Category Archives: Random thoughts

Fields, Dreams… and Joshua Trees

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Don Merritt

Most people, when they think of California, think of beaches, palm trees, famous bays, movie stars and glamor, and California has all of those things, but it also has a great deal more… desert for example.  90 miles from downtown … Continue reading →

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Random Ramblings: March 31, 2018

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Don Merritt

It has been some time since I have written something for this Saturday column; real life seems to have a way of getting in a blogger’s way! Today, I thought I’d do something here that I haven’t even considered doing … Continue reading →

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Random Ramblings: January 28, 2017

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Don Merritt

The other day my daughter was messing around on her phone; laughter filled the air. She was using “Snapchat”. She’s been using this app for quite some time now, and I’ve seen what it does several times… If you aren’t … Continue reading →

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Random Ramblings: January 7, 2017

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Don Merritt

Earlier this week I wrote a wonderful piece for this feature, it was a “Random Ramble” that was so good, so well-written, so brilliant, so artfully done that they would have made a Pulitzer Prize for blogging after reading it. … Continue reading →

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Random Ramblings: November 19, 2016

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Don Merritt

First off today, a bit of “housekeeping”: By the time this posts, Cathy and I should just about be arriving at a warm and sunny seashore where we will enjoy a week of relaxation on a beautiful beach. As a … Continue reading →

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Random Ramblings: October 1, 2016

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Don Merritt

The other day I posted a piece announcing that I would begin this new Saturday feature today and when I did so, I had two fun ideas for the first one. Quite naturally, now that it is time to actually … Continue reading →

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Sunday at the White House

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Don Merritt

Last week, as I was sitting in front of my computer wondering why I couldn’t get an internet connection, I started thinking about how glad I will be to get out of here; I will be glad when I can … Continue reading →

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Reflections on an Interesting Morning

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Don Merritt

This morning we headed off for our tours, informal, yes, but still tours. We took our grandson to visit the White House and the Pentagon, no simple thing in the rather too complicated times we live in.  She Who Must … Continue reading →

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Excuse me, is there a problem?

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Don Merritt

I had the radio on most of yesterday, and since I got tired of listening to everyone crying about the latest Redskins defeat, I switched to a news station.  It seems that the big news of the day was that the … Continue reading →

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Ranting Again!

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Don Merritt

Over the past couple of years I’ve noticed that more and more often people waiting on customers ask a bizarre question… or is it a statement… I’m not really sure what it is! Over the past few days, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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