How many generations does it take for our memories to become curiosities? It is a question I asked myself as I looked at some of the artifacts I have sitting on my shelves. Yes, I call them artifacts, those… Continue reading

  “The idea of being forgotten is terrifying. I fear not just that I, personally, will be forgotten but that we are all doomed to being forgotten; that the sum of life is ultimately nothing; that we experience joy and disappointment… Continue reading

  I wonder why we have taken to celebrating and admiring those that have recovered more than those that haven’t needed to be recovered. Know what I mean? I hear it all the time. This person was this or that,… Continue reading

   How soon do you put up the Christmas tree? I enjoy a live tree so for that reason it goes up about a week in advance, not much more. I’ve kept that tradition even when I used an artificial… Continue reading

 This idea will add the inducements of philanthropy to those of patriotism, to heighten the solicitude which all considerate and good men must feel for the event. Happy will it be if our choice should be directed by a judicious… Continue reading

  I was scrolling Facebook, although some accused me of trolling, when I saw a photograph of Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane from the old Superman television show. I mean the original show, with George Reeves as Superman. I have… Continue reading

  Looking beyond the news. It’s something that has become apparent to me that few people are doing. It’s the only explanation I can provide for ignorance. Ignorance, by definition, is the lack of knowledge. Oh, you can be passionately… Continue reading

  Today is Veterans Day, “substitute” is how Microsoft informs me as I turned on the computer. The eleventh is Veterans Day. I’ve written all about that several times, the eleventh hour and all of that. I’ve written about the… Continue reading

  The penal system existed to penalize those that break the rules. That’s the way it worked when I was a kid anyway. The objective was to learn the error of your ways and not repeat that error. If you… Continue reading

  I’m going to venture into a topic that some may not like as it has become quite the popular view for what are obvious reasons to me. It has become another crutch, another excuse, another method to elicit sympathy.… Continue reading