I’d like to write about the life of Crazy Horse, because today is his alleged birthday. Although, I can’t pretend to really know anything about him,(or anyone else I write about here), except for what I read in articles, and magazines, and books, written by other people who are giving accounts of him. But from […]

I was watching football this past weekend, which I frequently do. But this isn’t about football, so don’t change the channel. It’s about style. I was thinking about the head coaches in football, and how differently they dress from one another. Of course, when it is bitterly cold outside, they are all hunkered down a

Some stories stick with you. One of my first favorite stories was “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” by Beatrix Potter. It was published in 1902, well before I cam along. But by the time I got on the scene, the story was alive and well. In fact, it was thriving. I read that little book

  It turned December on us. I know people say this all the time, but honestly, I do not know where November went. Weren’t people just Trick-Or-Treating a minute ago? Time. I can remember being so excited for Christmas when I was a kid. Every year. But there was one in particular, where I was

  The things we learn may surprise us to no end. A long time ago, in the cafeteria at Butler University, a few of us were sitting together eating breakfast. I always had the mysterious scrambled eggs and breakfast meat. But many of my friends sampled from the “Cereal Bar” and would come back to

I can’t get over the news clips from Black Friday. Not just this Black Friday, but every one I can ever remember. This has absolutely no appeal to me whatsoever. I truly believe I would rather go to the dentist and have a tooth filled. People camp out, in all sorts of weather, lining up

I’m not a big fan of car racing, and truthfully, it surprises me that I am not. I find that I drive much faster than most people, especially out on the open country roads. Too fast. There’s something about the imaginary wind sweeping through my imaginary hair if the windows were rolled down. Well. The

The first Thanksgiving wasn’t really in 1621. It happened thousands of years before, when some human, somewhere, found that glowing feeling in their heart. The overwhelming sensation of ultimate gladness. Something happened somewhere to them, and suddenly, they found this awareness for the first time. They were thankful. And so it continues. The giving of