Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

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 down this morning to check the peaches, of course they weren’t ready yet. Usually they are ripe and ready to be used about three days… Continue reading Best Laid Plans

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 employees who are single mom’s and who have no one to make sure their children are doing their e-learning every day during this pandemic. As… Continue reading My Cooking Mentors and Influencers

Busy baking this evening. Making banana bread for the family and a couple of neighbors I’ve not shared with for a while. Talk to you tomorrow.

John Robert Lewis was buried today. I listened/watched his funeral while doing my work. Admittedly, and so very white of me, I really didn’t know who Representative John Lewis was until his infamous sit-in of the House of Representatives’ Chamber, working to force a vote on gun regulation. Although I have seen Selma several times,… Continue reading A Longing for Normalcy

Yesterday, I was not in a good place. Although I had wished it was just me feeling such anger, it is comforting to know I am not alone in my feelings. Although nothing has actually changed from yesterday, I am in a better place. I’m in that better place due to the support of family… Continue reading 24 Hours Later

Am I the only person who wakes up feeling good, ready for the day, then it hits we are in the middle of a pandemic, an economic crisis, and a country that seems to be falling apart, led by an infantile little man who has no meta cognitive skills, working hard to become an authoritarian… Continue reading A Day of Anger

As I watch, read, and listen to the events unfolding across our country, I keep coming back to the question, “How did anyone ever support the Republicans, and how do people now support trumpists and the man in the Oval Office?” In my wondering, I have the picture in my mind of a family member… Continue reading Trying to Reconcile a Dichotomy

I don’t understand. Please explain this to me like I’m a five-year-old. People in Portland are protesting, which I do understand and fully support. They are protesting in support and solidarity of Black Lives Matter, which I fully support, and the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too too many other people of color.… Continue reading Explain so a Five-Year-Old Would Understand – Take 3

Everyday I sit and scroll through Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. LinkedIn is usually pretty neutral in the posts I see. Facebook can be a mix of sad, good, funny, along with a mix of politics with some people I’ve always thought of as being smart still backing the man in the Oval Office to my… Continue reading DO SOMETHING ALREADY!