Having written and posted my memorial day tributes and memories I am left with a single thought. Awareness. It’s something we hear about all the time these days. Raising awareness for this or that cause, disease, or issue. The… Continue reading

 Growing up in the Hamptons we just naturally came into contact with artists and actors and the famous and semi-famous. Personally, I never paid any of those folks much mind. I never had an interest in meeting them or being… Continue reading

  Are the conservative voices in America beginning to speak up? I’m talking about the everyday people that usually just go about their business without getting involved in political matters. Those folks aren’t just the blue color workers, although I… Continue reading

  Section 4, 14th amendment to the Constitution  The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be… Continue reading

  I’ve written several times about Decoration Day, now known as Memorial Day and just what the significance of the day is. The original date chosen was May the fifth. That date was chosen because no major battles had ever… Continue reading

 Was listening to the news and they were talking about AI. Artificial Intelligence. There is some concern about the use of this technology. Some saying it could be the end of mankind altogether. All the sci-fi stories coming true about… Continue reading

  Am I a pessimist? Yes, I guess you could say that, although I would personally choose realist to describe my general outlook and attitude. I have known for many years, having learned at a very early age, that the… Continue reading

  The nuptials are complete, the testimonials given, the dances have all been danced and the roller coaster ride of emotions over. It was a beautiful ceremony conducted in a beautiful venue. Memories created that will last a lifetime. The… Continue reading

 Today is the day. A branch is added to the family tree. How many hundreds of thousands of lives will be forever connected? There is no telling. With all our modern advances analyzing DNA and picking out the markers the… Continue reading

  Family is down for tomorrow’s big event. My grandson is tying the knot. That’s right, a wedding! My how the time flies. I remember so well when he was just a little sprout and now, now he is getting… Continue reading