The Braley Blog
“Pete’s Daily Connection”
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It’s Never Too Late For A Resurrection”
Happy Easter to my friends who observe! Happy Sunday to those who do not! Today is the day Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus. Resurrection. I found myself pondering that word this week. Off to the dictionary we go! According to Miriam Webster: “Resurrection: The rising of Christ from the dead.” Interestingly the synonyms for…
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We Made It: When Baseball Brings Spring Back To Life
We had another sure sign of spring this week. Yes, I’m in Texas right now visiting my daughter, son-in-law and grandson. I’ve been here about a week-and-a-half and my wife joined me last night. We’re going to celebrate Easter with the Texas clan and then make our way back north. Yes, the weather here is…
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Why Are Some People So Mean?
Surely I’m not the only one that has noticed: Some people are just mean. We see it everywhere. At the store, in a restaurant, at the airport and don’t even get me started on social media. Has it gotten worse or am I just noticing it more? The inspiration for this column came when I…
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Thanking Those That Have Reached Out
As the war in Iran continues, I just wanted to take a moment to thank the people that have reached out to my wife and me this past week. First of all, I’m not going to get political here. Mainly because THEY are not allowed to get political. And as a very wise man I…
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”Raising Grampy” and Carson’s First Blizzard
Hello peoples! It’s me, Carson. Mommy says we had something called a blizzard this week. It was lotsa fun! When do we get the next one! Mommy, Daddy, my puppy Kenzie and I had a sleep over at my Papa and Gigi’s house. My daddy was worried that we were going to lose something called…
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”Raising Grampy” and Carson’s First Snow!
Hello peoples! It’s me, Carson. Have you seen all this snow stuff? I think it’s pretty cool! Mommy and daddy? Not so thrilled! Oh and Grampy? You could say I have a Grumpy Grampy. My Auntie Rachel got me a sled and it was so much fun! Let’s see, what else has been going on?…
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Random Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday
I stopped for gas the other day and the GSTV (Gas Station Television) wasn’t working. I don’t know why. Maybe it was too cold? I actually had to pump gas and had nothing to entertain me for three whole minutes! I used to think those tv screens on the pumps were stupid until I realized…
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“Eat The Frog First.” Wait. What?
I was listening to the radio the other day when the host brought up a quote. He said it was originally coined by Mark Twain and it said… “Eat the frog first.” Naturally what I did next was try to confirm it. I find myself doing that more and more these days with just about…
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”Raising Grampy” and Carson’s First Christmas
Hello Peoples! It’s me, Carson. I hope you had a Merry Christmas! I did…now that I know what a Christmas is. At Christmas, I discovered that it’s a time when you decorate your house with stuff, bring a tree inside and put lights outside. It’s also the time that Grampy watches a lot of TV shows…
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My Resolutions For 2026
I’ve never been one to seriously make any New Year Resolutions. Every year I seemed to make the same ones: Eat better, exercise more and get more sleep. Then I would stay up too late, eat junk food and be too tired to go to the gym. This year I did make a list: This…