I discount much of what I hear because I am accustomed to the overblown, over-promised advertisting that fills my world … this supplement will cure all your ills, this pill will make you sleep like a baby, this car will… Continue reading

In 1966, a vibrant beautiful 17 year girl dove into the Chesapeake Bay and broke her neck. She survived, but without use of her body due to paralysis! Surrounded by other people in similar circumstances, she hated what she had… Continue reading

By nature, I am a person who likes order and yet, in spite of my efforts, life tends to be a mess.  Without constant effort, clutter accumulates. One simple example is that automobile that you cleaned out last week that… Continue reading

Sometimes I enjoy dreaming about what I might do for others if large sums of money were available to me. It happens more often when the lottery balance climbs into the stratosphere. (smile!)  The daydream finds me buying a working… Continue reading

Abraham Lincoln supposedly said that “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” Whether he actually said it I do not know, but there is truth in the words. Observe 2 persons in the… Continue reading

The only constant, it has been said, is change. In my lifetime I observed political changes, wide swings in public mood and policy over the years. The economy shifts – interests rates rise and fall, employment rates increase and decrease… Continue reading

“Count your blessings.”  These were the parting words of a friend to me last night, encouraging me to look up. As I lay down to sleep, I did just that. I focused on friends. Out of the dusty corners of… Continue reading

Once again, the world is on the edge of a wide-spread war. Tensions are rising in every part of the globe and American military muscle is being flexed in the Middle East. The horror that Hamas terrorists carried to Israel… Continue reading

Many of our relationships are simply transactional, based on our need and the ability of another to meet that need. The mechanic who repairs my automobile is a friend, but it is an example of a transactional relationship. He fixes… Continue reading

I am presently rewatching the amazing story of The Pacific (Netflix) which chronicles the struggle to defeat Japan in the island campaigns of World War 2.  Each beach landing scene included men going from ship to shore in a craft… Continue reading