Month: October 2022
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Gray Pride
Reading Time: < 1 minute Belongingness is right smack in the middle of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs…above food, clothing, shelter and safety, but below esteem and self-actualization. Most people spend their whole life joining groups and organizations that share their interests and help them feel good about themselves. Sometimes the organizations even help them “leave… Read more
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Legitimate, Honest-to-God Tragedy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Regular visitors to my blog know I’m a voracious reader. Many also know I’m a history buff. My interest in history intensified over the last 15 years as I’ve learned to connect what’s happened in the past to current events. It puts so much in context and explains the seemingly unexplainable.… Read more
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Genius!?
Reading Time: < 1 minute I’ve been wracking my brain this week for inspiration for this post. No luck. I got up from my desk and told Randy I had absolutely no inspiration for Friday’s post. Before I even got to the office door the word “inspiration” triggered a memory of a quote from Thomas… Read more
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A High School Hero
Reading Time: 3 minutes A couple of days ago this image of a Betty Crocker cookbook was posted on Facebook. A friend of mine from high school made a comment. Several other friends and family (of a certain age) also made comments. In fact, there were 87,000 comments so I guess it’s no surprise I… Read more
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Good Old-Fashioned Paper Books
Reading Time: < 1 minute Xfinity (Comcast) is the major cable service in the area. In many places, 2+ weeks after Hurricane Ian, many people still don’t have cable service. Facebook and Next Door are flooded with people screaming about this. There are reports of residents chasing Xfinity linemen with baseball bats. Randy and I… Read more
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Hurricane Ian
Reading Time: 3 minutes First, I have to say I am sick of talking about Hurricane Ian. It came, it conquered, it moved on. For a lot of Floridians, their lives forever after will be defined by this catastrophic weather event. I understand. We dealt with something similar in 2003 when we went through a… Read more