The Kish tablet is regarded by experts as the oldest written words. It is a cuneiform tablet. From what little I read not much more than wedge shaped characters. It’s amazing to me that anyone could decipher that. I… Continue reading

  First day of November. The year is flying by. I’m putting away my pumpkin coaster and out comes the turkey one. November is turkey month. Thanksgiving, a day for feasting and family gatherings. Many will travel over the river… Continue reading

  Writing is a way of saying things out loud even when no one is listening. I think that is the reason I write so much and so often. It just doesn’t seem like I’m talking to myself, although that… Continue reading

  Heard a new term this morning from the Democrats. Social equalization. That is when you take revenue generated by the legal sale of a drug and give it those that previously were arrested for selling that drug illegally. That… Continue reading

  I lived on the edge of Northwest woods, an area in the town of East Hampton. My brothers and I had trails all through those woods and had built a tree fort at one time. Another time we decided… Continue reading

  Are we now to say that anytime any action/choice/decision or law that we don’t agree with constitutes a mental health issue? That is what I’m hearing anyway. Kamala Harris proposes that transgender surgery should be provided at taxpayers expense… Continue reading

  Are things going too fast, or is it that they are just behind me? It’s a question I find myself asking more frequently these days. The kids are all grown, the grandkids are grown and a great grandchild is… Continue reading

  My son purchased a new home that came with a workshop. Now he isn’t exactly what you would call the do it yourself type of guy and so for that reason I sort of took possession of that. It… Continue reading

  I see a lot of Meme’s on Facebook saying how we used to know all our cousins growing up. That may very well be true for some but it definitely wasn’t true for me. My mother was one of… Continue reading

  It’s that time of year for burning leaves. Now that’s an activity that has been on the decline for some time now. I had a neighbor lady that did that almost as a religion. She raked those leaves in… Continue reading