2022

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

Racing. Isn’t it funny? I guess they call us the human race for good reason. It seems we are always racing. Who can run the fastest? Swim the fastest? Drive their car in a little circle fastest? It is an ongoing series of humans proving that we are better than other humans. We do it

The other day, I held the clicker, flipping through the channels to find some acceptable noise while I worked in the kitchen. There she was. Jeannie in her pinkish outfit, blinking her eyes and bobbing her pony-tailed head, turning Major Nelson’s living room into a swinging pad. I Dream of Jeannie, of course. Jeannie, played

Well, would you believe it? On this date, way back on August 22, 565, Saint Columba reported seeing a big old monster swimming around in Loch Ness. Certainly, good Saint Columba wouldn’t lie. I mean, there is a lot about him, but mostly he was an Irish abbot and a missionary evangelist. He is known

Some critics say it is one of the greatest movies of all time. I’ve only seen it once and barely remember most of it. But I hang on to the awful parts. I’m talking about Bambi. It was on this date, August 21, 1942, when Walt Disney’s animated movie “Bambi” was released. It is based

Today’s historical event made me curious. Of course, there are all sorts of historical happenings this August 20. Like these. In 1672, the former Grand Pensionary of Holland, Johan de Witt, and his brother Cornelis, were brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague. Or in 1865, President Andrew Johnson proclaimed an end to

My oldest sister married the nicest fellow back in 1973, I’d say. His family was largely Lithuanian and Polish. I don’t remember much about the wedding itself. But, the reception seemed otherworldly, as it included several large tables near the cake, all of them filled with wedding cookies and desserts. A nine-year-old’s dream. I just