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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...

7/21/24 The blame partially goes to Gene Logsdon (11/5/1931-5/31/2016) RIP, and to his friend and mentor, Wendell Berry.  Sometime in the...

Lura Mae Swift Robinson July 14, 2024 For many years, Rett has sung the Irish lullaby, “Tura-lura-lura” to our children and now to our...

THE GOOD U.S. Constitution Article III Section 1. The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in...

You're a grand old flag, You're a high flying flag And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of The land I love. The home of...

This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island, From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;...

Cherry-Ripe Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry Full and fair ones; come and buy If so be you ask me where They do grow, I answer: There Where...

Consider this:  what if the sun began to slow down its decent toward the horizon, and you were able to experience perpetual daylight? ...

It is with great love and pride that I quote my daughter, Caroline, from an article she wrote for YWCA Columbus -“Y Now: The time is...

The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci Who is this person (self) who wakes from sleep each morning, becomes aware of wakefulness,...

Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd; Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks, I don't care if I never get back. For...

May 15, 2024 This morning as a gentle Spring rain falls on the gardens at Merry Mount, outside the window of the sunporch where I read...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY Dorsey Lou Justice Woliver Tribute to Mother A picture memory brings to me; I look across the years and see Myself...

How many of us, given the opportunity, have the knowledge and/or experience to literally build our family a new house? Last week my...

The April 25, 2024 edition of  “The Morning” from the NYT included a piece about campus protests in the US over the Hamas/Israeli war. ...

On Earth Day 2024, how (in-form-ed) are we about this miraculous sphere on which we exist?   Have we stopped long enough to recognize...

Imitation is the highest compliment mediocrity pays to genius. Sometime around the year 2000, I found myself with enough leisure time to...

If cloud cover permits, on April 8, 2024, residents living at 6090 Junk Road, Mount Sterling, Ohio will be able to see a 99.7% solar...

Today’s blog post is a tale of two inosculated stories: one from the scriptures; and one, a travelogue along the Via...

3/24/24 Unfortunately, there is a strong attempt from the conservative political right to turn back advances in diversity, equity, and...