Tag: life
member name: Joseph Ritz
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January 03, 2007 10:46 AM EST --
As I hear daily reports of more killings in Iraq, either of American troops or civilians, something I’ve often heard and once accepted as wise and true runs in my . . .
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August 25, 2006 11:49 AM EDT --
Undertakers were the politest people I knew when I was small. I remember clearly them setting up folding chairs in the cramped living rooms of the homes of my foster father's dead relatives and I remember . . .
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January 12, 2008 05:04 PM EST --
I was a private first class in June of 1950 and planning to attend Seattle University, which was 60 miles from Fort Lewis. where the 2nd Division was based. The 4th Regimental Combat Team, . . .
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December 20, 2008 11:52 AM EST --
The pastor during most of my school days was an authoritative Benedictine monk of Irish descent, Father Gregory, who patrolled the parish on Sundays looking for male parishioners who were dishonoring . . .
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August 28, 2008 04:25 PM EDT --
I remember 2008 as the year my heart was stopped and I talked to God.
Well, it could have been God. I thought it was. I was sure it was. It . . .
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December 15, 2006 11:39 AM EST --
Most children are stuck with the parents they have. Many children from time to time hope and believe they are adopted. But for them it is just wishful . . .
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January 24, 2008 09:20 PM EST --
I had prepared a couple of lines of patter I was going to say at my 50th high school reunion.
Standing in front of my fellow graduates and their wives and husbands, microphone in hand, I planned to . . .
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May 19, 2007 07:44 PM EDT --
I was born a bastard and I’ve remained one all my life. I became a journalist.”
So begins I NEVER LOOKED FOR MY MOTHER AND OTHER REGRETS OF A JOURNALIST.
The book is a journey which . . .
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February 17, 2007 03:42 PM EST --
2004 was the year my heart was stopped and I talked to God.
My heart was stopped because I had to have my heart split open and a valve deep inside replaced. I didn't know if I would live.
I was anesthetized. . . .
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April 26, 2007 10:53 AM EDT --
Dog’s grow older sooner than we humans. Watching them become cripled with arthritis and their eyesight begin to dim reminds us of our own inevitable deterioration as we age.
And so as I watch . . .
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February 21, 2006 10:44 AM EST --
Sour Notesritzham@yahoo.com
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I have no idea why my foster mother thought I should play the violin. I . . .
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March 20, 2007 06:20 PM EDT --
Jeremiah O’Sullivan was dean of Marquette’s College of Journalism in the 1950s, when I was a student there. All those who studied under him and the faculty members called him simply, “the . . .
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April 10, 2006 09:21 AM EDT --
I turned 70 yesteday. There is nothing extraordinary about turning 70. The vast majority of us do.
It is a measure of progress, not a turning point.
Nevertheless, 70 marks a major . . .
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March 30, 2006 09:03 AM EST --
I was born a bastard and I have remained one throughout my life. I became a journalist. A bastard in the vulgar sense of being unpopular or disagreeable is not a serious handicap in that sometimes unpleasant . . .
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May 15, 2006 12:16 PM EDT --
Most restaurants are filled on Mother's Day.
Our family is seldom part of the restaurant crowd. The males often prepare simple meals, but this year our youngest daughter, who is unmarried . . .
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August 22, 2008 08:48 PM EDT --
Fifty years is a long time to be married to the same person. During that time we who have been married that long have changed significantly , both bodily and intellectually. Neither of us looks . . .
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