Month: June 2018

Firsts. I am a little fascinated with firsts. The first time someone was thrust into space. The first time a person made a toothbrush. The first occurrence of electricity in a house. I get lost in my imagination, wondering what

That Teddy Roosevelt, that guy. I was thinking of something he said this morning. Not so much about who he was. But that really deserves a fair remembrance. He started out as Vice President in March 1901, to William McKinley.

Two words jumped out at me this morning. But first. I get an entire “slew” of information in my email each day. I sign up for a lot of it. Things like interesting science facts, or, the list of people

Nature. Wonderful, beautiful, amazing nature. I believe it is highly important that we take care of our planet Earth, and do our best to preserve and nurture our environment. I also believe our leaders are not doing enough to ensure

Another day of Dad thoughts. I’ll tell you. There sure are a lot of things I remember about my Dad. All of them are good, really. I don’t just say that because I am biased. Because he is my Dad.

Father’s Day is coming around this weekend. For all of us, here in America. The holiday is celebrated in a lot of places all around the world. On various dates. Here in the U.S., we always give it a go

It is about time I gave you a deer update. As a recap, as with most years past, we typically have a Band of Deer, here at our home. This is true most of the year around. During the past

We all have those hard things in our lives. We all have our burdens. Our plights. Do some have it worse than others? Are some loads heavier? I wonder about all of this. About certain individuals. I wonder about entire

Some words, it seems, are better than others. And then there are words  that have a way of being downright annoying. For the record, we have one word (well, sort of two words smooshed together) that has been winning the

  When most of us were kids, we probably sat down, most nights, around the dinner table. With our parents, and all our siblings. If we were lucky. In our family, as I recall, there used to be the standard