Category Archives: Describe Your Ride

In the overall scheme of things it is hard to describe just how very little politics matters in my life. And I think it all stems back to a political science class I took at St. Clair Community College in … Continue reading →

Yesterday was one of those days that rolls around every 15 or 20 years or so in North Carolina when the temperatures in February reach record highs. The recorded temperature yesterday for Boone was 69 degrees, surpassing by 7 degrees … Continue reading →

One of the major differences between North Carolina and my previous home state of Michigan is the incidences of freezing rain/ice storms during the winter months. My memory of Michigan is that the sky clouded over in late October and … Continue reading →

What I know about dreams and what they mean can fit neatly into an extra small coffee cup—the kind like those upscale shops use to put a shot of espresso. One gulp and it’s finished. What I do know is … Continue reading →

I remember back in the early to mid eighties when I worked at the Jefferson Times newspaper, I had to come up with editorial and feature ideas for the twice a week publication on a very “regular” basis. I would … Continue reading →

The past couple of weeks have been an unsettled mosaic of events that have not really seemed to make a pattern I can recognize other than to say most of my time has been spent inside feeding the wood stove … Continue reading →

Last week I flew to Kentucky on business and in between doing what I was there to do, I was able to visit a “destination location” called Jungle Jim’s. Jungle Jim’s International Market is actually located in Fairfield, Ohio, just … Continue reading →

Even though business trips are not necessarily something that I look forward to, I always enjoy what accompanies them: the time to reflect and the opportunity to see and experience new things. Reflection brings with it new perspectives on many … Continue reading →

Every once and a while my mind is confronted with a piece of information that I really didn’t see coming. Like this past Saturday—hanging out in the mall while my wife and daughter shopped, I picked up a book on … Continue reading →

I will have to admit that I am at my most vulnerable between the hours of 3 and 4 o’clock in the morning. It is between these two digits that I often wake to vivid dreams or thoughts related to … Continue reading →