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This website is a rolling repository of thoughts and observations from John M. Ritchie, expert. Quid Illuc Est? Res Ipsa Loquitor.

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Dec 23
Dec 23 Reindeer Rescue

John Ritchie
Family

Augustus was his name, but everyone called him Gus, because it was a much better sized name for him.

Jun 1
Jun 1 Chris

John Ritchie
Family

A memorial tribute to Chris Potter, a man of many parts.

Feb 5
Feb 5 The Death of the Finneman Beast

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Family

The recent death of a family dog reminded me that, as someone said, life is just a series of dogs.

Dec 29
Dec 29 Celtics Pride

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Music

Written in 1984, performed by the High Five at Celtics Championship Celebration

Dec 28
Dec 28 Songs for Gus

John Ritchie
Music

Three songs for Augustus James Ritchie.

Sep 20
Sep 20 Connections

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Life Lessons

A recollection of a near-drowning, and how complicated heroism is

Sep 15
Sep 15 Snow Daze

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Education, Humor

A Superintendent remembers the misery of deciding on snow days

Sep 14
Sep 14 The Fifteenth Row

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Education, Life Lessons

A high school Principal on our arbitrary methods of evaluating student success, and who gets left out.

Sep 11
Sep 11 The Guitar Repairman

John Ritchie
Life Lessons

An encounter with a master, and hard to find, guitar repairman

Oct 1
Oct 1 The Honeymooners

John Ritchie
Life Lessons, Family

What happens when a honeymoon in Europe hasn’t really been planned well

Oct 12
Oct 12 The Science Project

John Ritchie
Education, Humor

A high school Principal remembers a Science Project of his own, one which decayed before being evaluated

Oct 6
Oct 6 Was Jesus Married?

John Ritchie
Humor

So what would Jesus’s marriage really have been like?

Mar 12
Mar 12 Ebb and Flow

John Ritchie
Life Lessons

A sudden drowning. Life stops. Then, almost as suddenly, we all return to our lives

 
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