August 2022

Sometimes, I get an overwhelming sadness about certain situations. I will see something in the news. Or I’ll read some historical account. Before I go any further, let me explain that most things don’t hit me this way. I can read about Louis XIV’s death from gangrene and not feel a blip. Not too long […]

I am not a chess player. I know how to play, and I have played. But, I don’t know about any strategies for winning. Truthfully, I’d rather have a good game of Yahtzee. Not as much thinking, more luck. I like my games to feel more like fun and less like chores. Anyway, I am

Some people bring good things to this world. Now, I am not sure what kind of a man he was in his spirit and will, but William Penn enabled us to have some incredible things. It was on today’s date, this August 30, 1682, that William Penn left England to sail to the New World.

I’ve probably written about him before, but this is in a different way, I think. It is the birthday of Charles F. Kettering, born on August 29, 1879, in Loudonville, Ohio. That is about halfway between Columbus and Cleveland, on the slant for those who don’t know. Anyway, Kettering — Charles, I’ll call him. —

Sometimes in life, we get the bad rap. For whatever reason, someone may not hold us in very high regard. It could result from a lot of things. Maybe they misunderstood something we once said. Or perhaps, their opinion of us is based on lies or misinformation. Abraham Lincoln once said, “You can’t please all

I can’t remember the first time I saw the movie, but it definitely was not the year it premiered. This is still one of my “old-time” favorite movies and first appeared on this date, August 27, 1964 — Walt Disney’s “Mary Poppins.” Directed by Robert Stevenson, the stars of the show were Julie Andrews and

I can’t help but to think of all the people here. It seems like so many everywhere I turn. And I live in a small community. But the bigger picture is astounding, as we see that 7.753 billion people are roaming this planet at this very moment. When we consider all those humans, we see

Did you ever feel the need for a private investigator? Well, me neither. But a lot of people do. There’s my favorite, Father Brown. Or perhaps Magnum P.I. is more your speed. Maybe you like Sherlock Holmes or the team on “Moonlighting.” If we lived in the TV World, there’d be a lot to choose