Scattered Thoughts from a Scattered Mind: Volume Vii Back to the Beginning
By David Mills
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When last we spoke, it was 2016. Donald Trump had just won the White House, and everybody and his brother was raising hell. Negan from The Walking Dead would say, Not cool! Not cool at all!
I hope by now youve seen there was no need whatsoever for all of the hoopla. Weve gone an entire year, and dig this, the talking heads performed admirably, no one detonated a nuclear device in anyone elses backyard, and garbage pickup continued to be spot-on.
If you ask me, Im putting that in the win column.
I trust youve fared well this year and celebrated the 2017 holidays properly with your friends and loved ones. I know I did.
Again, my work is complete to the best of my ability.
Yours is just beginning.
David Mills
David Mills has worked in the field of pneumatic conveying for over forty years. From 1998 – 2006 he was Professor of Bulk Solids Handling at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has published over 170 papers in the field, and has been working as an independent consultant in pneumatic conveying since 1996.
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Scattered Thoughts from a Scattered Mind - David Mills
Copyright © 2018 by David Mills.
ISBN: Softcover 978-1-9845-1121-8
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Also by David Mills…..
Scattered Thoughts From a Scattered Mind
Xlibris Publishing, 2011
Scattered Thoughts From a Scattered Mind
Volume II…The Doctor is In
Xlibris Publishing, 2012
Scattered Thoughts From a Scattered Mind
Volume III…A Laugh a Minute
Xlibris Publishing, 2013
Scattered Thoughts From a Scattered Mind
Volume IV…Prime Redefined
Xlibris Publishing, 2014
Scattered Thoughts From a Scattered Mind
Volume V…The Road Home
Xlibris Publishing, 2015
Scattered Thoughts From a Scattered Mind
Volume VI…Boys by Day
Xlibris Publishing, 2016
This volume is dedicated to my sweet Ann,
who saved me from myself so very long ago.
and to
Gregory LeNoir Allman
(1947-2017)
There will never be another.
I certainly hope to see you again.
Anybody can jump a motorcycle.
The trouble begins when you try to land it.
Evel Knievel
Every moment is a fresh beginning.
T. S. Eliot
Contents
FOREWORD
Vegas 2016
Penny and the Slots, Part II
Trump
Leaky Faucet Falls, Nevada
Sara (no h)
Rest
Truth
It and Of Itself
Suddenly Loose
Effects From the Side
Rocket Man
The Cord
Wild Wild West
Hands Held
Pressured Speech
Wayward Guest
Breathe
Upon This Bench
Twisted
Six Minutes
Friends
Lesson Learned
Days of Wonder
Property
Upon the Wire
Nicholas Reeves
Collusion
Unquiet Mind
Another (short) Story
An Arduous Explanation
Bearing Down
Who Am I?
Time Well Spent
For Robbie
Jelena
Two Old Broads
Between The Sand and Sea
Nineteen
Wonderfully Sad
Paddling Out
Same View, Two Stories, Two Destinies
Things I Learned At Work
Modern Man
Back To The Beginning
Into The Ranks
38
Sunset
On The Day Tom Petty Died
For Grayson
Chances
Vegas 2017
The Valley of Fire
For Your Eyes Only
Keys
The Clearing
Write That Down
Collage
A Time of Unreason
For Smokey
The Woman in The Park
At Ease
Career Change
Evening Comes
For Kenny
The Way You Do
For Debby
People, Places
Back To The Beginning (Part II)
Cover Me
Tantrum
Paying It Forward
The Guardian
Passively Aggressive
M.O.M. (Many Other Meanings)
By Dallin Mills
AFTERWORD
Foreword
Hello and welcome again to the land of Scattered Thoughts,…coming to you live from Neal Young’s Sugar Mountain!
And yes, we do have barkers and colored balloons.
When last we spoke, it was 2016, Donald Trump had just won the White House and everybody and his brother was raising hell.
As Negan from The Walking Dead
would say,
Not cool!…..not cool at all!
I hope by now you’ve seen there was no need whatsoever for all of the hoopla. We’ve gone an entire year and dig this: the talking heads performed admirably, no one detonated a nuclear devise in anyone else’s back yard, and garbage pickup continued to be spot on.
You ask me?…I’m putting that in the WIN column.
I trust you’ve fared