I,along with millions of others, purchased my power ball winning ticket yesterday. I took my shot at a 550 million dollar prize. Long story short, didn’t win. Didn’t even get my money back. Another six bucks down the drain !… Continue reading

I was at the store the other day waiting in the checkout line. I was next and the cashier had just given the customer ahead of me the total. Reaching in her purse she pulled out two hundred dollar bills. The cashier… Continue reading

Yesterday I wrote about creating things. Whether those things are objects or thoughts. I was thinking about when we were younger and how we would readily share those things. We had no thoughts of rejection or criticism. I was remembering that… Continue reading

Do you have anything that you made as a child ? A picture or a craft of some kind ? I have a few, thanks to Mom. She saved them. I have one sitting in my kitchen cabinet. The date on it… Continue reading

Throughout recorded time man has questioned his presence on this earth. We have searched for meaning. Always we looked to a higher power than our own. We have sought the power that controls the whims of nature. We have sought control. We have prayed, offered… Continue reading

I began writing these blogs as a way to present my side of the story. Our story will be told after our passing. There is little chance for rebuttal. My original intent was to just record my memories and thoughts. I thought it may be of… Continue reading

I will not be coerced into shopping on Black Friday ! You can offer all the bargains,deals and once in a lifetime offers you want, I will not capitulate ! I refuse to be sucked into this vortex of greed and materialism. I will enjoy my… Continue reading

Happy Thanksgiving. On this particular holiday we all talk about giving thanks and being thankful. Having given this some thought I have decided to share what my feelings about what all this really means. Or more specifically, what I think being… Continue reading

I read about others making their preparations for Thanksgiving. I see on television about the families gathering for the feast. I’ve seen the Hallmark movies. That is not the reality for me. Never has been. I can barely recall on one Thanksgiving an Uncle and his… Continue reading

Yesterday my grandsons’ soccer team played in the finals. It has been quite the season. The teams are formed from the children of Greensboro and the surrounding towns of northern Caroline county. As it turned out the two teams facing each other in that… Continue reading