While a great many people are excited for the eclipse I’m just sitting here going, ho-hum. I just read where hotels and motels are being booked solid for that event. One motel six charging 949 dollars for a room.… Continue reading

 There was a small piece on the news about language and our choice of words. More specifically the meanings of the words we choose. This lady was a professor of language and had written a thesis on just that. She… Continue reading

  I keep hearing all the warnings about looking at the sun during a solar eclipse. It was reported that 30% of the population are not aware that staring into the sun could damage their eyes. The push is on… Continue reading

  I heard a lot of complaining about Transgender Visibility Day, or whatever that is being called, being held on Easter Sunday. Biden made some sort of proclamation concerning that and was vilified for that. But as I understand it… Continue reading

  It was just another one of those things that I have never given thought too. I’m watching something on the television when a commercial comes on. There are three men who appear to be in their fifties or early… Continue reading

  I have a copy of the book East Hampton History and Genealogies by Jeanette Edwards Rattray. The copyright on this book is 1953 the year I was born. I inherited this book from my mother who had purchased it… Continue reading

 Today I will be engaging in an age old tradition, the dying of eggs. People have been dying and decorating eggs since ancient times. I’ve read where it began with “pagans” and Christians simply carried that tradition forward making it… Continue reading

This morning, I decided to just publish what I had written six years ago. I read through it and found my feelings remain unchanged.   Today is Good Friday. When I was very small, I can remember some businesses closing at… Continue reading

  I’ve heard about a gambling scandal involving a major league pitcher and his interpreter. A Japanese sensation from what I’ve read. I haven’t been following baseball much in the last decade or so and so am not well informed.… Continue reading

  The rescue operation has ended. Sadly at least six are presumed dead following the bridge collapse. It’s an amazing thing that number isn’t much higher. I realize that is no consolation to those that have lost a loved one.… Continue reading