The Braley Blog
“Pete’s Daily Connection”
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Think Of All You May Be Missing?
I get it. I’ve been there. Yes, I was that guy. I just have one question: “Do you want to be stubborn or do you want to enjoy life?” If you don’t know my history I’ve had six joints replaced, I swear my arthritis has arthritis and I had a stroke several years ago. I’ve…
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Why Do Some People Wander?
I’m pretty sure every town has one or has had one at one time or another. I’m talking about the person I call the “Wanderer.” This is someone who just wanders — all day it seems. We have a person in my neighborhood who just seems to wander. You could say she just goes for…
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Frustrations With “Streaming”
Does anyone else have a problem with this whole “streaming” thing? I know, I can hear my kids saying, “Here we go! Old people problems!” I’ve lost count as to how many streaming services there are. We currently use about six of them and, truth be told, we share just about all of them with…
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Were They Really “The Good Old Days?”
I was driving home from broadcasting a basketball game in Norton Friday night listening to my 1970s playlist. I go to my playlist or Spotify at night because I never really find anything good on the radio at night. That’s probably a topic for another time but I was on Spotify playing the Billboard hits…
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Flying: Always An Adventure
Why is it that every time I fly I come away with enough material for a column? I bet if I saved a year’s worth of notes I’d have enough for another book. Last week Priscilla and I flew to Virginia Beach to celebrate the fact that my daughter-in-law is now a Chief in the…
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Sick Of Being Sick
Like many people I know, I’m sick. I’ve been sick for a while and I’m tired of being sick. I took a Covid test and it came back negative, but it is extremely frustrating. I developed a cold back on December 18th. Yes I remember the date because it was the day after I sang…
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Beautiful Music In A Beautiful Building
Depending on when you’re reading this I am either: This year I joined the Spirit of Saint Anthony Choir and our Christmas Concert and Sing a long was/is December 17th at 3pm. We are singing in the beautiful St. Anthony of Padua Church on Acushnet Ave in New Bedford. I’ve known about this choir for…
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Appreciation For The Four Seasons
I was walking the dog this week in the light snow we had Wednesday morning. I had on my winter coat, hat and gloves and Charlie was in his winter coat. Suddenly I had a flashback to just a few months ago. It was only four or five months ago that we would only go…
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Christmas Shopping Craziness
This week I started my Christmas shopping which is a bit early for me. It’s not as late as a friend of mine who used to say he didn’t start until December 23rd. I never knew if he was telling the truth but I wouldn’t put it past him. Have you noticed that the stores…