Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Being Frank About Life

  • Filibuster, Presidential Executive Orders, and Signing Statements Have All Got to Go

    Simply stated, three things add aggravation, discord, and drama where it isn’t needed at the Federal level of government. None of these three things are in the U.S. Constitution, therefore,…


  • The Inevitable Call

    This evening as we were walking the dog, we got the call we knew was inevitable. It was the high school calling to say students would be in class on…


  • My Mercury Must Be in Retrograde

    Today was not my day to be in the kitchen, or in the fields. My plan was to go pick a bushel of blackberries to can some jam, jelly, syrup,…


  • Ack! Can’t Settle My Mind with the Madness Around Me

    My mind will not focus tonight. It keeps going around and around about the madness, the inequity, the arrogance going on around me as a member of the United States…


  • I’ve Put It Out There, Finally

    It took over two years to finally put words to paper. It took almost a year to finish those words. It took almost two months to muster the courage to…


  • We Must Vote

    The trumplicans are scared. The Republicans have been scared for years. Old white men are scared. White people are scared. They are scared of losing power. They are scared the…


  • Feeding Those in Need with the Help of Our Faith Members

    On our way to a farm this past weekend to buy apples, we drove by a church. What caught my eye about the church, was the vegetable garden growing on…


  • Canning Day 2

    Short post today as it is late. Been canning since 3:30 this afternoon. The peaches, as I said yesterday, would be ready today. And, they were. Wasn’t sure, as always,…


  • Best Laid Plans

    The plan for the day was to get the peaches canned, along with a bit of applesauce and apple butter. However, nature had other plans in store. When I went…


  • My Cooking Mentors and Influencers

    While out walking our dog for her lunch time sniff around the neighborhood, we ran into a neighbor. He had a question about education, e-learning, and how to support his…


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These are the inner wonderings and thoughts of a middle-aged man who happens to be a father, husband, grandfather, friend, brother, son, and thinker.