I was just thinking about when we did our living in the kitchen. Years ago, the kitchen was always the largest room in the house and the center of activity. Those homes had dining rooms, you know, where you… Continue reading

  I often look for answers on goggle. It is a great card catalogue, no doubt about that. Just typing in your question rather than using the Dewey decimal system simplifies things greatly. Any topic, any time and lots of… Continue reading

  Morality and religion. Many people just don’t seem to understand a simple fact, morality and religion are not the same thing. Morality is only concerned with what a society perceives to be right or wrong. Morals has nothing to… Continue reading

  I had made a posting about affordable housing which sparked some discussion and some push back. As usual I believe that was because I didn’t write an entire article explaining my thoughts. I do forget that my remarks often… Continue reading

  Went into Baltimore yesterday, well on the outskirts anyway, for a birthday party. I saw a MDOT bus. MDOT stands Maryland Department of Transportation. Its public transportation funded through state taxes. This bus was painted like a rainbow and… Continue reading

  It’s a bit of a quandary. If the post is too long people won’t read it. If the post is too short, it often goes misunderstood. At least that is how I feel about that most of the time.… Continue reading

  As I sat down at my desk this morning the old adage about a cluttered desk came to mind. There are several versions of that and all of them bad. But I’ve always countered that with if a cluttered… Continue reading

  I spend a great deal of time on Facebook, far more than I should but call it a guilty pleasure. I was here when everyone was farming. Then the farms all closed down and the political storms arrived. Users… Continue reading

  I was called awful yesterday. I didn’t know it until I got up this morning and began checking my Facebook page. I was just sipping that first cup of my morning coffee and there it was. In fairness to… Continue reading

  Called one of my oldest friends for his birthday. Richard James Pratt is his name and I’ve known him since the sixth grade, back in the twentieth century. We graduated high school together in 1971, joined the navy together… Continue reading