I would love to write about the Iowa Caucuses.  But I won’t.  I know this is another big 50-50 split in the nation.  So, I don’t want to hack anyone off, one way or the other. But I will ask

When I was little, really little, we had two pet parakeets.  Their names were Pretty Boy and Billy.  I don’t know when we got these birds or how they came about.  But I really liked them. They lived in a

We are all the same.  Yet we are all very different. You are completely unique in this world.  Completely you and only you.  But so is everyone else. And here we are.  The same, but not so much. I started

I start all of this off tonight, with a little background color.  We used to live in Charleston, SC.  Not all the time, but it was definitely our second home.  A piece of our heart home. Besides the very good

Sometimes it feels a little bit difficult to be human. Life isn’t always easy.  It’s probably a healthy thing to remember that. We like to be happy.  Most of us, at least.  Albeit, I also see a certain number of

Today, a good friend talked very specifically about having premonitions. She knew something was about to happen, and it did.  Twice.  Very recently.   Unrelated to her stories… but earlier in the day, I thought (out loud), “I haven’t seen our

Here is the long and short of it.  Sometimes I lose my zip.  I go flat.  Like a tire in the winter time. I can’t help it really.  I mean, I lead a pretty dull life….truth be told.  I am

  I don’t remember much about being four.  Not much at all.  In fact, there are occasions when I have a hard time remembering all that much about any year of my childhood.  We have so many photo albums in

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.” ― Alfred Lord Tennyson “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” ―