[May 23, 2024] It was my only dime. I was standing at the checkout counter at the Bastrop Piggly Wiggly Grocery store with my Mom. And there it was, a March of Dimes card with slots where a dime could be placed, the money used for funding polio research. I was looking forward to getting my first candy… Read More »
[May 19, 2024] We were on the ground, punching each other, yelling, grabbing, cussing, and rolling around in the dirt as we had just argued over something neither of us could remember. And the reason we fought was not as important as the fact we could fight and still remain friends despite bloody noses and bruises. Thinking for… Read More »
[May 18, 2024] When we experience hardship or suffering, an old idiom informs us to “Have the patience of Job.” True enough, I never got the whole meaning, but I better understood it during my time in combat. So, what is this story that had such an effect on me as an Army Officer? Here is the story… Read More »
[May 17, 2024] The U.S. Navy has always led our Armed Forces in the “woke” ideology that has infected so many respected institutions. And now the wokeness is in full display at the U.S. Naval College earlier this week. The world today is increasingly a dangerous place and becoming more so, with the Middle East, Russia’s invasion, and… Read More »
[May 14, 2024] I reported to my county’s Courthouse as a potential jury member in a civil trial this past Monday. Of course, I am prohibited from discussing the matter. Still, for those regularly reading my blog, you know that this experience will provide an unintended look into the lives of ordinary people, those same ones who make… Read More »
[May 13, 2024] “We love having you at our house, Little Big Man.” We called him Granddaddy; he was Bigmama’s husband. He was a short but strong man, forgiving of my misbehavior, forthrightly religious, a good storyteller, skilled with his hands, able to fall asleep in his office chair, and intense but compassionate. He was a man who… Read More »
[May 12, 2024] Like so many children nationwide, Mother’s Day is a special time for her children to show their appreciation. My sister, brother, and I might have been young, not yet reaching the tender age of ten, but we knew our duty to cook Mom a spectacular, delicious, perfectly prepared breakfast, with cold orange juice and hot… Read More »
[May 11, 2024] One of the most celebrated and dominating players in baseball history, Walter Johnson established several pitching records, some of which remain unbroken, during his 21-year career with the Washington Senators. He is best known for his gentle nature, and to this day, he is held up as an example of good sportsmanship, while his name… Read More »
[May 10, 2024] The Babylon Bee strikes again with a series of hilariously funny, mocking articles that slander everybody and every trusted organization. Humor is good, and for many reasons I won’t articulate here, but let it be known that you will feel better with a bit of humor. Have it served daily so that you won’t be… Read More »
[May 9, 2024] Bigotry knows no bounds, and it is found wherever we also find an absence of the freedom of speech, religion, and right to assembly. America has been called the land of the free because there is a deep-seated commitment to those values that allow us to discuss what we disagree with openly. America’s Know-Nothing Party,… Read More »