In the greatest of coincidences, we can not only celebrate Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s birthday today, this March 15, 2020, we can also make a toast to Saint Nicholas. How about that? A couple of gift-givers coming into this world on the same calendar date. Of course, we know them both. St. Nicholas was known as […]
Through the ages, the coins in our shoes. Thankfully. Read More »
You say eether and I say eyether You say neether and I say nyther Eether, eyether, neether, nyther Let’s call the whole thing off! You like potato and I like potahto You like tomato and I like tomahto Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto! Let’s call the whole thing off! I’ll tell you what. I never get
Call it off, if you say tomato. Read More »
A little leap through time and space, here on this Friday the 13th, in the year, 2020. If you are one of those people who fear this day, as sort of a bad luck omen, just think of how terrible March 9 through 12 have been. It’s not restricted to only the 13th. Perhaps things
Your butt looks fine. But what about Uranus? Read More »
This morning, I enjoyed the stillness, the slowness of time. My first cup of coffee was especially good, as I sat. Not doing. For the first little bit of my day, I make it this way. I think it is what I like about getting up so early in the morning. Everything is unmoving,
Where is that place? Right where we are standing. Read More »
“Cogito, ergo sum” is a Latin philosophical proposition by René Descartes usually translated into English as, “I think, therefore I am”. I can think, therefore I exist. A bit of philosophical proof, if you will, of existence. This is based on the fact that someone capable of any form of thought necessarily exists. I
If thinking makes me be, I better put my cap on. Read More »
We lost our electric Monday night into Tuesday morning. It rained here, that’s all. Yes, that is all it takes for our Dayton Power & Light connection to be zapped into oblivion. After this last outage, the DP&L Robo called us and said that the number of residents affected by the outage was two. Yep.
The rain. The electricity. The reminder. Read More »
I’ve always had a curious clambering interest in the Freemasons. Of course, a Freemason is a member of an international order “established for mutual help and fellowship, which holds elaborate secret ceremonies.” This, according to Webster. When I first heard about Freemasons, I thought they were bricklayers who worked pro bono. But they are not.
The Mason in Chief. Secret Service included. Read More »
Things aren’t working today. First, just one little thing. Then another. And before you know it, there are many, many little things, not working right, all piling up. Over there. As the time clicks on, the pile gets larger and begins encroaching on my space. Now, let me talk about that space for a moment.
The time is piling up and making the space go away. Read More »