Look around, somebody’s always trying to prove a point. Maybe you’re one of them. ********** Sometimes it difficult to know if someone’s boasting or just disgusted. On the surface it might be taken either way. Recently I received this weather report from friends in St. Paul, Minnesota. Here it is. You decide which. Now if …
Year: 2020
New days. How do they begin? With a list. ********** Who doesn’t keep a list? To-dos never end. We all have them, whether written, mental or compelled by others. It’s a way of life. Otherwise, how do we measure progress? The thoughts behind this missive begin when I find myself behind a large panel truck …
“There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.” Casey Stengel ********** We’re about to say goodbye to football after the conclusion of Sunday’s big boast-off day. Are we saturated yet? But then again, is football like a federal bureaucracy, perpetually there? Let’s move on to a more interesting sport …
“For thirty years my mother pretended she was moving. My mother survived things she hated by pretending she was leaving.” Faith Shearin ********** It happens every new year, this urge to purge, to rid myself of the superfluity of living and get down to the real meat and potatoes of life. Forget the garage cleanout. …
It’s a new day, a new year and a brand-new appetite. Yeah, a few last-year’s scraps remain. So what? Let’s begin. Where? In the kitchen where every day starts. ********** Why the kitchen? What’s a better ‘good morning’ than sausage sizzling in the pan, Mr. Coffee percolating, biscuits baking and black-eyed peas boiling? Yes sir, …