Month: October 2018

I’ve just returned from spending a couple of days in Sedona, Arizona. It is beautiful country there. The mountains and mesas are layered. Noticeably, in some areas. Like a Seven Layer Salad, only better. And I will tell you what,

  Long day. All day. Travel. On a Wednesday. See you tomorrow. From Home. Which brings me to my favorite travel quote. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ― Marcel

  When we went up the mountain, Nikki Haley was still Secretary of State. And then we came down the mountain, and she wasn’t. That’s how the world works. We are in a constant state of change. That entire mountain

  I have been reminded of several things today. There are a lot of good people in the world. There are genuine people who seem to be kind to the core. It has been my good fortune today, to bump

JANET!!!  SNAKE Warning Below!!!!  Don’t Look.  It is a Rattler! Well. You don’t get rocks like these overnight, I’ll tell you. Ohio doesn’t have anything like this. Nope. At least, not any that I’ve stumbled across. And believe me, I

  Fiddlesticks. I don’t hear it very often anymore. My Dad used to say it, on occasion. He’d be trying to fix something at his workbench in the corner of our basement. And then, out of nowhere, you would hear

Perhaps it means that someone sat down heavily in a chair. Or they have flopped somewhere, in some corner. Maybe their back is to the wall, and they are sinking. Slowly sliding down the wall. Or it could be the

He dipped the tip of his brush into the yellow paint on his palette board. Too yellow, he thought. So he smudged in a little black, red, and white — and pushed the paint in slow circles on the palette.

  “Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.” Winston Churchill said that. I don’t know much about him, really. As a man. His personal life, and such. I only know of his pivotal

  I understand Extroverts. I really do. I “get” that they thrive in social settings. I can see that they enjoy engaging in meaningful conversations. They can laugh, and relax, and feel good when they are in the midst of