Author: Mike Cheatham
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my calendar page for January 23, 2024
Some may know that Joy and I took a trip to New Orleans to listen to the Dalai Lama speak several years ago; because I love the simplicity of his words and thoughts. It was wonderful to listen to this man who has seen so many changes and challenges throughout…
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2024…ok, at least one more day…
Goodbye 2023. This time last year, I was just home from my second heart attack of December 2022, and it would be a few months before I really got my feet back under me….but here I am. Truly happy when I open my eyes, truly happy. I snuck by for another…
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Clarksville Tornado Cleanup …personal perspective.
From our house, we could see the dark line of the tornado move across Clarksville, without understanding the impact it was having on families in our community. We knew what was happening on the weather reports, and had to assume that things were not good, but couldn’t imagine that reality. …
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Surveys, Polls…too cold to fish
Statistically, a representative sampling can predict a full population…mathematically speaking it is true…but that is if there is no bias introduced into the equation. I know the +/- allowed for error should account for that in a “real and unbiased” survey, but do those exist today? We all read survey…
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Murfreesboro Nissan…tried to hate ’em…
I retired and my wife is still working to keep me in a lifestyle I have become accustomed to…well, that’s my story anyway. So, when she decided we should get new “retirement” vehicles, who am I to argue? Now it only started with a new truck to be honest, but in…
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Tennessee me…
There are those few seconds when the dust is rising against the heat of a summer day (you can feel it, taste it) and the first drops of rain that try to beat it back down…when humidity threatens to stop your breathing and the sun moves behind the clouds. A…
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I need a favor – (or A Tale of Two Heart Attacks) – you decide
I really thought being a retired, kept man was going to be much easier than it is proving to be. I mean kept; I assumed that didn’t entail dishes, laundry, cooking, cleaning. It was going to be a breeze for me. I was going to be back in the kayak…
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Unemployed dude with no meetings to attend.
I am using the time to adjust to my new position as a kept man; more just a stay at home, retired old fat dude really but I like the idea of having (at least saying I have) a sugar momma for a bit.
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Peace Thich Nhat Hanh…..thank you.
Not fishing related…but then, not everything in my life is…. There are moments that are so vivid in my mind, memories that I can replay with such clarity; moments, people I meet, feelings of sadness or pleasure. These are events that are so minor they would go unnoticed were it a…
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2021 KAST championship…
Just home from the KAST state championship hosted by CMKA – Clinch Mountain Kayak Anglers – in Spring City Tennessee on Watts Bar Lake. Directors Scott Bullins & Curtis Perez https://www.facebook.com/groups/160029334416540, along with the KAST director Steve Owens put on a great event for the 97 anglers in attendance. Dugout Bait and Tackle provided some…
