Author, Writer, Editor
No, I’m not famous, and you probably aren’t either! It doesn’t matter. Your opinion is just as valuable as anyone else’s. You just can’t shout it in people’s faces, even if you are famous. Due to the kind of writing I often undertake, I’ve become weary of plain “folks,” as … Read more…
I shouldn’t speak for others because I gave up buying even the occasional lottery ticket a long time ago. However, some lotteries are state-specific and others are multi-state, so there are many opportunities to participate by those who are so inclined. Even though normally legal, lotteries are still a form of … Read more…
The pain of the past week has been almost unbearable for so many thousands of us, even those of us who don’t live in the hit zone of the San Bernardino terror. The shock waves just keep coming as more information is discovered and released to us. Those of us … Read more…
Due to some irritating happenings lately, I’ve been wondering why it is that too often people don’t listen when we’re trying to tell them something important. They only hear what they want to hear (and often only see what they expect to see). Now and then we’re all guilty of … Read more…
If you think about the last time you were in traffic, you may not consider most people to be good drivers, that’s for sure! I’m the first to holler when I see an unthinking driver cut off another vehicle, especially when the vehicle cut off is a tanker hauling flammable … Read more…
There is ALWAYS “Try”! We discourage ourselves and our children immensely when we tell anyone that trying doesn’t count. For those just emerging from a self-built cave somewhere, Yoda of Star Wars famously said, “Do or do not. There is no try.” We accomplish or we don’t accomplish, yes. And … Read more…
Picture The Little Red Hen from old English folklore with someone else’s guilt trips on her head as well as her own! I was always busy and active, probably too busy for my own good. In her defense I can say The Little Red Hen got to eat the bread … Read more…
The birth of a royal princess in Britain after some six decades without one so high in the line of succession to the British throne brings pageantry with it in spite of her modern and independent-minded parents. We might wonder if there’s still any place for pageantry in this world, … Read more…
Write about a favorite restaurant, they’re saying. Convince us we’d love to eat there. Hmmm, are you like us? On a fixed budget, or at least a very limited budget? Maybe you eat out three or four times a year, if that. And usually, that’s only when visiting out-of-state friends … Read more…
Over the ages, human nature hasn’t changed, doesn’t change, and probably isn’t going to change. Whether you consider your earliest ancestors to be Adam and Eve, or cousins of The Flintstones, or someone even more ancient, people were people then and still are today. That’s why the wisdom of the … Read more…