Truth does shine and ring like a bell

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We only really know the waves we see.
| July 16, 2023

“Truth does shine and ring like a bell.”

1987

I can feel the sound of distant waves on a beach that

we can only imagine the water of.

We can never go back to where we were,

but only grasp at where we see.

1991

Dreams, dreams, dreams

about the old job.

Uncle Jack from his grandma’s side of the family,

(Mother’s mother),

played jazz for funerals in New Orleans.

John W. Sweazey, retired Emeritus from the University of Washington at fifty, in order to spend more time reading, thinking, philosophizing, rock climbing, recording videotapes, designing better geodesic domes, continuing to keep daily journals, contacting those in power with ideas, learning Greek dances with my wife, sharing Ivars fish and chips with her, enjoying the ultimate pleasure of helping my family, friends, and neighbors with their cars, homes, aging and parenting, loving my animals, learning, learning, learning. Thanks for listening!

SHARING STORIES is a weekly column for and about the 50 plus crowd living in the Puget Sound region. Send your stories and photos to ariele@comcast.net. Tell local or personal stories; discuss concerns around aging and other issues; share solutions, good luck, and reasons to celebrate; poems are fine too. Pieces may be edited or excerpted. We reserve the right to select among pieces. Photos are always a plus and a one-sentence bio is requested (where you live, maybe age or career, retired status, etc.).

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