Month: September 2019

There are times when there are words in life. Perfect words. You hear them, and you think to yourself, “Ah. Those are the perfect words.” Of course, there are the other moments when no words will do, at all. People

Remarkable stories happen all the time. I know I’ve written about this one before, but it continues to amaze me. Today is the anniversary of the discovery, of the Lascaux Paintings. Yes, it was in 1940, in Dordogne, France. The

Of course, today is September 11th. Who, in America, doesn’t give pause for reflection on this day. It marks the terrorist attack by Al Qaeda on America. A number of planes were hijacked and used as weapons. The first two

Charles Kettering, once said. “One fails forward toward success.” I think this is a good day for me to look around, and fail forward with something else. See you soon. ========= “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done

We live at the end of a long driveway. I don’t really like to call it a lane. Yes, we are out in the country, but a “lane” seems long, and straight, and flat, to me. The kind where dust

Cherry-Pit Apples. They are incredibly delicious. They look like regular apples, mostly. But on the inside is a “pit” area which isn’t like a pit at all. It is more like the consistency, and appearance, of a fig, or a

I don’t know what caused her to begin, but she began. It should be a lesson to us all. Her name was Anna Mary Robertson. She was a painter, here in the United States, but everyone knew her as Grandma

Articles about our world interest me. It could be scientific, political, anthropomorphic, or any number of topics. This morning, I read an article at Smithsonian. About squirrels. First, a disclaimer. I have a thing for squirrels. Oh wait. I have

I never sleep in. Or oversleep. Unless I am sick, or something like that. I wake up, on purpose, each day at 3:30 a.m. and get the whole thing rolling. I love those first few hours of the day. I

Apparently, the FBI, at one time, had an interest in Bigfoot. Maybe they still do. There have been legends of a large, ape-like beast, from all over the world. People have been reporting on him, here in the United States