Eye Of The Beholder
I came of age in the '70s and, through that initial stretch of mid-to-late puberty and into early adulthood, I dressed like the...
Seizing Moments
The Coronavirus pandemic is certainly a terrible thing. Not only is it killing people and bringing the world to its economic knees, but it...
The Future Of Old Folk Shopping
I sincerely appreciate every genre of music... Even the Techno stuff that has become so popular... And despite my disdain for some genres that...
A Claus Confab
Whether it be fate, karma,destiny, divine intervention... or some combination of them all... maybe - just maybe - all any of us can do is just follow the path we find ourselves on regardless whether we were looking for it or just fell down face first in front of it.
Tending To The Human Condition
In the introduction to my first book, I made a general observation about the human species; "At our core, the primal driving forces...
Karma & The Doctor
All that kept playing in my head was the advice he had given me at our last appointment. And it came out of me before I even realized I was thinking about saying it out loud.
For The Love Of “Little Ol’ Ladies”
I have made no secret of my general disdain for the greater majority of the human race, and I make no apologies; it has...
A Cane, A Hatchet, And A Corncob Pipe
Storytellers quite often tell stories that they remembered while they were in a moment of deep reflection, trying to recall the details of an...
Short Sleeved Paper T-Shirt
I had to go to the drugstore last night to pick up a new prescription for Daisy. It's only about a half mile each...
One Last Goodbye
It's not the"stuff" we gain or lose, nor the people that come and go throughout our lives, that define who we are as human beings. It is the person we allow ourselves to become, as the chapters open and close, that says everything about who we really are and what we are really made of.