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About wisdomfromafather

I'm just an ordinary guy walking along the journey of life.

Love! Love! Love!

If you heard a loud raucous roar coming from the Brownstone Inn in Paterson, NJ, this afternoon, it wasn’t a rowdy riot … it was a loving celebration that may have raised some decibel levels a little bit past normal. … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Begin

Well, it’s Friday. Time to join the hundreds over at Lisa Jo’s place for a Friday free for all writing frenzy for the final time. You remember, each Friday we congregate at Lisa Jo’s place (http://lisajobaker.com/) to throw in our … Continue reading

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Driverless Cars

I haven’t really felt like writing much lately. In fact, I haven’t really felt like doing much of anything lately. But this morning as I was surfing the Net, I came across a feed saying the Brits are planning to … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Finish

It’s Friday and you know what that means. Time for Lisa Jo’s prompt ( http://lisajobaker.com/2014/07/five-minute-friday-finish/)and five minutes of uninterrupted writing — transferring thoughts from my mind through my fingers to the screen for all to view. This week, I’m just … Continue reading

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Post Vacation Funk

I have to admit, in the week since I’ve been back from my mini-vacation with my grandkids I have been in kind of a funk. Actually, if I’m being totally honest, I was in the same funk before the mini-vacation. … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Bloom

It’s Friday and time for our weekly exercise — Five Minute Friday. It is here where we would be writers throw caution to the wind and let the words flow from mind to fingers for just five minutes {more or … Continue reading

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I Survived

I  think the grandkids should get together and buy me a t-shirt … “I Survived a Weekend at the Jersey Shore and New York City with My Grandkids.” As I mentioned previously, last weekend I took 10 of the grandchildren … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Belong

It’s Friday. And even though I’m on a family vacation with the grandkids, today’s prompt was so appropriate I felt compelled to jot down five minutes worth of words. The Friday task is to write for just five minutes on … Continue reading

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Big Ears … By Ron

I just had to share this one from Ron Hutchcraft. As usual, it blends humor into the message … a trait I try to follow. So, here’s Ron…   I recently heard a story about a farmer who was suing … Continue reading

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All in the Family

What a weekend! What a wonderful weekend! Under the pretense of a graduation party for my grandson — okay, it actually WAS a graduation party for my grandson — we were able to bring the Siccardi clan together for the … Continue reading

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