It was a beautiful and disturbing sight. There was a layer of snow decorating our patio and rhododendrons. Giant soft fluffy flakes were gently falling. A gorgeous male cardinal was accenting the scene. One would have to be blind not to be stunned by him. ...
Another week has begun and some of us on such occasions feel like an NFL quarterback surrounded by three hundred pound monsters whose only goal is to knock us down. Our entire team is depending on us to not only pinpoint our effort with precision...
It was so cute it was amazing. She was a tiny Chinese Vanna White or better yet like the models on the Price Is Right. We were at the grocery store and kept meeting this petite little girl and her mother because we were going...
Well, it’s over. The 1.6 billion dollar lottery has three winners. Millions of people, who bought a ticket, can now stop dreaming. (For now.) For two dollars, less than the cost of a small (excuse me – Venti) Starbucks coffee, people had dreams and hopes. ...
We do not hear with our ears anymore than we see with our eyes. Our ears and eyes are receptors that transmit received signals to our brains. Our brains then interpret and configure those signals into sounds or pictures. Now comes the scary part. Each...
With an 18 day old knee we thought it not prudent for me to be clearing the driveway. Anyway it was only an inch or so of snow. Surely tomorrow’s sun would take care of it. It did not. The next morning the eastern sun’s...
Evolutionists cite our basic selfishness as the primary reason we exist. The more selfish one is the more likely one will survive. Our acts of charity toward the poor are rational selfishness. Hungry people are dangerous people. The French Revolution is a prime example of...
When I was a little guy my father took me to a small fair at the edge of town. I was captivated by what at that time in my life was the slickest fastest tongued man I had ever seen. He was standing on a...
Some of our most valuable possessions are our photo albums. When today’s youth age they will sit and browse through electronic files of digital images of days gone by. Those of us who have logged more than a few decades instead sit with crumbling paper...
My wife gave me a Fitbit for Christmas. It is a small black band worn around my wrist. Not only does it tell me the time and date, it also continually records my heart rate, the number of steps I take, the calories I burn,...