“Happy New Year” – a greeting I’ve heard 69 times in my life. You know, time has a way of moving too quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems only yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. And yet in a way, […]
The Most Important Time in Your Life Is Right Now. Right Now! It’s Not Tomorrow, Today, Yesterday, Or Somewhere in the Future. It Is Here. . . Now… You Have to Make this Moment be What You Want it to Be. You Have to Take from this Moment What You Wish to Save. You Have […]
True Happiness True happiness can’t be won. It can’t even be searched for, only realized. It can’t be taken, only given. Seek, and ye shall never find! Allow, and reap the rewards
Days will pass without our having anything to do with them. We can ignore, enjoy, or participate in the passing of time, But we don’t have to do anything . . . Unless we wish to remember those days. Then, if we do, we have to make them memorable. We have to turn down the […]
Johnny never wanted to go duck hunting, but his Dad said that he had too. He was, after all, 16 years old now, and everybody knew that all 16 year olds in Alabama were hunters. As they tramped through the woods, Johnny grew more and more apprehensive about the whole thing. He didn’t have any […]
I lived inNew Orleansfor about 9 or 10 years before I moved back to Gods country. (O.K., I’ll concede that this might not be Gods country, but you can bet that he vacations here!) Anyway, one of the things that I miss about ‘Nawleens’ is the food. It’s not just good food, its food so […]
As I blindly stumble from one day to the next, I find that I understand less and less of, and about, this generation. “This Generation” being the one that is currently in power and commanding the worlds attention. They seem to be obsessed with punching holes in their miscellaneous body parts and sticking gaudy […]
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT DAY YOU WERE BORN ON? Sunday, Monday , Tuesday etc.? I was born on Saturday. . . “Saturdays Child is fare of face, wears a funny hat and likes to race!”. . or something like that! I’m not sure, but I think being born on Saturday doomed me to […]
Occasionally, late at night, when I can’t sleep! I write whatever strikes my fancy, and considering the size of my fancy, a lot of stuff strikes it! For instance, why do ladies wear revealing blouses, and then get mad if you complement them on what’s revealed! I have, on occasion, thought I should say something […]
I recently discovered the origins of the Spanish Dance “The Tarantella”. Or, at least, I think I did. While getting dressed this morning, I happened to glimpse, down in the right pant leg, a spider. Not just any spider, but the world’s largest Black Widow Spider! I quickly removed my leg from the pants and […]