The Annual Ritual of Thanksgiving Day

Nothing sets the tone for Thanksgiving Day like the scent of skunk assailing your nostrils as you step outside in the morning. Our dogs will never learn to stop messing with those black and white “country kittens.” But back in the house, the aroma of turkey and pies...

From the Rearview Mirror

2025 Return with us to a time when politics and a pandemic joined hands to create chaos. Gather around, and you shall hear of the COVID 19 pandemic in 2019 and 2020. When the pandemic first came upon the scene in 2019, the world’s reaction was fear. As you know, fear...

Not My Circus

Do you get the feeling that life is a series of circus performances? Much of human behavior is about the care and feeding of the Ego. To achieve the nirvana of self-esteem, folks vie for attention, sometimes love, and sometimes power and money. To them, altruism is a...

Are There Friends Who Never Disappoint?

Disappointments abound. But if you are lucky, you have a friend who has your back. They always speak the truth, even when it hurts. When it comes to honesty and friendship, they do not pussyfoot around. But in a world where caution is absent, folks introduce someone...

That Driving Force

What propels you to get up each morning, aside from the call of Nature? Do you get back in bed, pull the covers over your head, and hit the snooze button several times? Now imagine you are a serf during the Middle Ages. Unless you happen to be a king, a lord, a...

Foods We Cannot Do Without

What happens when conversation briefly stutters or goes completely silent? If you are a female relative of this writer, the sounds of sighs soon fill the void. And they are not subtle. Like far too many folks living their lives in the ether of social media, she...