Will this time in America be looked back upon and labeled, ” the activist ” age ? A time when everyone felt the need to ” do something about it ” whatever ” it ” happened to be. Everything and… Continue reading

 Frustration. That is the word that best describes my feelings in regard to this recent act of insanity. There is no other way to describe the atrocity in Orlando. I’m frustrated that there is nothing than can be done. There… Continue reading

 It is something I was asked as a child, something that is asked of every child. What do you want to be when you grow up ? I always gave some answer, whatever was in my thoughts at the moment.… Continue reading

 I was out most of the day yesterday. When I came home and turned on the news I heard about the shooting in Orlando. The first thing I heard was fifty dead and fifty three wounded. A gunman, armed with… Continue reading

 How did we arrive at this point ? The point were we are no longer free to speak our minds. Our words and correspondence must first be run through a filter. The filter of political correctness. It has become the… Continue reading

 I sometimes find myself with a lot on my mind but unwilling to write about any of it. Not because it is something bad, rather because I don’t want to stir things up. People are quick to judge and tempers… Continue reading

 As I wrote about yesterday I have been in touch with long lost cousins and the daughter of one of those cousins. I got excited and began to write and have some of the facts wrong. That is what happens… Continue reading

 Ancestry.com has connected me with a cousin ! I’m very excited about this. This is a cousin I have never met but have only heard of. You see this cousin, her name is Ellen, is the daughter of my Aunt… Continue reading

 There are days when I don’t have much to say, I know, hard to believe isn’t it, but this morning is one of them. The weather is beautiful, the coffee tastes great and all is well in the world. Yet,… Continue reading

 I believe the majority of our opinions and insights are gained in our childhood. Children tend to emulate the adults that surround them. They identify with their siblings first, then the neighborhood and eventually the community. Those three are the… Continue reading