WRIGHTS LANE

W e are such smug human beings when it comes to humane pretenses yet we live in a world rife with man's inhumanity to man .  Sadly, inhu...

I don't know if anyone is interested or even cares, but since I made an issue of it in my last post (see item below), I cannot contain ...

N ot everyone appreciates a good story as much as I do...Well, certain stories, anyway...But I'm going to tell (or finish telling) this ...

I heard from a friend yesterday explaining for the first time that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.  It was the kind of announcem...

B oth Rosanne and I have handicap parking stickers for our car and truck.  If a couple of designated handicap  spots are available in a park...

I was corresponding with a friend last night on the subject of pursuing things that are personally important to us or are deepest in our he...

* http://oldfortyfives.com/takemebacktothefifties.htm Photo:  A 1958 Cadillac Seville, pink of course.  I could never make the raise of one...

B ack in April I posted a story about the discovery of a skeleton in an old cistern on a property in rural Dresden.  Late Friday, area pol...

I t never fails, just when I begin feeling that I am missing the mark with my blog sites and that no one really cares about my nostalgic ram...

A Broken Dream, A Father, and Hope. *click on heading(s) I feel strongly moved to share this video with followers of Wrights Lane becaus...

From my Daily Kindness friends: A story worth repeating. T he story goes that some time ago, a man punished his three-year-old daughter fo...

I was thinking this morning about my unusual fixation on my old hometown, Dresden, when the words of the song "Love The One You're...

We are hearing a lot these days about people opting out of demanding careers and  meat-grinder existences in the corporate world.  Variety s...

I talk to myself a lot...This web site is no exception, but maybe that in itself is a negative thought which is the subject of this post. ...

I will need a stepladder to pick tomatoes this year if my plants get any taller.  Never before in the history of my vegetable gardening have...

There's more to life than the Internet guys!  Turn off your computer and enjoy the Simcoe Holiday weekend with family and fr iends.  Tha...

I n a previous post this week I  elaborated on the merits of special needs education in our school systems and it is a perfect segue to a st...

A half dozen posts ago (July 16) I ran a story about Ralph "The Sign Guy" in Southampton and promised to include a photo of him at...

"Children with special needs don't have an illness, so they are not contagious. They want what we all want (and deserve),which is t...

On Saturday, July 24, the community of Dresden held the world's largest-ever tractor parade, setting in the process what is hoped to b...

I recently heard the following story.  I think it is worth passing on to followers of this site.  It substantiates my theory that a child ne...

O kay, I know.  I should get a life! But enough with waxing eloquent on serious subjects of the day...I want to share a story about a mira...

"I've heard some bad things about it...!" For some reason, I have heard the above words expressed in recent weeks more times...

A way back when, I had a baseball mentor cum philosopher who constantly reminded me that "things are not always as they seem".  So...

I subscribe to the Daily Kindness Newsletter which offers forums on spirituality, family matters, general life advice and, of course, kindne...

Jaron And The Long Road To Love - Pray For You (2009 Video & Lyrics)   I don't know if this song qualifies under the "hypo...

The words "hypocrisy" and "hypocrite(s)" have been sprinkled liberally throughout the last two posts on Wrights Lane.  I...