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The Great Galloping Geezer and the Gnu

By Ed Bejarana on June 30, 2009

The song is sung
On every hill.
It echoes among the
Enlightened still.
Go Geezer go!
He rides the Grand
And Golden Gnu,
Amazing, fast and
Nimble too.
Gallop Gnu gallop!
The gold crowned beast
With giant stride,
zipping, bobbing from
side to side.
Grand Gnu glide.
Hat of leather with
Floppy straps.
Geezer wears such
Natty hats!
Sly Geezer sly!
Ages spent learning
To ride.
Patience, practice,
puts soul in strife.
Grow Geezer grow.
He rode, he sweat and
put [...]

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Old Time Sayings Defined

By Frank Ryan on June 23, 2009

The following are ten old time sayings and little captions that show how we used to use them. As time went by, I found that many folks in different parts of the US and elsewhere had little variations in meaning and use. We have provided the Ryan family and West Coast USA versions, ” These are sayings like we used to hear at home and as I reflect and remember them” says Frak Ryan.

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Senior Speak! Ads and prose

By Frank Ryan on June 11, 2009

Having spent the past 11 plus years in advertising sales, as a writer and publisher of a senior publication I have discovered there are some little tips on what senior and mature readers like and don’t like from reading material.

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Surprise yourself by getting old!

By Frank Ryan on June 10, 2009

You are skipping along the sidewalk one day. You are a freckle faced teenager with not a care in the world. Your biggest decision is if you want to go to a movie, or go play ball with your friends.

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