With the news that Ahmed was detained for bringing a suspicious device into school a whole new discussion has ensued, I guess that ” pop tart gun ” was not questionable in any way. If it looks like a gun,… Continue reading

 I hope one day to go where my ancestors lie. I think perhaps that is death. The idea of heaven would be to go back to the beginning and see the face of God. Then, once in his presence you… Continue reading

 Well I wrote a blog posting yesterday, put the link on Facebook, just forget to publish the blog. I published it today. At least I remembered to write the thing. And today the journey continues. Having kids to care for… Continue reading

With all that I have going on right now my mind doesn’t have time to think. I’m just reacting to the schedules posted on the refrigerator door. I have always helped out getting the kids here and there and that… Continue reading

 I have had that empty nest thing going on for a number of years. More years than I want to think about in fact but that has changed this week. My son and his wife went on vacation to Mexico.… Continue reading

 A few things on my mind this morning. First concerns politics. Yesterday I wrote about my son running for mayor of Greensboro. Small town politics. You don’t need to declare a party affiliation and you don’t need a ton of… Continue reading

 Let the campaigning begin. I’m not talking about national politics here, I’m talking local. My son is running for mayor of Greensboro. I’ve known that he has aspired to that position for some time. He has been a member of… Continue reading

 I didn’t post anything yesterday as my computer isn’t cooperating. It is such a love/hate relationship . I love it when it works but hate it when it doesn’t. It is so frustrating. Now it is working but in a… Continue reading

 Making a living. What does that mean ? Making money ? That is certainly the connotation isn’t it ? Making the money to keep us alive. Then you must define living. That definition has changed over the years, that much… Continue reading

 All the rhetoric about ” lives matter “, choose your ethnic group or nationality, is just that: rhetoric. The important message that is being lost in all of this is that our country matters ! The creation of fractures in… Continue reading