Broken, But Still Running
Sometimes the little things that go wrong can hide the wondrous things life has given you. The subtitle of my musings has long been “Life is a Sitcom.” Some days…
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September 13, 2025
Not Quite Enuf… A Life in Summary
One of my college profs once told a story I’ve never forgotten. A teacher asked a student to summarize the meaning of life. His first attempt ran 10 pages. Too…
September 6, 2025
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The $20 Powerball That Almost Cost Me Everything
Thou shalt not cause excess stress on an old man with a heart and bladder that don’t work very well. Yay Pacemaker/Defibrillator and SPC (you can look that one up…
August 28, 2025
“I’d Walk a Mile for a Camel”
You might remember that line. "I'd walk a mile for a Camel." Way back when, like about 70 years ago, that was a famous ad line for Camel cigarettes, a…
August 19, 2025
Risking it All for Cracker Barrel
Seems like yesterday.As a matter of fact, it was yesterday. 8:30-ish AM — “Good morning, Marjorie. Let’s go to one of your favorites: Cracker Barrel in North Charleston.” Sure, there…
August 12, 2025
The Ring
German composer, Richard Wagner wrote a series of four operas, which he entitled The Ring of the Niebelung. Took him over 20 years to write, and it takes 15 hours…
August 5, 2025
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Who were your heroes? John Wayne in The Sands of Iwo Jima, Back to Bataan, and Flying Tigers.Gary Cooper in High Noon.Roy Rogers or Gene Autry in about a million different westerns?? Nope. None…
July 31, 2025
Folly Beach: The Sitcom Continues
Just Margie and me, and her sister makes three.Mary Louise came down from Virginia to spend the week with us.Now it’s just the three of us, catching our breath after…
July 19, 2025
Goin South…Really South
No, I don’t mean goin’ south to Miami. Or even Mexico.I’m talkin’ about south of the equator. The southern hemisphere.South latitude in my navigator days. Minus latitude today. In 1963,…
July 6, 2025
Dogs Have Masters. Cats Have Staff
Now I am a cat person. Never thought I'd say that, but I have evolved over 86 years into an honest to goodness cat person. We had a dog, Teddi,…
July 1, 2025