Here it is, the beginning of June. Summer won’t officially be here for a couple more weeks. But with the heat coming on, we might need to take a chilly break. Like a trip to the Arctic Region. Home of Santa and the Elves. But the Arctic is home to a lot of other things. […]

Before I get into today’s blog, I’d like to wish my friend Harold Bussell a very happy 92nd birthday!   A very big day.  Sending you lots of love and good wishes. And now we return to our regularly scheduled program. A very smart friend of mine on Facebook recently talked about the megalithic cultures and

I’m taking a few days off. See you Saturday, June 6th.

How come when people talk about milk, they always say, “A glass of ice-cold milk.” Why not just call it plain old milk? Or refrigerator cold milk? I don’t drink much milk these days. In fact, not at all. But I sure did when I was a kid. And that is the thing. Milk is

Okay. One more post about good books. It is all because I love to read. It is a bridge to another world. Reading can bring learning to us in all sorts of ways. This includes both fiction and non-fiction. It opens our eyes to new things. But. Many of us don’t read. Or we used to

I’ve known two Plutos in my life. Not to be confused with Plato in any way shape or form. But back to the Plutos. The first was the Disney dog. Pluto. That was Mickey Mouse’s dog. He’s one of Mickey’s earliest companions. Good old Pluto first appeared in the early 1930s. He wasn’t like a

We lived in Charleston, SC, for quite some time. It is known as one of the most haunted cities in the United States. In fact, when a realtor showed a house, he/she always asked the host realtor if the place is haunted. Some believe in this. Some don’t. The choice is yours. I always say

I’ve been thinking about a phrase lately. And that phrase is a “bone to pick.” As I found out, this phrase dates back to at least the 1500s in English. It appears in early modern English writing from the era of William Shakespeare. But he did not coin it. It just came from that era.