There are some curiosities in this day’s look back at history. The first one, I will mention, isn’t so curious but perhaps sad. Back on February 28, 1954, the Republican Party was organized in Ripon, Wisconsin. All I can say about that is the party had a pretty good run, depositing some decent presidents throughout […]
The anomaly of the Republican Dords. Gold seeking, it seems. Read More »
Whodunnit? I love a good mystery. Of course, there is the fictional kind that we can read in novels or watch on the screen. But the true-life mysteries are even better in my book. The things that simply slip into the unknown. Let’s differentiate first. Mysteries and conspiracy theories are not the same thing. However,
Unsolved Mysteries, in the bigger show. Read More »
When we come into this world, we have absolutely no idea. Not an inkling. Or. Perhaps, we know everything. What if, when we are born into this place, we know every little detail about where we came from before and how our entire lives will unfold before us. Then, with that first breath of oxygen
Before the show of the west. Much before. Read More »
I like to walk. It is a blessing, a thing of fortune, that we can. There are so many people in this world who have not been afforded the luxury of walking. When we lived in Charleston, SC, we walked everywhere. The only times we drove our car was to go to the grocery. And
The journey of a thousand miles, begins by walking. Read More »
Basketball used to be a thing for me, along with all sorts of other sports. But I quit playing basketball competitively after high school. As a point guard, one thing I tried to avoid was the double-dribble. That is the illegal activity when a player dribbles the ball with two hands simultaneously, or they continue
Say what you mean, or mean what you say. Read More »
On any given day, there are an awful lot of birthdays. About 17.7 million people are celebrating a birthday on each day of the year, here on this big blue ball of ours. In the United States, we see about 814,000 birthdays each day. And those numbers reflect present birthdays. Those among the living. This
A copy of a copy of a copy. The real deal. Read More »
That old saying goes, “Be careful what you wish for.” Oh, it is so true. We don’t know what is coming our way. We can only be sure of one thing, and that is the fact that we can’t be sure of anything. Ask Thomas Beckett. Well. That’s impossible. He lived on this earth a
