I was talking with a family member and bragging that I was to become a great grandfather in January. I was asked if I knew the gender . Yes, I do, it is a girl. I added, we even… Continue reading

  Teaching history. It’s something we hear a great deal about these days. It just seems like the focus on our history has changed somewhat since I was in school. I’m being told how I was misled, and the facts… Continue reading

  Addiction recovery services were being featured on the news this morning. The goal is to remove the stigma of having this problem. The focus was on those that self-medicate, as they were calling that. I guess that is what… Continue reading

Mostly conversations I have with myself to avoid arguments. My hope is that some of you will find something interesting or thought provoking. Scroll down and around, never know what I’ll be talking about. The only thing I have to… Continue reading

 It’s labor day. The unofficial end of summer. A day off. It’s a holiday created by congress in response to labor unions. Did you know that there have been labor unions since before the revolution? Yes, it’s a fact. Strikes… Continue reading

  “The quality of government can be judged by the extent to which morality pervades politics. If the politicians tend to observe morals, they constitute a healthy and sound society. If they disregard morals and tend to be short sighted and self-serving… Continue reading

  Saw a meme about something they are calling digital blackface. That’s what they are calling it if a white person posts a meme to express an emotion using a gif or meme of a black person. This is an… Continue reading

  Today I’m posting blog number 5000. That’s right, five thousand times I’ve written about something. My very first post was on August 19, 2010. That was exactly 5,115 days ago. So, I didn’t post one hundred and fifteen times… Continue reading

  I have done quite a bit of work on the family tree. It’s an interesting pastime made easy by today’s technology. Without Ancestry.com and the internet I surely wouldn’t have “discovered” as much as I have. I particularly enjoy… Continue reading

  Just another remembrance of my grandmother’s house. She always, and I mean always, had a pot of coffee on. That’s how she said that, the coffee is on. She had an electric percolator, a concession to the modern world… Continue reading