Thanks for jumping aboard as I begin a series on Retirement and Grandparenting. I have no schedule to give you (hey, I am retired) so if you find something interesting, you may have to check back. Also, as I write some things feel free to give your opinion on topics discussed. If you want to be…
As we look at our government and our inability to fight a war for a reason, I see shared sacrifice associated with war thereby improving equality followed by loss of freedom associated with terrorism. America today differs considerably from early days in terms of shared sacrifice when we have more than half the budget in…
Is Ignorance Really Bliss? We are living in interesting times. That has been stated throughout every generation. The fact is all of them have been right. The world is moving faster today than ever before. The written word and spoken word is seen and heard almost instantaneously if we want it to be. But now…
It’s time I came clean. Not many people know this fact about me. Some would say they aren’t surpised. 🙂 I graduated last in my class in the 8th grade. True fact. I will get back to that later. What I want to let you know about will be from my Junior High school years….
The Fight. Let’s get one thing straight right now. I wasn’t involved in The Fight. I was an accessory I guess, though. More on that later on. Sandy VanOrman and I hung out together the last couple years of high school from time to time. We had some interesting things that happened to us together….
Just a note to let you know the for past month Linda and I spent it in Florida. This made it hard to continue my blog but for the most part I kept it going. There were many things in the way such as sun, grandkids games, sun, beach, sitting outside, sun, playing games with…
I spent my first 7-8 years growing up in the Easton School District and around their activities. There are numberous things I remember from that time that I will give some recollections about. Grade School Easton Grade School did not have kindergarten so I entered the first grade with Miss Corbin as my teacher. She…
I continue my blog today with some adult things that happened to me. I have no order in which I will post them. Just random this and that about me. Umpiring and Refereeing I umpired and refereed for about 7 years after I quit coaching at Balyki. I got alot of games around Havana, PORTA,…
Today I am recollecting the times that I drove to St. Louis…as a 16 and 17 year old. I took other kids with me. Almost exclusively Jerry Wills went every time. He just turned 15 years old. What kind of parents allows their son at 16and 17 years of age drive to St. Louis for…
NOTICE: I have changed the date of these blogs to Monday and Thursday and not Sunday/Wednesday. These days give me a better chance to edit my work. I thought I heard those words. Maybe not. More about that near the end. But it all starts with me riding my bike to Forest City almost daily…