Under My Skin
I have got you, deep in the heart of me. So deep in my heart that you're really a part of me. I've got you under my skin. The skin. The...
The Discontent of Our Age
"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." –Will Rogers In an...
In Search of Moral Clarity
Unless we offer something as meaningful, I fear the erosion of our civilisation will continue. And fortunately, there is no need to look...
Trimming My Deplorable Bigoted Toenails
“A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes,” answered the Roman Candle in a low whisper; and the...
Emergency Room: Contagion in Room 223
If... If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same... They were lining up quickly. Some were...
Time to Hide the Cows
Or maybe it's time to stampede a herd through downtown so the citizens know where their ice cream comes from. My grandchildren love ice...
I'm Not Getting a New Puppy till Climate Change Ends. Not Kidding!
Please join me at PetStrikers- NO new puppies or kittens till climate change ends. I don’t care how cute you think this little rat...
How to Leave What You Can't Take with You
In his foaming drool, he dug furiously- like a rabid dog. Frantic, frothy, and devilishly determined, the greedy evil character in the...
50th Year Class Reunion. Should I Go?
“We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” – Tim McGraw The invitation,...
The Life of A None
Every age has its heresies. Every age also sees a renewal of the general rule that faith must be attacked. C.S. Lewis Depending on how...
Finding Grandpa
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always...
Duty vs. Intelligence- What Forrest Gump Taught Us About Each
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” ― Daniel J. Boorstin A single feather fluttering in...
Evolutionary Psychology vs. The Fall
Lead us, Evolution, lead us up the future's endless stair. C.S. Lewis One of the most iconic cable TV advertisements is the one where an...
Scaring Us to the Future
"People ask me to predict the Future, when all I want to do is prevent it". Ray Bradbury It was a couple of years ago that I imagined the...
Holding Hattie
“I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.” ― Charles Dickens For some...
Meet Harry. He's the One in the Center.
“The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.”...