2022

Happy New Year’s Day. It is 2023. And here we go, once again. ==== “Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings.” —Jonathan Lockwood Huie ===== “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.” —Nido Qubein ==== “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in […]

Happy New Year’s Eve. Not the Garden variety, Eve.  The one that is all nakers except for the leaf thing. No. But the kind that means “prior to.” That kind of Eve. So. Be Happy.Be New. But don’t be Eve.Unless, of course, that is your name.Then you’ve really got it going on. ==== In new

Why do I look up at the sky?Maybe because the stars are all still there during the day. We just can’t see them. We only notice their glow at night when there is less light.But during the day, all we see is blue. Do you ever wonder why that sky is blue?It’s a common misconception

There are thousands of songs about times. Poems, stories, fiction, and non. People, the creators of marked time, are a little bit obsessed with it. Some, more than others. But what is time, really? When was time created? When did humans start keeping time? I love Webster’s primary definition of time. It is so perfect.

Happy accidents. Unhappy accidents. Planned accidents. Three topics today. So I won’t beat around the bush. First, the happy accident. It occurred on this date, December 28, 1849. That is when a clumsy fellow named Jean Baptiste Jolly of France did his clumsy deed. He, or maybe his maid, accidentally upset a lamp containing turpentine

What about Rocky Raccoon? He checked into his room. Only to find Gideon’s Bible. Gideon checked out, and he left it no doubt, to help with good Rocky’s revival. If you’ve never heard that Beatles song, it is worth a listen. Gideon’s Bible is a key player there, in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota,

It seems every year, people like to see who TIME Magazine has chosen for their “Man of the Year.” I think now, they may have changed the wording to “Person of the Year,” as often they choose a woman, or a group, of people. And then, sometimes, it is not a person at all.For on

Merry Christmas to one and all. I hope you got to see the team of reindeer on your roof last night. On Donner. But then. More than anything. There is Prancer. Yeah, baby.