Category Archives: Adventures

It Was Sixty Years Ago this Year

Posted on January 22, 2025 by richrockwood

They will always tell the unvarnished truthYou can’t go back in timeNever go back to the days of your youthBlocked from reliving your prime But truthfully I want to get back to the daysWhen “cool” or “hip” were the wordsWe … Continue reading →

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Happy? New Year

Posted on December 27, 2024 by richrockwood

We’re here again-at the start of another new year. The typical greeting (or is it a wish?) we give each other is “happy new year.” Is that what we all really want? To be happy, according to the Apple Dictionary … Continue reading →

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Places and Faces

Posted on December 24, 2024 by richrockwood

Over the course of my almost 80 years I have come in contact and interacted with many places and faces. I have lived in Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, California, Washington State, Kentucky and Korea. In the last two I was … Continue reading →

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A Fish

Posted on June 7, 2023 by richrockwood

According to “Symbols: Signposts of Devotion,” by Dr. Ratha Doyle McGee, the connection between the symbol of fish and scriptures is “somewhat obscure.”  It might connect to the story in Luke Chapter 24 where Jesus is eating a piece of … Continue reading →

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Calling Captain? Noah

Posted on August 21, 2019 by richrockwood

I am old, but I still feel young and pretty good most days.  My name is Noah and the Lord has called me to build a boat which will carry two of every animal in the world.  Why me? I … Continue reading →

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What Is It?

Posted on August 10, 2019 by richrockwood

What is this feeling I have?  It came to me again last night just before I closed my eyes.  The sounds outside the tent had made me sleepy, but then the feeling came again and my eyes wouldn’t close and … Continue reading →

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A Glimpse Into (Eternal) Life

Posted on June 6, 2017 by richrockwood

While doing the things of my life (routine and worthwhile tasks) I started thinking about Eternity in Heaven.  Eternity had no beginning and will have no end.  All of time is but a tiny nugget occurring within eternity. What about … Continue reading →

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This Present Moment

Posted on March 20, 2017 by richrockwood

General Observations on Life: Observations on life and suggestions for a Happy Life.   The advantages of forgiveness, thankfulness.  The ability of family relationships to produce lasting pleasure versus the short pleasures of instant gratification.   When I was quite young, … Continue reading →

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On the Threshold

Posted on February 23, 2017 by richrockwood

Today I toured the Kennedy Space Center and felt a connection to another world famous place having to do with two earlier pioneers of the skies-Orville and Wilbur Wright. My visit to Kitty Hawk happened a number of years ago, … Continue reading →

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A Tease of Your Imagination

Posted on January 14, 2017 by richrockwood

Dear reader, whomever you are, thank you for stopping by.  For my blog today I wanted to tease your imagination away from whatever you are doing to a place in the (perhaps) not too distant future.  Even with the technological … Continue reading →

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