The first medical marijuana dispensary in Maryland just received their license. Many people are excited about this for varying reasons. Some are saying it is a cure, others say it is a treatment. Another group is drooling over the possibility… Continue reading

 Does the need to explain stem from insecurity ? That is a question I find myself asking. As I grow older I do feel more of a need to explain. But then an explanation sounds more like a justification for… Continue reading

 Someone famously said, ” it is never too late to be what you could have been. ” I find it ironic that the person that said that is unknown. I wonder what that person became ? Whoever it was never… Continue reading

 I first read about this on social media and then it was on the news. The story of Charlie Gard. What a sad and tragic story that is. The final chapter has yet to be written and I’m hoping for… Continue reading

 Happy July fourth ! Today we celebrate the birth of a Nation. But you’ve already heard about all that. I’ll be celebrating a birth as well, the birth of great grandfather Christian Reichart. I didn’t know this growing up and… Continue reading

  I have a tendency to be just a bit pragmatic about things. I suppose that is a result of my upbringing. I didn’t come from a poor family, we had enough, but we weren’t rich either. I’d say all… Continue reading

 For me, truth arrives on a whisper. What I mean by that is that yelling and screaming has never changed my mind about anything. When I was very small I would just cower in fear. As I grew older, and… Continue reading

  Yesterday after posting my blog about state sponsored suicide, something I just can’t agree with, the conversation turned to euthanizing animals. Now that is something I have had to do and although quite a difficult thing, I feel a… Continue reading

 The message has become, embrace change. It seems that message has been received. Now I know why some of the older folks I have known felt that they had lived too long. I’m thinking I’m closing in on that as well. I have… Continue reading

 I was pleased to share an old photograph yesterday with another family member. It is a picture of my Aunt Olga. I knew her when I was growing up but wouldn’t say we were very close. Well you know how… Continue reading