I’m too old to be stumbling through life

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September 4, 2012

I’m too old to be stumbling through life

Anonymous Mineral Wells Index The Mineral Wells Index Tue Sep 04, 2012, 08:49 AM CDT

By Guinn Sweet | sweettalk@mineralwellsindex.com

“…I am too old to cry, but it hurts too much to laugh…” – from a story often told by Abraham Lincoln when he had difficulties in his life. (Adlai Stevenson’s reply to reporters when asked about his feelings in losing the presidential election in Nov., 1942).

And so we have an ongoing story of loss and hurt. This past week, I lost my balance and hurt myself, my dignity and my glasses.

Every morning, before it gets too hot to be doing things out in the yard, I have been slowly and surely moving a large supply of firewood from an area in the backyard into a covered “carport” near our back door. There were a number of reasons for my self-assigned “chore.” I suppose the first one was simply to get some exercise and maybe some strengthening for my aging body to help recovery from being almost inert all summer.

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Reminiscing on columns
The older I get, the more reminiscent I become … and I think that is the normal process of memory when we pile it up behind us. This is the nineteenth year of my writing a series of weekly columns, articles and travelogues for the Mineral Wells Index. I have observed the changing complex of reporting, beginning with my old original typewriter and continuing through the electric typewriter, the word processor and, now, I have worn out three or four computers. Since the latest one is nearly eight years old, I can see ahead to being forced to advance to a new one, an iPod or even becoming a “texter” on a little bitty hand-held thingy.

February 2, 2013
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January 28, 2013
Sweet Talk: Guinn’s Guns
“A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed,” states the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court has ruled that this right is not limited to a connection with an organized state militia.

January 19, 2013
Between ‘prissy clean’ and ‘post-tornado’
“It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house,” Proverbs:21:9, KJV

January 14, 2013
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When I was a great deal younger, the only things that talked back to you were your children. Nowadays, every toy, stranger, automobile and kitchen utensil has something to convey to anyone who listens and others who would rather have quiet. The world is seething with idle conversation, insults and instructions, be it desired or not. Some of these things I invite into my life; some are intrusive and unwanted. Some are complete surprises, yet are talking to me as if I were an idiot cousin, come for an extended visit.

January 6, 2013
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December 23, 2012
Of Payback and Coast Fishin’
“Break forth into joy, sing together…for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem” (Isaiah 52:8, kjv)
Colon fell this morning.

December 17, 2012
The Lord provides words, strength when needed most
“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” Joshua 1:9, Holy Bible, KJV.

December 10, 2012
Stan Musial was truly a hit with my father
“But he ‘his musical finesse was such, so good his{eye} ear, so delicate his {swing}touch made poetry a mere mechanic art; and every warbler has his tune by heart.” – William Cowper.

November 26, 2012
Give thanks daily for your blessings
“Oh come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms.”

November 19, 2012
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