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The mind is a priceless gift, one that sometimes can be clouded by environment and preconceptions. For example:
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I spent my first two years of college in Nashville, TN, which I considered as getting my education in “The South.”
Read moreMy knowledge of stagecoaches is from watching those old black and white movies of the 40’s.
Read moreMost of our generation of 60+ were HOME SCHOOLED in many ways. We just didn’t know it at the time. Examples:
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Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.
Read moreJust how much longer must we wait? And on who? Well, it is coming they tell us. And we might just add: “come soon.”
Read moreI did fairly good on memory stuff until I got to be about 80. Then I noticed it was hard for me to remember some people’s names. Names of some trees also come to mind. I have an ancient Box Elder tree in my back yard but alas, someone asked me one day what kind of tree it was and that was when I first noticed that its name had left me. Names of old friends— they came and went. But mostly I get by cause if I forget your name down at the post office, relax. It will come to me after I get home. Which brings me to another subject: Computers.
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A woman, cranky because her husband was late coming home again, decided to leave a note, saying, “I’ve had enough and have left you... don’t bother coming after me!”
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