Never Again

Saying this to myself about some things is a really great feeling. It’s especially nice when I feel very sincere and confident about saying this about something important.

Find a Limb to Hang Your Clothes On

“Find a Limb to Hang Your Clothes On” is a lyric in a song. How many other people listen to songs and hear a line, lyric, or stanza that speaks to them more than just as a line in the song? If you listen like I do and hear things differently than as written, which […]

Necessity is a Mother

The entire phrase has been: “Necessity is the mother of invention.” However, in my experience, it is much more telling to just say: “Necessity is a Mother.” ’cause most people get what that means. I can think of many situations where I have been driven by Necessity even tho’ what I ended up doing was […]

Lost Words from our Childhood

I got this from my not-very-old Aunt Gerry. I wonder where she got these from? Lost Words From Our ChildhoodMergatroyd!       Do you remember that word?  Would you believe the spell-checker did not recognize the word Mergatroyd?  Heavens to Mergatroyd!  The other day a not so elderly (I say 75) lady said something to her son about […]

Are we still Free?

Have we become TOO Politically Correct or TOO Corrected Politically? Do the citizens of the United States have the right to choose their own destiny OR have we become Victims of our fear of confrontation? I remember a time when the United States was a proud nation with family origins from almost everywhere in the […]

The Magic of Communication

I get an idea about something to say. My mind translates that idea into words and I think about how or whether I am going to share this idea with anyone else. Usually, I start to formulate how I am going to express my idea to another and, if and when the right chance arises, […]

Jesus’ Younger Brother

What if Jesus had a younger brother? Would Jesus have had to baby sit him when Peter, or was it Joseph, and Mary went out to shop or for dinner? What kind of role model might Jesus have been and how would he influence this younger brother? Some one asked me, today, if I would […]

Life is an Asymptote

In Math, an asymptotic relationship or formula is defined as: a line that continuously approaches a given curve but does not meet it at any finite distance It’s sort of like a football penalty for half the distance to the goal: you get closer but you never get there. In my experience, Life is like […]

Those Annoying Neighbors

You have them, too. Those annoying neighbors who always put their Holiday decorations out one day before you do and they almost always look spectacular. The neighbors with their yards that are immaculate and always look like something out of Homes and Gardens. And, their kids who are always well dressed, well mannered, and well […]

The Two Worst Days of the Week

Every week there are two days that are going to happen and over which we have Little or No Control: Yesterday happened.  It’s over.  There is nothing we can do about that day anymore. But, we can take some learning out of our Yesterdays if we choose to. What happened?  What can we learn from […]