Monthly Archives: November 2024

I met a couple of friends for drinks yesterday afternoon. One was already there when I arrived and he asked if the other friend had come with me. I told him no, and he said he hoped that he hadn’t … Continue reading →

Just about everything these days is controversial, so I suppose Mother Goose shouldn’t be any different. Mother Goose stories are basically folk tales that were originally told to children to entertain them. I remember reading some of them to our … Continue reading →

I think I touched on this a long time ago, but at lunch the other day, my friend mentioned how the Internet had changed our lives and had created news words and terms. He said he never heard the term … Continue reading →

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 →