April 2021

Some fellows change their names to something catchier. Such was the case for John Luther Jones. He was born on March 14, 1863, in a little place called Cayce, Kentucky. It is a squatty little town, in that little crook of Kentucky, where Tennessee and Missouri meet up. Anyway, people gave him the nickname “Cayce,” […]

Sometimes, when watching movies, or TV shows, or sports, I “pull” for a certain one of those things if I have a personal connection. The connection could be anything. Say, for instance, my neighbor’s niece was a producer for “Law and Order.” Well, I always hope that show does well in the ratings. And such.

Jumping out of a plane is something I will probably never do. At least, not unless I’m forced. I’m sure it is thrilling and all. I know that people do this for the adrenaline rush, or the distinction that goes along with saying, “I’ve jumped from a plane.” But I am milk toast. I am

This morning, when I started working on this piece, I was trying to decide between two topics. One of those was John Milton, English poet of yore, author of Paradise Lost. As I was reading some information on him, I lifted my full, freshly poured coffee cup to my mouth, and that is when it

I’m certain I’ve written about Chernobyl before, so I hesitate to bring it up again today. However, Chernobyl was the worst nuclear accident in the history of the world. And it just so happens that it occurred on this date, April 26, 1986. The nuts and bolts of things follow. It was the number 4

It may seem like a little thing, like Tom Thumb little, but it was on this date, April 25, 1684, that a patent was granted for the thimble. There is not much more written about this one. I am assuming it is England, as the United States had not been established yet. We were not

It is not even Columbus Day, and I continue to advocate the need to stop celebrating such a thing in the United States. He had absolutely nothing to do with us except for the Spanish-American War, which is another dark spot in history. You see, Christopher Columbus landed on Cuba’s northeastern coast in 1492. At

We are all a little weird, aren’t we? Humans, in general? I think probably all of us have that one thing — or more. That “thing” where we think, I’m probably the only one on who does that, says that, eats that, whatever. Years ago, we were driving back from Charleston, SC, and we frequently