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I like music — but I’m not a musician. That’s one regret I have — I never learned to play a musical instrument. I was pretty much forced to take piano lessons when I was little, but after a couple … Continue reading →

I mentioned legends a few days ago and I’ve always liked legends and folklore — most all of them are interesting and many are educational and contain good advice. Anyhow, I got to thinking…. from the beginning of human history … Continue reading →

We were talking the other day and and someone referred to an old football player as a “true legend.” I said, as usual, without thinking, that a person couldn’t be a legend — they could be famous or well, known … Continue reading →

Recently I’ve been reading a fair amount about the Nazis takeover of Germany. A few days ago I read an article talking about when Norway fell to the Nazis — newspapers all over the world pointed out that the fall … Continue reading →

Some time back one of the nieces or nephews had asked about Pandora’s Box and a few weeks ago, I had written about “hope.” I thought now might be a good time to talk about Pandora’s Box and hope. There … Continue reading →

I think I mentioned a few days ago that I was invited to brunch at some friends house recently. There was a lot of talk about food and it got around to the topic of what’s the strangest food you’ve … Continue reading →

I know this may be getting old, but I’ve been doing a lot of reading about happiness lately and the Dalai Lama boils it down pretty simply…• The purpose of life is happiness• Happiness is determined more by the state … Continue reading →

We lived in the Far East for a number of years and, as I’ve mentioned a number of times, Hong Kong is just about my favorite city. No matter where we were living, my job job always required quite of … Continue reading →

The chapel where Joan of Arc worshiped was the Chapelle de St. Martin de Sayssuel in Chasse, France. The chapel was moved, in 1964, to Marquette University — a Catholic, Jesuit institution in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Within the chapel is the Joan … Continue reading →

I got on the subject of butterflies the past couple of days and actually wandered off the real reason I started to write about them….One reason that butterflies seem to be associated with death is that they go through a … Continue reading →