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Well, that was a Monday.

Sometimes the wind is unfavorable. Today was one of those days that demands relaxation and rest once you come ashore. Rest assured, the journey will continue tomorrow. B well.

Welcome to 2023! How will you be spending your time? How do you even think about that question, and what even is time, anyway? As we begin a new year, time is what’s on my mind. How can I better understand, use, and master my time? Well, some of what I write here will attemptContinue reading “Change-Time”

Where’s our Hedge Fund, Mr. Manchin?

Can a hedge fund get me to work or look after my elders? Those are the kinds of questions West Virginians should ask Senator Manchin this week and every week until the Senator gives us an answer. He risks sinking a just, once-in-a-generation infrastructure investment plan that puts the American People first over the corporateContinue reading “Where’s our Hedge Fund, Mr. Manchin?”

Malcontent

What other Word but Malcontent Captures the Seething Tone of the Time? ‘Twixt – or ‘Tween – the Tantrums Regulating Creative Destructions The Teeming Masses Instead Team Toward Something More. Freedom. Freedom from Want, Demand, and Disrespect, or Petty Dominion What other Word but Malcontent, Captures the Humanity of Fighting for Freedom?

Flutter On

Flutter, flutter, flutter on my friend, on, around, and down to the end. Not but a whisper of patience, a testament to peace and repose; You flutter, flutter around inexorably drawn to the ground. Evocative of the spirit which lifts, you demonstrate the drive to Earth which all living are wary. So I watch youContinue reading “Flutter On”

Roles and Action!

Who are you? Or for that amtter, who am I? No, no . . . your name is not WHO YOU ARE. Your name is simply a label by which that person recognizes the recognition of other persons. Your name may not tell you anything about the answer to the question. Maybe it does, orContinue reading “Roles and Action!”

Life: DQ’d

What’s that? Duh! Quarantined! I consider myself quarantined. It is twelve minutes before three o’clock in the afternoon on the seventeenth of March, 2020 as I begin writing this. What is weird is that I am physically isolating despite my doctor’s current belief that I show no clear Covid-19 symptoms. Yet, I am determined toContinue reading “Life: DQ’d”

My “First” Blog Post

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. Despite bitter claims to the contrary, I have been writing for myself for some time. It is past time that I begin to make something of it which I can share with the world. Truth is a funny thing – the more and more youContinue reading “My “First” Blog Post”

Introducing….

This is my version of a bio. My Name is Warren Hilsbos of Fairmont, West Virginia. I have lived here most of my life. I am a product of my parents’ working-class/professional lifestyle and the unique dynamics of the highlands of what most call “The Rust Belt.” What’s there to know about me? I haveContinue reading “Introducing….”