It is said that before one dies his or her life flashes past his eyes or mind or something. Hope I’m not dying but I am remembering lots of things from early in my life.  It was the late fifties and we had finally gotten a television.  We couldn’t receive many stations; it depended mainly […]

Hate is a very powerful, profound word. Not unlike many four letter words it stirs strong emotions when spoken.  It appears the talking heads are filling our airways with hatred while columnists or essayists are repeating hate in every paragraph written for distribution in both print and electronic media.  This election season has bred stronger […]

Can someone just write what they feel or think and not be subject to interpretation years later by others? Writing consists of words.  Words mean things.  Words strung together create a sentence.  Several sentences create a paragraph.  Several paragraphs create an essay or article.  That seems pretty simple to me.  Writing is used to communicate […]

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 […]