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A few days ago Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions. If I remember correctly, when Francis was archbishop of Buenos Aires, he endorsed civil unions for gay couples as an alternative to same-sex marriages.  I suppose this is a controversial … Continue reading →

I mentioned in this blog a few days ago that my iPhone tracks my steps — it’s been doing it all along and I wasn’t even aware it was happening. So just out of curiosity, I’ve been checking my phone … Continue reading →

Our grandson, Locke, is going to have a birthday soon — coming up on six years old! Claire has inquired as to what he’d like for his birthday, and at the top of the list seems to be a watch. … Continue reading →

I was reading the other day that one of the places, besides crowded bars and restaurants, to stay out of is movie theaters. That got me to thinking about movies when I was growing up. At it’s peak growth, Maysville … Continue reading →

This month is, obviously, October. There are a few traditional things we acknowledge and participate in every October, like Ten-Ten Day, Columbus Day, Halloween, etc. The past two or three years, we’ve also had another activity that we looked forward … Continue reading →

For someone who in the past found it necessary to keep up to date on the latest technology, I’ve found myself recently looking up technical terms and acronyms that I have absolutely no idea what they mean. This last week, … Continue reading →

Today is Columbus Day — a day that marks Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to America. He landed on the island of Guanahani in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492.  It only became a legal holiday in 1971 but before then, … Continue reading →

Well, here it is a holiday that we’ve celebrated every year for almost 50 years — Ten-Ten Day. Both the faithful readers of this blog know all about it, but if you’re new, Ten-ten, or Double Ten Day is a … Continue reading →

Well, Halloween is on the horizon and apparently there won’t be any ‘Trick or Treating’ in Shepherdstown in 2020. Of course, everything is screwed up, different, or just plain canceled this year.  Anyhow, that got me to thinking about Halloween … Continue reading →

If you’ve been following the news, you know that COVID-19 has reached the White House. It had reached the White House before, but now it’s hit the “front office.” In the early days of this disease’s  spread (in the United … Continue reading →