Dear Media People, Why are you all falling all over one another to get a personal quote, or a snippet of gossip concerning people who are doing things that nobody cares to read about? Do you actually feel this is the kind of reporting that will win you a Pulitzer? Although it does raise a [...]

* Mother and Son The child is like clay in the palm of our hand; we shape him and mold him the best that we can. We chip and we chisel, we smooth out the rough, and yet we still wonder if we’ve done well enough. By the time we have finished, the man is full grown; [...]

Have you ever heard the expression: “There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, I hope it isn’t a train” ?  Well, today’s light at the end of the tunnel just happens to be candles on a birthday cake. Three of them to be exact. Yes, today is the third birthday of a  favorite [...]

Whenever something is easily done, we often refer to it as being “a walk in the park”. Taking a walk in the park is fun and easy, and it’s often healthy for us. Unless of course, we happen to be Barefoot In The Park. This could lead to a severe outbreak of romantic sitcoms on [...]

I’ve often found that whenever I’m feeling down and out of sorts, the best thing to help me get back into a good mood is to do something nice for someone else. Sometimes it may be nothing more than smiling at a stranger I happen to pass on the street, holding a door open for [...]

I’ve often wondered why the color blue is associated with being sad, depressed and lonely. Blue should be a happy color, like blue skies or the blue water in a swimming pool on a hot summer day or a beautiful blue moon. Unless of course, when they call it the blues, they’re referring to a [...]

I ran into the living room one evening and switched on the TV just as the evening news was about to be broadcast. I was terrified that I might be among the headline news of the day. You see, there was this little incident earlier that day involving me, my dog, a pickup truck, Wayne, [...]

Today’s theme over at Theme Thursday is the word candy. Since I’m diabetic, (but mostly because I’m feeling too lazy to write anything today) I decided to share the following post again for those of you who might have missed it when I posted it in 2008. In my defense however, the post does mention [...]

Is white an actual color? Or is white the opposite of color? Whenever I think of white I’m reminded of my childhood. This probably seems an odd vehicle to stir ones memories, but for some strange reason I’m reminded of my mama’s laundry hanging on the clothesline, back when I was a kid. She never [...]

Have you ever wondered why your fingers get all wrinkled after they have been in water for a long period of time?  This condition is often referred to as water aging, or pruney fingers, not to be confused with the term bony fingers which is what you get from working your fingers to the bone — or [...]