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07/13/2025

Gym, a little sun time doing some yard work and now healthy choices and NASCAR

07/13/2025

going to the gym together is healthy in many ways

07/07/2025

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07/06/2025

My sanctuary, where I feel closest to The Higher Power is in Nature...

In 2009, legendary Italian freediver Enzo Maiorca was diving off the coast of Syracuse with his daughter Rossana when something extraordinary happened.
While descending into the blue, Enzo felt a gentle nudge on his back. Turning around, he saw a dolphin — but it wasn’t there to play. It was pleading for help.
The dolphin dove, and Enzo followed. At around 15 meters deep, they found a second dolphin — trapped in an abandoned fishing net. Without hesitation, Enzo called to his daughter for a knife and carefully cut the net loose.
The moment the dolphin was freed, it released a sound Enzo would later describe as “almost a human cry.”
When the dolphin reached the surface, the divers realized it was a pregnant female — and just moments later, she gave birth in open water.
The male dolphin circled the scene, then gently swam up to Enzo, touched his cheek with its snout — like a kiss — and vanished into the deep with his new family.
Later, Enzo reflected:
“Until man learns to respect and speak to the natural world, he can never truly understand his place on this Earth.”
🧭 A powerful reminder that nature speaks — if only we’re willing to listen.

07/06/2025

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In 1943, someone took a photo Hollywood never wanted the world to see.
Mae West — the boldest, freest woman in cinema — was walking down the street beside a Black man: Albert “Chalky” Wright.
He wasn’t an actor.
He wasn’t an extra.
He was real.
And what connected them was just as real.
Chalky wasn’t just her driver, as many liked to assume.
He was much more: her confidant, her protector — perhaps even her love.
Yes, her love, in a time when such a bond was unthinkable.
She, a white movie star.
He, a Black boxing champion.
Their connection wasn’t a scandal.
It was a revolution.
Hollywood could make all the love stories it wanted —
but when love was real,
and when it dared to break through the walls of racism,
Hollywood didn’t know where to look.
When the managers of Mae’s apartment building told her Chalky couldn’t come up to see her because he was Black,
she didn’t argue.
She did something better:
She bought the entire building.
Because Mae didn’t debate — she acted.
And with a single move, she made it clear who was in charge.
And Chalky? He was always there.
In 1935, when someone tried to blackmail her, it was Chalky who helped the police catch the culprit.
No bodyguard, no script.
Just a man who showed up. Always.
Mae never let anyone write her part.
She always wrote it herself.
And in her scripts were things few dared to include:
Loyalty over appearance.
Justice over convenience.
Heart over approval.
She didn’t just challenge the system.
She tore it apart.
With razor-sharp lines, fearless choices,
and a love that didn’t need permission.
Chalky didn’t shine in the spotlight.
He shone beside her,
in the strong shadows of true love.
The kind that protects without noise.
That stays, even when no one’s watching.
This isn’t just a Hollywood story.
It’s a story of truth.
Of courage.
And of love.