We are having local elections and lawns along busy streets are strewn with a plethora of names from all over the world. Today I saw Greek names, Irish names, Jewish names, an Asian name and a vast variety of Italian names. This is America, land...
English is extremely complicated, especially for native speakers. We speak the way we heard English as a child and while we are following rules we don’t know the rules. We just know when something doesn’t sound right it’s wrong. Why does it sound wrong when...
I spent the afternoon blowing leaves. I highly recommend it if you are into watching patches of reds and yellows swirling about decorating your life. I felt like I was Jackson Pollock splashing about getting ready for an exhibition. Truly nothing he ever did comes...
It’s debate time in America. Political parties are verbally battling for control of our lives. We the people have to listen and decide who we can trust to tell us the truth. Who is really doing this for us and not for their own ego...
When my mother was 85 she asked her doctor to do a cholesterol test. I love what he told her. He said, “Mrs. Felty, you’re 85 years old. You won! Go home and eat anything you want.” I wonder what is the magic number. At...
Surely it did not come as a surprise to Jesus when James and John’s mother approached Him with the request for her sons to have privileged positions in Jesus’ kingdom. Also He could not have been surprised at the anger of the other disciples when...
Today we drove north from New York City to the west of Boston. It was one of the top ten most beautiful trips I have ever made. Someone had splashed the landscape with a trillion cans of orange, red, yellow and bronze paint. When the...
His name is Jonathan Goldsmith and he has been called, “The most interesting man in the world.” He is a pitchman for a product I best not mention. But I call attention to him because of how he closes his commercials. His ruggedly handsome bearded...
In the last 24 hours I have received several responses to yesterday’s message regarding Fels-Naptha soap. Most of them were about having had their parents use it to wash out their mouths because of lies and bad language. No longer do I feel like I...
I find it fascinating that I could have lived with something for all the time I can remember and know almost nothing about it. Fels-Naptha is such a thing for me. This afternoon I was in the laundry room and picked up a bar of...