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Where Do They Go September 20th 2024

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      I grew up in the wild wild west, in the middle of a rain forrest back when this corner of my home and native land was still frontier.   And I was an odd duck in so many ways.  We know things now about people like me that we didn't know then.  I am dyslexic,  and very spectrumy.  ADHD I would suspect which I believe wasn't too rare in my chosen profession.  But in the 1960's my reaction to things was simply bad behaviour.  And in truth?  Well it was.   I have a couple of grand children who are also on the spectrum and truth be told their lives aren't real easy.  But there is some understanding about people like me these days which may at some point in time make their lives a little easier.       Back in the day, I basically grew up as an only child.....but not really.   I came as a surprise to my parents some eight years after my older sister.  Eight years.   She was born at the conclusio...

One September Morning. September 11 2024.

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       On this day,  September 11th 2001, I was on the island of Inishmore, Ireland riding a bicycle to a prehistoric fort on the northern coast.  When we arrived,  there was something terribly wrong.  There were cries and embraces and looks of distress across the faces of almost every tourist off the several tour busses in the parking lot.  Almost all those tourists were Americans.  My wife asked the person selling tickets into the fort what was happening.  That's when we learned about the North Tower of the World Trade Centre being struck by a plane.  Although we were pretty sure at the time. no one knew if it was an attack or an accident.   We traveled down to a local pub just in time to see the south tower being struck.   As tragic as it was at that moment,  I am not sure that we all knew just how devastating this terrorist attack was to be.         It was an attack on American soil. ...