I saw this meme on Facebook yesterday afternoon. It contained a few pictures with the heading, some rare photos for the 1950’s. These pictures were depicting what life was really like in the 50’s! I couldn’t help but smile… Continue reading

  I decided yesterday to post a trivia question to my Facebook page. The winner receives a chicken design pot holder crocheted by my wife. I had a winner rather quickly and the chicken will be flying the coop today.… Continue reading

  August is off to a rough start. The front wheel bearing on my car needed replacing. Well, these things wear out and I simply ordered the replacements I needed. I did have to do some research into the project… Continue reading

  Empathy. I hear that word used often these days. Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. Of course, there is this thing about feelings, you can’t see them. For that reason, they… Continue reading

  The American political scene is surely a source of amusement to the rest of the world. I can’t see it being viewed in any other way. Like a bunch of children on a playground it appears our representatives are… Continue reading

 The mega millions game has reached a billion dollars. This following the Power Ball game having reached over one billion dollars. It’s an amount of money the majority of us can’t even fathom. I think even those that are billionaires… Continue reading

 There is philosophy and there is fact, they aren’t always the same thing. I was as surprised as anyone to discover my interest in philosophy. Philosophy is the defined as the love of wisdom. Wisdom is described as fundamental truths.… Continue reading

 I have written about my stuff. What I mean is those material things that I value. Artifacts, antiques, mementos, souvenirs, bric-a-brac, tools, and some just plain old junk. I started to catalogue all of that at one time with the… Continue reading

 I will have been officially retired from the U S Navy for thirty years this October. I served on active duty for twenty. I remember thinking that those twenty years would never pass, it was a long time. The last… Continue reading

  It takes money to make money. It’s an old adage and one that holds a great deal of truth. It doesn’t mean you should simply take money from the wealthy to give to others so they can create wealth… Continue reading