Month: April 2017

Flowers.  They don’t grow beards. Disclaimer.  Right up front.  I am no Fashionista.  I spend my life in blue jeans, and a variety of colored hoodies.  And running shoes.   If I stray from this, it is not by much.  Albeit,

Oh, I love a good word.  Our language is chock full of them.   There are so many I have never heard before, or do not know what they mean. So, just how many words are there in the English language. 

The seen and the unseen. Both exist. Sometimes looking carefully helps.  Other times, there simply is no seeing.  You may have other ways of knowing.  But not seeing. Oxygen, for one. But there are so many more. Millions more. We

Some phrases just get worn out.  Tired.  To the point that we can’t stand to hear them anymore.  Most of the time, it occurs due to the shear volume of overuse.  However, a few rank right up there, simply because

Many of us enjoy a good cup of coffee.  But have you ever wondered when was coffee invented?  There is the story about this guy named Kaldi.   He lived way back in the 9th-century.  In Ethiopia.   The story goes, that

It was the great Lao Tzu  who said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”  It can be stated in a million different ways, but it is true. It is a matter of getting started.   Beginning. I

The ones who know us. How many people, actually, truly, know us?  In my case, not many. Well. Maybe more than I think.  I mean, I spatter my innermost thoughts all over these internet pages on a daily basis.  You

I grew up on the Great Plains.  Oklahoma. Well. Sort of. You see, I did not watch the Country Music Awards last night.  Truth be told, I typically don’t watch any of the “Awards” shows, like the Oscars, or the

I still have a lot of growing to do.  In so many ways. First, let’s get the obvious out of the way.  Our body’s are in a constant state of rejuvenation.  The cells in our bodies, come and go.  They

The grocery store.   I go there a lot.  Not just for the heck of it…. like taking a trip to Opryland.  No.   I buy a lot of groceries.  Specifically, I go through more produce items than most of the general