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You better watch out, you better not cry, Better not pout, I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town.   But alas, due to climate...

Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas portrait of Maria Callas Angelina Jolie viewing a portrait of Maria Callas in the portrait gallery at the...

According to ucihealth.org , there are approximately 2 million nonagenarians in the US presently, and growing!  Three of my favorites...

The calendar has flipped to December, and once again, we turn our attention to Winter and celebrate the holiday season. As is the...

As a prelude to Thanksgiving when our attention moves to great food and those who prepare it, I bring your prevenance to David Bouley....

At Day-Opening in November Color is fading from the reds and yellows That cling to the branches Like timid children To their mothers....

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” -Dr. Wayne Dyer The happenings of the past week...

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For the sake and wellbeing of my granddaughter, Asa RUTH Woliver, and her twin sisters (Joy and Eva), and all women who reside in the...

10/26/24 Tonight millions of Americans will watch the 1st game of the 2024 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles...

The story of immigration to the United States told by the American right often begins with lies.  In a speech last month in Wisconsin,...

What is this voice in the wind? I often tilt my head to sniff the air at Merry Mount and/or to seek the direction of the wind. Most often...

10/06/2024 Today, on the occasion of my 72nd birthday, I offer one theory on Immortality. My life closed twice before its close— It yet...

The leaves of brown came tumbling down Remember in September in the rain The Sun went out just like a dying ember That September in the...

9/22/24 Fall Equinox Wood engraving by Wesley Bates For me, Fall Equinox is a time for reflection and as my farming neighbors begin their...

Shadow of a "small stripling"- CPW Pastoral   The day’s grown old; the fainting sun Has but a little way to run And yet his steeds, with...

The concept of  “stars aligning”  is a common idiom used to describe when everything seems to come together perfectly, as if the universe...

8/18/24   This past weekend, Rett and I had the great pleasure of joining our children and their spouses and our three granddaughters at...

painting by Andrew Wyeth 1947 It's a lazy afternoon And the beetle bugs are zooming And the tulip trees are blooming And there's not...

Admiral William McRaven Some of us remember the phrase “Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche” that was the title of a book that had started out as a...