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 […]

REALITY If an individual has the patience and will power to sit down and just watch what happens, sooner or later reality will slap them in the face. This has happened to me many times over my lifetime, however, today I awake with a very unpleasant reality screaming to be shared.  I will attempt to […]

FORTUNATE We in this country are most fortunate. Through good times and hard times we have had solid leadership that guided us over the road we needed to travel.  For the most part I believe these were God fearing men.  I also believe that same God helped these men make difficult choices.  Yes, we Americans, […]

UNITY I am most fortunate. I received an excellent education at public schools starting out in a three room school house.  Maybe my vast knowledge is due to being exposed to second and third grade studies while in first grade.  I received exposure to the legal justice system by watching trials take place on the […]