest.com ©2017 by Ralph F. Couey There are times in life when something huge is looming in our path, a life-changing ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Post Number 600

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Copyright © 2016 by Ralph F. Couey On November 3, 2006, I opened a blog account with blogger.com. My first post was about a motorc...