I’m struck by the fact that I’m expecting the fourth generation in my lifetime. What I mean by that is a great grandchild. Now I knew my own great grandfather quite well so you could say I will know… Continue reading

  There are times when I’m angry about things. I’m not always pleased with the way things are in the world. Everything can be so unfair, so hurtful and I feel marginalized. People are just mean. So I write my… Continue reading

  It was a question on Facebook. Did you reduce the number of Christmas cards you mailed this year due to the rising cost of stamps? I did not, but commented that next year may be an E-card Christmas! My… Continue reading

  I’ve got a feeling that we, as a nation, have gotten into somewhat of a rut. I base that more on what I have been writing about over the last fifteen years more than anything else. Mixed in with… Continue reading

  Once again I’m hearing about a school shooting. This time it was a young girl with a handgun. The “ban guns” people are screaming once again, insisting that will solve the problem. If no one has guns, no one… Continue reading

  It appears to me that we, as a society, have lost a bit of formality. Everything is getting casual. The way we greet each other, the manner in which we dress, and how we take our meals. Perhaps that… Continue reading

  We all have our own ideas, conceptions, misconceptions and perceptions of the world. When I was growing up I heard a lot about the people that “had money.” I came to understand that meant anyone that had a larger… Continue reading

  Well apparently some germs or a virus has gotten through my defenses. My wife has already purchased the ginger ale and chicken soup. I will not be rushing off to seek any professional services for what is a simple… Continue reading

  These are the things I remember from Christmas as a child. Ribbon candy in a big box. Hard candy, all stuck together in a bowl. Mixed nuts in a wooden bowl with the tools standing up in the center.… Continue reading

  With this latest nut job committing a murder on the street and his subsequent arrest I keep hearing about his manifesto. It’s a three page document explaining his position. It’s the ramblings of a madman, that’s what it is.… Continue reading