To maintain complete transparency, I must admit that I have, during my lifetime on more than one occasion, broken the law. Every instance I can recall when I found myself in violation of known laws, it was vehicle and speed related.  I am so fortunate that not once did I ever encounter a peace officer […]

FAMILY One of the most important values I was taught as a youngster was the value of family. I was taught to stand up for and defend my sisters and my mother, that’s what men did.  I was taught to consider the consequences of act or deed I might perform.  The most valued and important […]

WDATM Are you wondering what that title means? I’m wondering also.  We have gone mad making up acronyms for everything we can possibly think of.  I just came up with this one, but what it represents may change before I ever get this posted.  I think we are forgetting names of things and just taking […]

RULES What are the rules of the game? Do you want to play, and play by the rules?  There was time when the above lines were understood, you didn’t have to ask, they were just understood. Some rules were written while others were not. Now, as with many things we find ourselves connected to and […]

AGE What is the best age you ever were? At eight, nine and maybe 10 years old I thought it would be utopia being a teenager. I found out it wasn’t.  As my teens slowly crept by I found myself registering for the draft at eighteen.  Visions of sugar plums danced in my mind as […]

GLOBALIZATION We live in a new age and new world with new challenges.  There is no nation on planet Earth that can survive entirely on its own.  Since World War II, and even before, there has been a rapid surge to shrink the world through economy and technology. One of the most recent examples of […]

INDEPENDENCE It all started in the year, seventeen sixty-four Men decided freedom, they needed more.. Men held a secret meeting in sixty-five To start a great nation, that’s still alive.  Taxes were levied, making colonists strive Beginning in the year, seventeen sixty-five. More taxes were coming in the future years Bringing most settlers, to shed […]

HARD TIMES Saddle up, buckle in, and get ready for the ride of your life. My parents repeatedly told stories of the hard times experienced by almost everyone during the “great depression.”  Living conditions forced habits to be formed concerning frugality that lasted the rest of their lives.  My mother-in-law has trouble to this day […]