Antiques, friends and partriots These three things might immediately not seem to have anything in common. Antique: a collectible object that has a high value because of its considerable age Friend: a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection Patriot: one who loves …
I have been re-reading a lot of my recent posts, email rants, etc. and have decided that for Lent I am going to give up (or at least strive to give up) overanalyzing, fixating and reacting to the events of the day. I have returned to the realization that what …
Watching the Super Bowl with our good friends caused me to rethink the topic of my post this time around. I had planned to post something more serious related to current events in the nation, but I’ve decided to take a lighter touch. The Super Bowl wasn’t the best game …
Author’s Note: The topic of free speech and media (social and otherwise) has been on my mind a lot lately. I am concerned that the actions we are seeing in squelching dissenting opinions, creating algorithmic echo chambers and replacing open debate about ideas with ad hominem attacks is taking our …
It’s funny how everything sounds cooler in a foreign language, doesn’t it? The theme of this post deals with making the most of this year. Last year had so many ups and downs, and for many, more downs than ups. So, this post will focus on making 2021 a better …
With today being Inauguration Day, I thought it would be appropriate to write about new days. Today is a new day, historically, for our nation with President Biden becoming the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris becoming the first woman, African-American, and Asian-American citizen to become the …
Well, I fully intended on posting this over the weekend, but, have needed time to process all of the churn and to “moderate my content” so as not to run afoul of Facebook, Twitter, et al. Time will tell if this was successful! While I have a lot of thoughts …
I learned some things about myself this week, that, frankly, after 50+ years, I had not really considered. I guess I should put this in context, in order to make it make better sense. The past several months have been personally challenging. I have kept much of it to myself, …
2017 is in the rear view mirror and 2018 has officially kicked off with bitter cold, snow days, and a HUGE amount of email and tasks to respond to from the holiday season. As much as I enjoy the holidays, I have to admit I am glad to be back …
So, as you may have noticed we have had difficulty posting over the past couple of weeks. Part of this is schedule-induced, some memory-induced and some technology-induced, but the most accurate reason is that we have been so involved in the holidays that this blog ended up a little neglected. …