The Braley Blog
“Pete’s Daily Connection”
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Sometimes Just Hearing A Song Can Change Your Whole Outlook
I turned on some Christmas music the other day and the first song I heard was Johnny Mathis singing “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas.” I immediately felt a sense of calm and a feeling of happiness. It’s weird how that happens, isn’t it? I wasn’t in a bad mood. It was just…
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Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late
My commute in the morning is about twenty minutes. I drive from Fairhaven to Fall River here in Massachusetts and I am mostly on Route 195. That drive has been beautiful for the last couple of weeks with the leaves turning. I don’t know if I told you but the last time I was at…
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It’ll Be Here Before You Know It
I was writing the date recently, actually Friday the 25th, when I realized, “Wow! There are only two months until Christmas!” Yes I know we have a 25th every month and years ago I used to make a big thing out of it when I was on the radio, especially in January… “Only 11 months…
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Visiting a Military Melting Pot
I love visiting my son and daughter-in-law in Virginia Beach. Actually I enjoy visiting with all of children no matter where they are but that trip to Virginia Beach is always so interesting. For some background, my son, Doug, is a Chief in the Navy. He’s been in for 13 years now. Wow! I still…
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Concern For Others: So Needed Today
Today is Pastor Appreciation Day and — WAIT — before you exit out of this because you’re not a churchgoer…hang on. This might be something you can relate to. First of all, if you’ve already been to church and back, the whole month is Pastor Appreciation Month or you could just text your church leader…
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Living In The Moment: Not Always Easy
My grandson is here for a visit (his mom too), and I was immediately reminded of how he always seems to live in the moment. My daughter, Sarah, and grandson, Liam, flew into Providence from Corpus Christi, Texas on Friday. They had pretty good flights although it was a long day. There is just no…
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Adulting! Am I Right?
I was looking through some various websites we use for the daily radio show and I found an interesting question this week: What’s something you didn’t realize was going to consume so much of your time as an adult? I agreed with just about all of the answers people gave and I added a few…
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I’m Your Biggest Fan – Watching My Son On Stage
My mind started wandering Thursday night. It’s been a journey that is just beginning in some ways. Thursday night my son Matt, who goes by his middle name Hunter when he’s performing, was the opening act at Moonshine Alley in Providence for recording artist Drew Baldridge. It was a great night! If you don’t know,…
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The Struggle Of Finding A New Doctor
I have an appointment coming up in two weeks to see my doctor and I am not looking forward to it. Not that there’s anything wrong with me (that I know of), it’s just that I have a new Primary Care Physician (PCP) and I just really miss my old doctor. I wrote a column…
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All My Life’s A Circle – Sunday Column
I was reminded yesterday of a song by the late Harry Chapin. It came out in 1979 and it’s called “Circle.” In the song, Harry sings: “All my life’s a circle; Sunrise and sundown; Moon rolls thru the nighttime; Till the daybreak comes around. All my life’s a circle; And I can’t tell you why;…