I’m not sure where you stand regarding the current status of the United States Postal Service. As the Feds deal with the current funding issues for the USPS, some have promoted the concept of mass mail-in ballots for the November election. Without getting involved in the politics of the current situation, I believe service should …
Category: Current Events
Friendly Competition
Brady vs. TGO If you read my last story you know that I asked for your help in judging a poetry writing contest. I’d like to thank all of you who read and responded. I appreciate those of you who read and chose to let others decide the outcome. If you didn’t read it, shame …
Covid 19 and My Kids’ Inheritance
I play poker with a group every two weeks. Nothing big. Just a friendly game. My friend, Dave, and I are the last of the original group that started forty-three years ago. Players have wandered in and out, but most stay until they move away. The majority of the current group has been playing for …
Looking Forward
Ruth and I discuss the current health situation on a daily basis. We, like I expect most, are not happy with all the orders. We follow them and accept that we’re all in this together. We’re washing, masking and social distancing as required. During our time in Florida everything available to us ,except golf, was …
IMO
This cartoon appeared in the paper several weeks ago. The message is directed at the global pandemic and its ramifications for us all. It’s intent is clear, why can’t we work together? Since its publication we’ve seen national attention brought to the movement, Black Lives Matter. Some have countered with All Lives Matter or …
Staying with the Kids
David and Lindsay were scheduled to go to California to stay with the hippies, Elizabeth and Sutton, for a few days, but things fell through when the governor of California tightened things up again because of the coronavirus. Lindsay was going to sing two “gigs” with them. Her peeps are disappointed. The entire San Diego …
Jimmy Stewart and Me
Jimmy Stewart starred in the 1958 film, Vertigo, with Kim Novak. It’s a psychological thriller directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. Stewart plays a former police detective forced into early retirement because a line of duty incident caused him to develop acrophobia (an extreme fear of heights) and vertigo (a false sense of rotational movement). …
The Next Day After Tomorrow Morning
Our friend, Sally, visited us this past summer. She lived near us for several years and ran a very successful real estate business. After her three boys were grown, she moved to Myrtle Beach. She returns to Michigan about once a year. Last summer she brought a new friend to dinner at our house. As …
Lock Down
One of the neighbors in our “hood” offered up this observation the other day. I found it amusing, so I thought I’d share it with you. I’m not sure if she actually wrote it, or found it somewhere on line, but here it is. Just be careful because people are going crazy from being in …
The Coronavirus and Me
The current health crisis has brought great uncertainty to the world. People want guidance, answers, deadlines, and most of all, they want to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The problem is compounded by the fact that no one knows how long the tunnel is. We’re not used to the inconvenience that …