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Richard Thuss Growing older, and I hope better ping Richard You are not connected to Richard Thuss The Basics Location: Berryville, VA. Hometown: Holland Pennsylvania Gender: male Sexual Orientation: straight Relationship Status: married Children: I have children (Adult children) Profile updated: May 06, 2011 Last signed in: Feb 14, 2012 Member since: Jan 25, 2007 Friends view all » Don Ford Sam Carana JOHN BECK George Vreeland Hill . Brian H. Alison H. Connie C. libramoon .. Granny Janny Groups view all » Artistic Minds® The Triple Name Club Artistic Therapy Gather's Luminous Writers and Artists A Thousand Words Amusing Musings Gather Writing Essential Mindbenders Gather Library Richard Thuss's Popular Tags humor (119) writing (34) life experiences (31) motorcycles (18) motorcycle riding (16) gwe (16) politics (11) writers block (11) poetry (9) getting older (8) aging (8) love (7) memories (7) lifes lessons (6) balloon words (6) tuesdays child (6) genre shorties (5) mwe (5) verse (5) novels (5)

Status Richard is enjoying the present immensely but is sometimes consumed by the desire for success rather than just a desire to become a better writer. I'm working on that. Richard's Activities view: all activities posts photos videos comments status changes profile updates new friends pings left and received groups joined groups created group comments recommended Richard commented on the post Pony Express ~ for Genre Shorties Week 97 by JOHN BECK Feb 14, 2012 7:37PM EST "I'm a hundred words short of late, said Tonto to the lone Ranger" more Richard commented on the post Pony Express ~ for Genre Shorties Week 97 by JOHN BECK Feb 14, 2012 7:35PM EST "I'm a hundred words short of late, sorry." more Richard replied to a comment by JOHN BECK on The Solution To Medicare (humor, but not much) Feb 14, 2012 7:33PM EST "Mine is a quicker end, John" more Richard replied to a comment by Phillip DeNise on The Solution To Medicare (humor, but not much) Feb 14, 2012 5:18PM EST "Looks like you will keep collecting, Phillip. I'm retired, just social security, a pension and investments. Thirty seven pages were necessary to complete what in my view should have been a simple return" more Richard shared the post The Solution To Medicare (humor, but not much) Feb 14, 2012 4:46PM EST first | prev | next About Me People say I'm: Well actually I have been called almost everything in my 65 years, but I'm working on becoming calm enough so that wisdom can settle in, while being the best father, grandfather, and husband that I can be. Describe Yourself: Retired from almost forty years of working in the aerospace and intelligence business, and now working hard to become a better writer, while enjoying life every day. On Gather, I'm Looking For ...: A place to read others writing, to display some of my own, and to have fun with that process. Interests Lately I've been listening to: Music from the 1930's; just for the fun of it I'm currently reading: The Return of the King The last movie I watched was: Good Will Hunting My must-see show is: The New Sherlock Holmes Series, and The Big Bang I'd love to visit: Every country in the world I'm curious about: understanding the journey we call life Topping my Wish List is: A positive sense of future purpose for all who live in the U.S. Favorite Music, Artists, Genres: I enjoy almost all music except that which degrades others Favorite Books, Writers, Genres: The Seth series by Jane Roberts, Bob Monroe's books on Journeys out of the body, and I still enjoy great science fiction, a well told mystery and books that explore the true nature of reality, I also enjoy reading my own novels Favorite Movies, Actors, Genres: Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Bourne series, Harry Potter, and every movie that Robin Williams or Matt Damon has starred in. Favorite TV Shows, Actors: All British comedy, Masterpiece theatre, The Big Bang, Dr. Who, and Dragons Den., Judy Dench Favorite Places: Patagonia, Argentina: Sedona, Arizona: Crestone, Colorado, Berryville Virginia Interests and Activities: Writing, Motorcycle riding Wish List: Common sense would become common, Politicians weren't, , All children were loved Affiliations Employers: General electric; ITT Industries Colleges: University of Pittsburgh Major: Chemical Engineering High Schools: Council Rock; Newtown PA Ping Me You cannot post a blank ping. You're all pinged out (too much of a good thing is a bad thing). close Displaying 10 of 42 Pings | View all » Morgan S., Feb 4, 2012, 12:36PM EST Thanks for the friendship and for joining my group, Richard. i look forward to your thoughts. :-) view Morgan's profile | Ping Morgan Kathryn Esplin, Nov 28, 2011, 4:04PM EST I am going to send you an invitation to a group of mine. I'd be honored if you accept. view Kathryn's profile | Ping Kathryn Cindy B., Nov 15, 2011, 2:05AM EST You I like! =) view Cindy's profile | Ping Cindy JustMe ~I'm happy to be~, Aug 24, 2011, 9:17PM EDT I have had a rough time of it lately, even beyond my health issues. Your comment was truly healing and reminded me of who I am really am. So thank you so very, very much. view JustMe's profile | Ping JustMe C.F. Stewart, Jul 24, 2011, 11:12PM EDT Both a pleasure and an honor to have you accept, Richard. I have heard ( and read ) very good things about you, my friend. May this newly forged friendship endure for all days! view C.F.'s profile | Ping C.F. Ann Marcaida, Jun 19, 2011, 6:03PM EDT I posted a review of "What Time is It?" on Amazon. Didn't include any critique in the review-- is that something you want as well? view Ann's profile | Ping Ann René Allen, May 5, 2011, 10:03PM EDT Hey Richard ~ I've got my new glasses on ~ LOL... Looking for your writings my friend ~ and thank you for responding to "INTENTIONS"! view René's profile | Ping René René Allen, Apr 23, 2011, 10:09PM EDT Waiting on your NEW Literary works, and writings from the HEART Richard, my friend! view René's profile | Ping René Kimberly Blackadar, Mar 28, 2011, 1:01PM EDT I read your status and understand completely. Best of luck with accomplishing both. view Kimberly's profile | Ping Kimberly Mariana T., Mar 9, 2011, 1:50PM EST Hi Richard - I have lots of dutch relatives, german relatives and English and Irish relatives - the Titus side lived in Pennsylvania - they were dutch - originally Titus Syrach DeVries (from DeVries). Salud view Mariana's profile | Ping Mariana view all Pings » top