I know it’s hard to believe, but We The People find ourselves completely disconnected from our so-called representatives in Washington. What I mean by that specifically is this: there are democrats, republicans and then there’s the rest of U.S..
Continue ReadingA Winter Classic: DIARY OF A SNOW SHOVELER
December 8: 6 p.m. It started to snow. The first snow of the season, and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses print. So romantic, we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
Continue ReadingTime to put away childish things…
Some people seem to be perpetually at odds with themselves; forever struggling, even at war with themselves and those around them, fighting to remain a child. I say struggle because physically, mentally and spiritually we are hard-wired to grow up, yet some folks refuse to follow the natural order of things.
Continue ReadingThe Winter Doldrums
If there’s any one season I hate it’s Winter. It gets cold… everything dies… the days are ridiculously short… it’s much windier during the winter months… January and February in Pennsylvania are brutal… Winter is a necessary part of nature to keep things balanced… That last one REALLY gets on my nerves! If we didn’t have Winter then we’d be over-run with bugs – the kind that bite! But since the temps only have to get in the mid 30’s for the bugs to die off, why does it have to get so stinkin cold around here? I guess it could be worse. I could live in Maine, or Minnesota,… Read More
Continue ReadingShake Your Fist: In Defiance Of Common Sense
Einstein, during his brilliant life, gave the world much, but one of the most brilliant things he ever uttered was this: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Yet we engage in that very behavior time and time again. Does this mean we, as a race, are insane? Or does it point to something more sinister about our base nature?
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