Great Grandfather Lester lived in a big house on the corner of Floyd street and Springs Highway. I remember going there many times growing up. By the time I came along he lived there alone. Great Grandmother had passed on… Continue reading

There are corners in my mind where I seldom go. Places with memories and thoughts long ago stored. There are times when I must go there, forced by circumstance to visit. I am there and all I have found so far,… Continue reading

I got some terrible news last evening. News that made me realize one stark reality of life, life is lived not by days,weeks or years, but by the moment. Life is lived in moments. We travel along this plain forever… Continue reading

For my last birthday my Grandson Mark gave me a tool bag, It is embroidered with the word, Essentials, in bright bold white letters. Inside where basic hand tools. There are pouches on the outside that he filled with nails… Continue reading

When I was a young man I sang in the choir at St. Luke’s Episcopal church. We practiced every saturday morning and did the family service at nine o’clock. That was the junior choir and I enjoyed that very much.… Continue reading

I have no great tale to tell. No big war stories. I neither deserved nor earned any prestigious medals for courage in the face of danger. No accolades for service above those normally awarded. I simply served my country as… Continue reading

I spent a lot of time pumping gasoline in the summer of ’68. I was helping out down to Olympic Heights service station. I wasn’t a real employee as I didn’t get an hourly wage. If I had it would… Continue reading

I often bemoan the loss of my little hometown. It has apparently become the playground for the wealthy. It was always so,even in my youth and my parents youth, it just now the ” tourists ” have become an invasive… Continue reading

I posted this strange happening on Facebook. Some of you reading this will remember it. For those that do not, I will tell the tale again. I was shopping at the Walmart store with my wife and her sister. We… Continue reading

Acceptance is the key to happiness. When one can accept a fact or situation for what it is , that leads to happiness. Happiness isn’t necessarily jumping up and down with joy. Happiness can be much more subtle than that.… Continue reading