Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Being Frank About Life

  • “Surviving Autocracy”

    Masha Gessen just released her new book, Surviving Autocracy. I just started it and it has already pulled me in. As I read last night, the last two sentences of…


  • When Will the Democrats Ever Learn?!

    The Democrats haven’t learned. Again! Words matter! We live in a society bombarded with slogans, acronyms, and emojis. Any of these can be turned into a political ad within hours,…


  • Ostriches

    https://images.app.goo.gl/YGgEd4NgAJCGQ2ys5 A recent poll had the man in the Oval Office’s approval rating at 45% (ironic eh?). My first thought was how in the world is it still that high?…


  • COVID-19 Has Ended

    If you are watching the TV tube, you see all sorts of reports saying new cases and deaths due to COVID-19 are holding steady overall. You will also see the…


  • Trial Separation from All Facebook Products

    It will be hard, as I enjoy reading about everyone’s lives, news shares, birthdays, and more on Facebook. Instagram is where I get a lot of my baking ideas. Messenger…


  • 16+ Reasons We Are Where We Are

    And this link. Both the article and the graphic are older news. Some of the people are no longer in the positions they once held. But, it makes their influence…


  • Be Back Tomorrow

    Too many thoughts and the words aren’t coherent this evening. Hopefully they coalesce better tomorrow.


  • Leaders of Conscience, Why Have You Forsaken Us?

    “Come to me, all you who are toiling and loaded, and I will refresh you.” (Matthew 11:28) Jesus was a protester (Luke 4:16-31, Matthew 4:23-25, Luke 5:15, Mark 2:1-12, Luke…


  • Democrats: Where are you?!

    Too often I ask myself, where are our elected Democrats? We have a pandemic, massive protests, and rioting occurring right now in our nation! Now is the time to be…


  • “The Fires are Necessary”

    Photosource: https://thevillagereporter.com/minneapolis-police-station-torched-amid-george-floyd-protest/ Reading through all of the protest and riot news today, two things are stuck in my mind. One is how it appears those who want to start race…


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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.