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U. S. Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, World War One flying ace. I periodically review some of my father's literary work.  He was not high...

As an illustra tion of the  Victorian Sunday, consider the following illustration, "Toronto: Sunday preaching in the park," publ...

I have been experiencing a lot of negativity lately.  I think we all go through periods like that.  You know -- distrust, disappointment, m...

I was particularly interested in an Associated Press story this morning out of Vatican City, indicating that Pope Benedict XVI is asking ev...

R osanne, sobbing uncontrollably over a situation where her faith in humanity was sadly tarnished:  "I'm tired of being a good pers...

FOR INSPIRATION...! Will return when I catch some

Shakespeare wrote both comedies and tragedies.  There were funny moments even in his saddest stories and vice versa.  But, then, the best hu...

THANKS MICHAEL!

S omething that I read this morning got me thinking about "being followed".  Some of the things that follow us in life are ultimat...

Rosanne (with pangs of hunger etched on her face):  "Please Dick, I need some substanense !" Me:  "Would you settle for som...

Still not too late for my hometown History is filled with tales of injustice. It is only on rare occasions - with the clarity of hindsigh...

I received an interesting and revealing note from Wabi Sabi Love advocate Arielle Ford.  I have written before about Arielle and the ancien...

H ere it is the 5th of January and already New Years Day 2012 is but a memory relegated to the past, if not totally forgotten -- if you are ...

T he War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June 1812 to the spring of 1814.  The main land fighting oc...

Saturday, December 31, 2011:  The Saturday Star this morning carried a front page headline:   "My father taught us that it's never...

It was 2:30 p.m. when I heard Rosanne dialing the telephone. "Hello, Merry Christmas," she said pleasantly.  "Can you tel...

W hen people say that Christmas is about helping the poor, the underprivileged, the lonely and the forgotten, they are absolutely correct.  ...

...May the joy of Christmas fill your heart and home with happiness ABOUT THE ARTIST:  Thomas Kincade is one of the world's most col...

W hen you stop to think about it, English is one of the more difficult languages to learn.  There are so many nuances. Rosanne loves to te...

A re you fighting a battle?  Are you taking a stand?  Are you proving a point?  Or are you simply getting too tired, very tired. It may be...

The reason for the season... One day about 2,000 years ago an angel named Gabriel appeared to a young Jewish woman named Mary. Gabriel t...

I was extremely appreciative of a telephone message this morning from Dan Russell, principal of G. C. Huston Public School in Southampton. ...

T he world is going to hell in a handbasket, you say? It is so easy for we seniors to be skeptical in this day and age.  It seems to go...

"The vision will be fulfilled in its own time.  If it seems slow in coming, wait for it, for it will surely come." I dare say th...

A group of seniors discussing ailments over their morning coffee: "My arms have gotten so weak I can hardly lift this cup of coffee,...

I  heard an interesting comment the other day to the effect  that  you can't live your life on the expectations of others.    That had...

J onathan Cainer reminded me yesterday of a quote attributed to the great poet Kahil Gibran:   "Faith is an oasis in the heart which wi...

T here's a familiar refrain from George and Ira Gershwin's Porgy and Bess , "Summertime and the livin' is easy".  Leav...

F irst, Rosanne is not going to do anything for the unforeseen future, now she's going on a speaking strike. "O  come on Dick, do...

Rosanne this morning after an hour's wait in hospital for a blood test: "That's it!  I'm not going to do anything else fo...

Two men meeting on a street corner. Man #1:  How're you doing?  Say, do you hear that voice in the wilderness? Man #2:  What voice i...

T he subject of "bullying" is currently a very hot news item.  As if this unthinking act of adolescent meanness is something new. ...

W riters march to the beat of a different drummer.  They think with their fingers on a keyboard.  They are driven by ideas and a compulsion ...