Some lessons you learn when you are very young and never forget. You are glad for the lesson but the method just kinda sticks with you. In the more recent enlightened times that we live in some would say the… Continue reading

We have all heard them. Some have proven to be true and some are questionable at best. Others are just pure fantasy. I was talking with a co worker yesterday when he told me one I hadn’t heard before. If… Continue reading

Let me start by saying I’m not a huge fan of football. I only have a passing interest in the sport and baseball season is over. Watching basketball never did much for me either. I do watch the Baltimore Ravens… Continue reading

Great Great Grandfather  Civil War  My Dad WW2  Uncle Alfred WW2  Its’ Veterans day. A day set aside to remember those who have served and are still serving. Justly so and richly deserved. Every year it seems… Continue reading

My grandsons’ fourth grade class took a field trip last week. They went to Baltimore for a short cruise on a steamship. Following that they also took a tour of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. A good time was… Continue reading

I am very proud of the fact that I grew up in a small town. I loved it then and love it now. Even though I no longer live there it is my home and will always remain so. That… Continue reading

I wrote earlier about a change of identity and how it changes over time,martial status and family ties. This morning I read a blog by a friend that addressed an identity issue. In any small town there are different groupings… Continue reading

The soccer season here in Caroline County is officially over today. My Grandson played for the local grocery store. Save-A-Lot was their sponsor. The kids chose their own name for the team and decided upon the Squirrels. It is difficult… Continue reading

Got up and went to my truck. What is this stuff on the windshield ? FROST ! I’m surprised,why ? It is November. Strange how our minds work. I watch the weather report every day,I can feel the chill in… Continue reading

I wonder at what point in time the Tee shirt became the most widely worn piece of apparel. Somewhere,someone printed something on a white Tee shirt(formerly known as an undershirt) and Bang a revolution was born. Men,women and children all… Continue reading