We have grown up hearing that it is better to give than to receive. We have heard it so often and for so long it has almost become a religious tenet. To say otherwise would be heresy let alone making us appear to be selfish...
One of the disadvantages of aging is the closing of doors and the growing limits on possibilities. Lessened physical prowess and the restrictions of remaining years squelch dreams and ambitions. When I was young I dreamed dreams of adventure and accomplishments. Now that youth is...
I just had a fascinating conversation where the other person said, “My father taught me to take a stand. Something is either right or wrong. There is no middle ground. If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.” “But,” I said, “what...
Anyone who owns a car has at least one time gotten in and turned the key only to hear a click. It’s a sickening sound. Most of us who are optimistic turn the key again only to rehear the click. And if we have really...
We have this nice kid in our neighborhood. He is about 10 years old and has a two year old dog named Buddy. Buddy is beautiful and weighs about the same as his master, who very faithfully takes Buddy for a walk each afternoon after...
On our walk today we came upon Santa. He had painted the big letters UPS on the side of his brown sleigh. I think that stands for Ubernorth Pole Service. I’m glad he got an early start this year because if what I saw is...
Tis the season for Christmas programs. Our schedules are filled with The Messiah, Readings of the Night Before Christmas and many children’s choirs. We passed a church this morning that had so many cars in the parking lot they were parked four deep. It would...
I am rapidly growing to hate Beryl Ives. I’m sure he was a nice man but I have an earworm of him singing Feliz Navidad and he is driving me mad. An earworm is a short piece of something audio, usually music, that continuously plays...
A thousand news worthy things happened in the world today. A hundred personal things happened to each of us today. If the world was asked, “How was your day world?” The world could have selected the hundred really wonderful things that happened and respond, “It...
I would like to sing the praises of procrastination. The wind prevails from the west so the street gutter in front of my house has over filled with maple and oak leaves. Just last evening I finally said to myself that when I awaken in...