This is my ‘ego’ speaking – but I think a couple of my strongest suites when it come to writing are ‘headlines,’ and ‘conversations.’ Some times I come up with both and nowhere to use them. For example, I came up with a headline that I doubt I will ever use: “The Politics of Stupid.”…

Mary brought home some Animal Crackers. Mind, you I hadn’t tasted one in a very long time, so I couldn’t wait to pop one into my mouth. The little biscuits come in a bag now and no longer the rectangular box with the string handle. But that didn’t matter to me as I dug into…

Thank goodness for notebooks. My mind is a cluttered mess and if it weren’t for spiral notebooks, I’d really be jammed up in the thought department. “I…I…I…,” is how I want to begin every sentence as I write. I don’t want to sound conceited – but at this hour of the morning I am being…

In a junk drawer, I found my old diving watch from my service days. Odd how an inanimate object can make me feel so nostalgic. Damned thing’s broken, useless, has been for years. But I jus’ can’t seem to throw it out. Reminds me of my younger, bolder days. Reminds me of the person I…

It is both interesting and sad to see people willingly giving up their civil liberties when they have done nothing wrong. For instance, a man, who was openly carrying a weapon in a Bridgeport, Connecticut restaurant and store, recorded a confrontation with police officers requesting his gun permit which he repeatedly refused to produce. The…

“As we focus on destroying ISIL, over-the-top claims that this is World War III just play into their hands.” – President Obama, SOTUS, January 12, 2016. So that we are very clear on this, it’s like when he mockingly said, “The 80s are calling and they want their policies back,” to Mitt Romney during the…

Following the last snowstorm we experienced, Mary discovered a water stain on our ceiling in the living room. That night I went to bed with visions of handing over bags of cash to whatever construction company we hire to do the repairs. The following day, while waiting for return calls from the three leading roofing…

“What are you gonna do with all that?” I asked Mary. “I’m taking it to Good Will,” she answered. “No you’re not – we can use that!” I heard myself demand. “Well, then here, do something with it,” she retorted. It was a large plastic bag of toilet paper that Mary’s sandwich shop had accidentally…

Rebecca was in the sun room, when Trevor heard her scream. He dashed from the back of the house to find his wife trembling from fright. “What is it,” he asked. Having caught her breath, she answered, “There’s a rattle snake out in the sun room.” Relieved that it was something he could take care…

The film, “The Revenant,” is an epic tale on a personal scale. It’s based on the true story of Hugh Glass, who while hunting beaver on the Missouri River is attacked by a bear, left for dead by fur trappers and finds the strength to crawl 200 miles in pursuit of his faithless friends. It…