Of Bears, Eagles & Strangers in the Woods

Our Thanksgiving dinner spread the length of a couple of tables near a stand of moss covered oaks and cypress. The thought of not sitting at a table with china and silverware at first seemed odd, but then I thought back to the first Thanksgiving. Our setting was much more in tune with the Pilgrims [...]

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

I hope  you will read, as I did, on past the familiar beginning words. They may speak to you, too. You may recognize some similarities with today. At the very least, you cannot help but feel the courage of those who put these words to paper. Happy Independence Day! IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The [...]

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Pitching the Soap Box

I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. No one tells me what to do, not even myself. I kinda figured a lot of you feel that way, too, so here is my out-of-the-blue resolution: No more politics on this blog. If I have thoughts that won’t be held in, I’ll create a separate blog. This country [...]

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Letter to the Prez

I sent the following comment online to White House this morning. Let me propose a simple solution that may take more time, but *can* hold out the possibility of getting many naysayers (including me) on board. I quote a myth and myth buster from Mr. Axlerod’s email today: “We can’t afford reform: It’s the status [...]

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Obama Drama

I tried, I really, really did, but can’t resist a comment on Obama gaffs last night. (Isn’t that his VP’s domain anyway?) Just allow me this after eight years of hearing similar remarks about Bush (not my Bush, but Bush). I’ll be kind. I’m trying to understand how Obama could have upset two huge segments [...]

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Handwriting on the Wall

There was so much handwriting on the wall that even the wall fell down. Christopher Morley’s words in 1943 have relevance today for the “regulators” watching Bernie Madoff or Wall Street. So much for government watchdogs.

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Hurling a Heel at a Heel

That Iraqi reporter thinks he is so all that apparently. He used a shoe to send a message. Like he’s the first. Some of us remember Khrushchev at the U.N. banging his shoe on the desk. Now THAT was shocking, certainly at the time. Remember the “clever quotient” afforded to the TV show “Get Smart” [...]

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Obama’s Character

After months of little insight into president-elect Obama, we are inundated with minor details of his life—how he shops, what he likes to eat, read, etc. This is all refreshing and welcome, but I wanted to hear more about his character traits. Inadvertently, I may have.     Today’s Orlando Sentinel ran a story (source: [...]

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The Week That Was

  How many highs and lows can you cram in one week? I don’t know, but last week fate did its best to break a record.             Saturday, I prowled the nooks and crannies of antique shops in Sanford, FL with my granddaughters and daughter-in-law and let the cool breezes [...]

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New President

I didn’t have a candidate in the presidential race, but a lot of people did. Congratulations on your win tonight. This is the point where hope must change into deed. I’m sure America is up to it.   Almost half the electorate did not get the president they voted for. You feel bad and are [...]

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