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And The Beat Goes On...

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...bah boom, bah boom, bah boom... To say my summer of 2024 was different from any other in my years of summers would be an understatement.  Life changing in fact expresses my summer accurately.   Getting a cardiologist to join my health team consisting of a primary care doc, a dermatologist, a dentist, an orthopedic doc and after spending #21 sessions in Cardiac Rehab with dozens of other fortunate souls to still be seen and not merely viewed, I fully realized just how fortunate I was to be alive!  I have, as most of you know, spent most of my life in gyms. I feel comfortable, at home and know what to do so my introduction to Cardiac Rehab was not that unusual for me. What was unusual was that the folks in that specialized gym had gray and snow covered heads with faces telegraphing their roads of experience. Translucent hands mapping deep blue streams as thin as my own gripped the handles of treadmills, recumbent bikes hand weights and walkers. Deep purple amoeba looking spots on arms
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THE document...

My spouse is taking the time to actually read every single word of this extremely scary document, all 922 pages of Project 2025 and yes, no matter how much he claims to "know nothing about it" his MO is now in print for the would to see just how evil and sick he and his cohorts are that wrote and are now promoting this historical agenda of the police state of dictatorship they believe is "the way". His recent words to the Christian conference in Florida is the dialogue of the intent of this document...last time you will ever have to vote...please... the document and his attempts to momentarily remove himself from its content is his typical style...claims no knowledge until he thinks it's in his best interest to say he "did it". The fight for democracy is now front and center. Those of us whose parents and grandparents lived through the rise and fall of Germany and it's dictators leadership and the atrocities that went with it have passed their st
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Just 1...

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  ...moment, turn, breath, swallow, swing, step, bend, fall and it becomes a life changing EVENT . It is literally that simple and fast and can happen anywhere. ...it gets your attention ...age matters not ...shelf life becomes reality ...might be fortunate to get another chance Sunny warm day, swinging a club on the 4th hole and my heart EVENT  happened. Positive self talk of "I'm not going to die here" over and over and over got me to where I needed to be. I love golf, but it was not where I wanted to be exciting the planet, at least not yet! Thankful for another chance.
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A Point of View...Trans in Sports

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 ...a volatile and difficult issue to discuss and to elucidate. Why is this issue so emotional and so polarizing? People fear what they don't understand so a world of phobias exist...discrimination at every level and of every kind. People that are different than those who view them... religious indoctrination... A lack of appropriate education pertaining to understanding labels like  Bisexual/ Gay/ Lesbian/ Transgender/ Queer/Pansexual/ Non-binary and Transvestite to name a few.  It is  important to know that not all transgendered people are gay. Gay is not synonymous with all of these labels, being different is. These topics cannot be discussed without mentioning the word " SEX " and once that word is read or spoken most people's minds immediately go somewhere else.  Put " sex " and "sports" in the same dialogue and it's volcanic!  Highly combustible words elicit strong emotional convictions. This is why it is so polarizing.  Let me first say
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Women Being Supported

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 In the 60's when I was playing women's basketball it was being played 6 on 6 and only 2 team members from each team could run full court. We wore one piece gym suits with hand sewn numbers on the back and front. Some of the courts we played on were so short in length that we had to put one foot up on the wall when making an end court out of bounds play.  Games were played at 3:30 in the afternoon so would-be spectators were mostly working. Many women playing today have no idea of how it "all began".  In 1971 the women's game went to 5 on 5 with running full court open to all! It brought new excitement to the game. I was no longer playing but I was now coaching in the early 70's.  We practiced after the guys practiced; had 6 basketballs to their 12; one uniform when they had home and away uniforms and the pay was a third of the male's hoops coach salary. I hope you get the picture.                                        Title IX was passed on June 23, 1972
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Blog Update...

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  Since my book LOUD SECRETS A MEMOIR has been released I have had many folks contact me. Some generously shared their personal stories of triumph and life on the struggle bus. Some have asked me varying questions about wine and all the hoopla that goes with choosing one over another down to nitrites and what temperature should it be served at or how do I store an open bottle. Some have asked me about writing and how I got to where I now am. I have had fun with creating and building my blog and my viewer numbers continue to climb. I have never done any of my writing to purposely make money and refuse to do so with my blog so I will not allow any ads to enter my space. I write because I enjoy putting in print what I feel and see. To pass my mental images onto others in essay form, story form or through a simple sketch is what it is about for me. My blog allows me to just enjoy writing! I have been asked by many if I am writing another book. I have a few partial manuscripts on my booksh
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On The Cusp...

                                  of 2024 Do I believe  or Do I hope When I believe I know through truth based on facts, science, data and evidence, not rumors or aspirations. When I hope I have an abyss of wanting. Do I believe that the political year will be different; I hope. Do I believe that mother earth will be kinder in her take back of her planet; I hope. Do I believe that selfish egotistic power hungry leaders in our world will be defeated at the polls; I hope. Do I believe that mentally anguished people will be housed, cared for and treated; I hope. Do I believe that automatic rifles will be locked up, not sold and unavailable to citizens; I hope. Do I believe that immigrants fearing for life and safety of their families can find refuge at the worlds  boarders; I hope. Do I believe that addictions can be helped; I hope. Do I believe that democracy is in peril; I do. Do I believe that humankind can save itself; I do. Do I believe in equality and opportunity for ALL; I do. Do I
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