July 2020

  Everybody needs the goods. Throughout history, people try to make their lives easier by acquiring the goods. Goods could be anything. Heck, if people back then could see how we live now? Most of us, with relative wealth, have refrigerators that keep packaged food cold. We have cars that take us near and far, […]

  I had to mail a letter this morning. It is a need that I still have. Frequently. I can’t imagine what I will do if our current president gets his way and dissolves the United States Postal Service. Of course, he doesn’t have to mail letters. Someone does that for him, so he wouldn’t

  Now here’s a guy. He was always seeing some object or situation that could be improved and he would find a way to make it better. Otherwise known as an inventor. His name was Walter Hunt, and today is his happy birthday. Though he happened a long time ago, having been born on July

  Although I never use the phrase, I sure do love it. “Little did she know…” It always cracks me up when I see this in a book, or hear it in some sort of a script. Because, as soon as you hear, “Little did he know….” YOU know something terrible is going to happen

  It is always interesting to find out the origins of phrases. We say them every day, and know exactly what they mean. But more often than not, we aren’t quite sure where they came from. Sometimes they are happy little stories, and sometimes they are not. With the first example, I am guilty of

  What the heck is it about Casanova? If you see a painting of him, he is not that much to look at. Of course, in the time of my generation, the term “Casanova” meant that a person was a seducer, someone who “really got around.” I wonder if the name Casanova is even known

  I was very young when I first heard the word “potash.” I thought it was corned beef hash. I think the correlation in my mind can be seen there, the “pot” standing for potatoes, which I could picture chopped up in those tiny little cubes with the corned beef. Potash. So I loved “potash”

  I don’t have much to say today. But I love a good movie. With the weekend coming up, I thought you might too. Here is IMDb’s List of the Top 50 Movies of all Time. I’ve seen most, but there are a few I may need to watch. In my opinion, the list lacks