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My Descent of Pikes Peak, America’s Mountain

(It was almost a year ago on my last visit to Colorado that I took the opportunity to “hike” Pikes Peak again, sort of. I descended the 14,110 foot mountain as ascending it was out of the question. I thought it time to put my adventure up here as my visit this year is approaching [...]

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***** 50 *****

It has finally arrived, I’m 50. 50! Twenty-nine for the twenty-first time! Looking at that number is surreal. What comes to your mind when you look at “50″? So what is planned? Well, actually nothing! LOL Kind of pathetic in a way. But on the other hand, I decided not to make the day itself [...]

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Childhood Memories

A friend sent an email today with some pictures in it. They bring back a few memories. And what better time to be a little nostalgic, with just 25 days prior to a half a century worth of memories. At first, I didn’t know what this was. It’s a 45 RPM spindle. It allowed you [...]

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Christian Cardiology: It’s all about your heart.

If there is something that becomes ever increasingly clear with age, it is that “it’s” all about your heart. What is the it’s? It’s can and could be that anything which comes at what I have heard defined as that defining moment. You know, those things you will realize when all the unimportant things are [...]

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Avoiding the Know it All

One of the most profound realizations that 50 years of living has produced is that of knowing what I found to be clear or true often is not so clear or true. In other words, the more I’ve learned often only brings to light the reality that there is so much more to learn. This [...]

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Wise Words On Investing

I know there are a thousand opinions on what and where to invest, especially as one gets older and has more risk involved with time working against you. Listen to the words from Warren Buffett on investing: Rule No. 1: Never lose money. The great personal fortunes in this country weren’t built on a portfolio [...]

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An Investment Strategy for Those Running out of Time: Buffett Style

That is not buffet style. It is BUFFETT style. As in Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha. I wish I would have paid closer attention to the investment style and advice of Warren Buffett when I was younger. Everyone today is talking about him as usual. He has quietly and humbly become the wealthiest man [...]

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