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richard puffer

I know what day it is, don’t I?

We know what we know and often believe strongly in what we know even when it is so NOT so.

2 min readSep 19, 2023

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I no longer have a job

The first day of October I awoke without a job. I — no longer had a job. And for a person who has been working since they were 12 in…

2 min readOct 5, 2022

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richard puffer

(Recently I was able to complete a book of stories and memories from my years and experiences.

Some people should never be elementary school teachers.

7 min readAug 9, 2022

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August 3, 1977

It was not a nice thing for me to do. Okay, my being not nice might not have been unusual. I think it was three years into marriage and…

3 min readAug 3, 2022

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richard puffer

What was going through your mind Sylvia Anne McLamb?

(This story appears in my StoryWorth published book from 2022 and is published here on our August 3 Anniversary. It is part of a series of…

5 min readAug 3, 2022

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This is a shoutout to STORYWORTH

Fathers’ Day 2021 I got one of the most unique presents — it was a subscription to StoryWorth that if I did my part could result in a…

3 min readJun 25, 2022

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richard puffer

“I will never forget that morning…”

Today is Memorial Day — 2022.

2 min readMay 30, 2022

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First steps preparing for retirement

My organization hired my replacement recently. The job description provided a pretty good structure for an effective transition of…

2 min readMay 2, 2022

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Catholic an identity not always practiced

Catholicism was more than a Religion in my growing up years in Rome, New York. For me, and probably several hundreds of thousands like me…

6 min readMar 13, 2022

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richard puffer

My two sense worth

Not sure when it happened or even how long it has been but right now, I have no taste and no smell. I have done the reading. I know this…

3 min readMar 12, 2022

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richard puffer

richard puffer

Gray hair, sore knees and a propensity to "suggest life hacks" that once had a friend nick-name me Yoda. Exercise and work o community building.

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