Once upon a time there was a country that enjoyed peaceful quiet and calm.  In this country neighbors knew neighbors and were friendly and always willing to help each other. Children played with each other, outside, and knew it was time to be home when it got dark.  Bicycles were parked in the front yard, […]

There was a time one could drive around and on various corners find a friendly neighborhood Cash & Carry or Cash & Go grocery store.  These stores provided a convenience for their neighborhoods that was very welcome.  They were not full size, full service grocers but smaller stores one could run in and grab a […]

It appears we live in a very twisted world.  In this vein twisted means forced out of its natural or proper shape.  In a world we would like to have there would be sanity and calm.  Today we do not find that atmosphere.  People should be able to have differing views and be able to […]

Welcome to the warm, dry, miserable month of August.  We should be excited while we anticipate the start of the football season, but somehow we aren’t.  Our young people should be anxiously climbing the walls with new school supplies and waiting to renew friendships with others they haven’t seen since March, but somehow they aren’t.  […]

I have written before in earlier posts there was time in the history of our great nation when voters were very critical of the choices they would make.  Often one would hear the phrase that the person seeking office was a person of good moral character.  Another popular description was that the person had solid […]

I’m tired of hearing I should be ashamed just because I’m white.  I have not been granted extra privilege just because I am white. I am not a racist just because I am a white conservative.  Any elevated status I might enjoy is the result of hard work and determination.  Any shortcomings I endure are […]

I look at the calendar and realize that it is just under 110 days until the election in this, the strangest presidential election year I have ever experienced.  Nominating conventions are in limbo.  Campaign speeches and appearances are few and far between, but that is about to change.  Over the next 100 days we can […]

I am trying desperately to find the word or words that best describe the feelings I find in the world we live in today.  I come up with animosity, hate and hostility.  Synonyms for these words are shown at the bottom of this page.  The split in our country is worse than Covid-19 and can […]