Bits and Pieces

Over the last 50 years or so I have collected bits and pieces of wisdom, poetry, pithy sayings, clever quotations and some outright foolish utterances. These were committed to writing in a myriad of media including note books kept for various reasons, backs of envelops, scratch pads and emails to myself. They tended to accumulate in shoeboxes, long neglected manilla folders, as well as other nooks and crannies. I hesitate to even guess how many I’ve saved…let’s just say a lot. I’ve resolved that now in my 9th decade, I’m going to get things straightened out and squared away…which means, among other things getting rid of...