I Love Our Country

I love our country. I love my life here. No people in the world are perfect. Many studies tie economic opportunity to crime and inadequate education. Democracy is a double edged sword that can accelerate prosperity but also greed and poverty. Any economic system is subject to the faults of …

Words

Words fascinate me. Larry Tate and Darrin on Bewitched taught me when I was very young how words can be used to sell anything. Since then I’ve been aware of or maybe wary of the way words are used in news articles, books, and to sell toys whether they are …

Christmas at Mom and Dad’s

Dad bought our Christmas tree sometime in December nearer to Christmas. We always went to Days Nursery in Findlay, walked out in their woods and using our own tree saw two of us would cut the best one down. Mr. Day would sit there in a little shack with a …

Christmas Season’s upon us

Christmas season’s upon us there’s no doubt of that. Halloween’s come and gone like in nothing flat. Veterans day’s next and than it’s Thanksgiving. Black Friday, Cyber Monday’s how folks make a living. Tis the season for giving, not trying to be funny. True happiness comes from Love and not …

My Bike That Has Wings

I used to fly kites and swing on the swings, skipped rocks in the creek, I thought I had wings, the way I would fly on my bike down the walk, play with my friends and oh how we’d talk. Of Mario Andretti, how Chuck Yeager flew, John Glenn and …

Sick

Went to doctor yesterday was negative for strep. Was told to gargle with some salt and buy some Mucinex. The nurse called back today and asked me just how well I felt. I told her that I felt much worse and might need some more help. I’d been sick since …

Simplicity

I’m inspired by lots of things. But starting to feel ancient. Modern TV is not the same. Not much of it is decent. Technology is kind of cool. Though I’m falling way behind. Add on those things I used to do. And I haven’t any time. Lot’s of toys are …