Some people hate the President. Some people love him. A number of liberal reporters and pundits are among the most virulent haters. In their eyes, he can do nothing right. In my opinion, he has done a good job in dealing with the coronavirus crisis. He is fully involved in fighting the pandemic while continuing […]
In these rather grim times I thought I would be good to repeat two or three of my lighter entries from the past. This one, “Pantie Raids,” was posted on August 5, 2018. Those of you new to this blog may not have read it. Sexuality and the human sexual drive is a very powerful […]
During the coronavirus pandemic. I am usually a very optimistic person, but this feeling of isolation gets on one’s nerves. In the words of a wise philosopher, “This too will pass.” Nevertheless, going through a time of trial is no fun. For some reason these current events caused a writing of Edgar Allen Poe to […]
What a sad state of affairs! The coronavirus has played havoc with our lives, and no one knows how long this will continue. With everything closing (church, senior center, restaurants, etc.), I feel as if I’m a prisoner in my own home. Nevertheless, I thank God that I am healthy, and I pray that I […]
Sunrise off a beach near Cape Fear “The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His hands. ” Psalm 19:1 “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. ” Marcus Aurelius
From whence do we arrive our concept of beauty? I will never forget going on a fishing boat out to the Gulf Stream, some thirty miles off the coast of Carolina Beach, North Carolina. I was ten or eleven at the time, and I believe I was the first person on the boat to get […]
Two weeks ago Joseph Biden appeared to be a dead man walking. Suddenly, his political fortunes have experienced a revival. Most political observers were surprised by Biden’s impressive showing on Super Tuesday, March 3rd. On that day the former Vice-President won Democratic primaries in ten states. Bernie Sanders won only four. Biden was an […]
Have you ever experienced a phenomenon for which there appeared to be no logical explanation? Many years ago, sometime around 1950, my family and I were driving south on a highway near Raleigh, North Carolina. We were coming out of a rainstorm, and suddenly a white ball slowly dropped from the sky and landed […]
I remember my first movie. I can still call to mind images from that movie some eighty-five years after seeing it. I was five years old, and my parents took to me to a theater in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, to see a recently released film, Treasure Island, starring Wallace Berry, Lionel Barrymore, and the […]
A few days ago I had a brief political discussion with a casual friend. We stand on opposite ends of the political spectrum, so we usually avoid any exchange of opinions on that subject. On this occasion, however, I sought her reaction to the Democrat debate that had occurred the previous evening. It was […]
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