Some time back my dad—who grew up in both Atlanta, GA and South Bend, IN—mentioned that as a kid he had gone to see a minor league baseball game in Atlanta in which Jackie Robinson played. We didn’t talk long about it, but he described the event as somewhat uplifting, I admit, for several reasons, […]
Sure, the picture is from a few years back … what of it? # # # # # We’ve probably all heard of or met people of whom are said that they woke up on second base and figured they’d hit a double. This year, as baseball prepares to finally begin again, it’s going to […]
I wrote this yesterday, if it matters, while I was preparing to do our grocery shopping and as I was thinking back to how—until the last few months—I’d never considered a trip to the grocery store to be anything, you know, “special.” # # # # # It’s 9:37 AM. July 18. By worldometer, the […]
You can tell our priorities are mixed up because of how pissed off we feel on Tax Day. I can’t remember exactly where I heard that idea first, but it’s returned to my mind often for some time. Those words are hot on my mind today because I just finished packaging up returns. I admit […]
Hair’s going to be college length soon! I’m out at the grocery store yesterday, strolling down an aisle, when a guy who is not wearing a mask zips past. As he’s next to me he leans in and says a breathy “Hi.” Then he’s gone. Given that my personal form of idiocy is a bit […]
For reasons that are hopefully obvious, I’ve recently been on another round of fairly intensive “work” on myself, specifically in an attempt to see people more readily as they see themselves. If you could review my Google history over the years, you’d see fairly wide-range of these kinds of things ranging from better understanding of […]
In May of 1961, my mom brought me into this world. Since then, she has been a true light for me. One I could always count on. Dad was like that, too, of course, but he had enough of those “I brought you into this world, I can take you out” moments that it’s fair […]
Lincoln Park: Ulysses S. Grant Monument It is important to remember that many of our states once believed so strongly in their right to own people that they went to war against the United States of America to protect it. So, yes. I appreciate people who worry we might not remember our country’s heritage of […]
A week or so back an acquaintance of mine posted in his social media site that it was possible to be both against racism and against the Black Lives Matter movement. I’ve been thinking about that comment a lot. The statement made no sense to me, yet this person—who I do not really know, but […]
Okay, perhaps this one will be a little too much “under the hood” kind of stuff. Sorry about that. But this collection I’ve released is a good one to talk about when it comes to Amazon sales figures and Amazon rankings. If you pay attention to me, you know that Tomorrow in All the Worlds […]