Blue Skies and Yellow Fields

CONSTANCELY HOPING

(Ride to the Sunshine)

Dear Readers,

Welcome to a weekly trip through my memories, mementoes, and musings. I collected some great experiences over 4 decades in Washington DC and through my good fortune of being associated with two great institutions, The National Archives and the Legal Services Corporation. I hope to introduce you to some wonderful people and to make you smile.

Note: Blogs are organized by categories so that you may go directly to those that might be of most interest to you.

Now ride with me toward the sunshine. There is something good about today. We just must be open to its signals.

Best,

John Constance

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Happily Ever After

Oct 20, 2021
1 min

Happily Ever After

After 40 years of marriage, Bob finally asked Marie the question that had bothered him for years. “Darlin’, every time we have a fight,...

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Immutable Friendship

Oct 17, 2021
4 min

Immutable Friendship

My oldest childhood friend is David Carter Christian, or “Chris” as he is still known by his sister Dale and me. Our moms...

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Patron Saints

Oct 15, 2021
2 min

Patron Saints

I've thought long and hard about whether to post this old letter. While as the author I own its contents, the recipient and the subject...

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Oct 13, 2021
1 min

Bagpipe Pooh

Back by popular demand, one of the COVID Bathroom Videos that got a lot of comment (some of it even positive). I think this might be the...

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Equal Justice Under Law, 1976

Oct 12, 2021
9 min

Equal Justice Under Law, 1976

It was early springtime in Washington DC, and it was past time for this project to be finished. After all, it was the bicentennial year,...

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Southern Tongues

Oct 11, 2021
6 min

Southern Tongues

Growing up in the Baltimore area I never gave a lot of thought to whether I was a southerner or a Yankee. As a lifelong Orioles fan, I...

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Drowning My Sorrows

Oct 11, 2021
1 min

Drowning My Sorrows

There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when the door swung open and a noisy biker gang invaded the darkened room. The leader...

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Oct 8, 2021
1 min

Horace, We Hardly Knew Ye

With love and thanks to professional North Carolinian Sally Betts Kingsley Goss, here is the tale (pun intended) of Horace The Mule. As...

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Aunt Mary's Window on Camelot

Oct 7, 2021
4 min

Aunt Mary's Window on Camelot

November 27, 1960 My grandmother, Lillian Mackenzie Loeber, had one sister, Mary Clarke. Mary was married to Frank Clarke who had been...

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Oct 6, 2021
2 min

COVID Videos or (as some call it) The Bathroom Videos

I’m not sure when this idea came to me, but I do remember where I was sitting. (Editor: insert smiley face here) The lockdown was kinda’...

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Doggone

Oct 5, 2021
1 min

Doggone

A guy is driving around the back woods of North Carolina and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Talking Dog...

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This is the Week to Say Goodbye

Oct 5, 2021
3 min

This is the Week to Say Goodbye

With the recent whistleblower revelations that Facebook had chosen profit over the best interests of our Country, it is time. With the...

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