It has been said that everyone has a calling. If that is the case, mine has been has been calling collect! I have yet to accept the charges. I wonder can you still do that? But that is another train… Continue reading

 I had a rather busy weekend and that is a good thing. I haven’t had much time to listen to the news or read all the postings on social media. As a consequence I really haven’t much on my mind… Continue reading

 I posted a rather off hand comment yesterday to social media as I often do. I see that block that says what’s on your mind and I am compelled to write something. Sometimes it is met with little response and… Continue reading

 As we age the world shrinks around us, drawing us ever closer to a singularity. This is as it should be, a natural course in nature. It is the completion of another cycle but it isn’t the end. It will… Continue reading

 At what age are you too old to be cool? I asked myself that question after my wife made a smart remark. You see we were doing the laundry and I have this pair of jeans. Now these jeans were… Continue reading

 Well now we are going to war with Iran. That’s because Trump refused to sign the deal. That’s the prediction I keep hearing. Last time I heard that North and South Korea met for the first time in sixty years… Continue reading

Free–range parenting is the concept of raising children in the spirit of encouraging them to function independently in proper accordance of their age of development with a reasonable acceptance of realistic personal risks.  I had to look up this definition… Continue reading

  Now that the weather has changed the mornings sound different. I hear the birds chirping in the trees. It is just another nuance in life that may go unnoticed. It seems the older I get the more details I… Continue reading

 There are times when we must walk alone. It is just a simple truth. A new path is never discovered by following the crowd. Yet it would seem there are many people that fail to see this. They join the… Continue reading

 When you have nothing firm to stand on you keep shifting your feet. That is something I see more every day. There is a growing segment of the population that has lost their collective footing and just keep shuffling their… Continue reading