Archive for the Thoughts Category

Grateful—play it forward

  In a world where everything seems to be spinning in the wrong direction, a few incidents have come to mind which show that there are positives.   Last night at our monthly meeting of the Widow’s Bite, we were talking as we normally do.  One of

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Hope for Change….

I had the occasion to watch the RNC this week.  It was a pleasant change from the reruns that are currently on television.     I don’t so much watch television, as I listen to it.   No, I do not have vision problems, I am usually multi-tasking, and my

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The tail is wagging the dog….

I remember when I was young and living with my parents.  My father, never one to mince words, had a saying for things that did not line up correctly. He would say, “That’s the tail wagging the dog,” whenever he would see something out-of-order, or off kilter. 

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Appropriate for today……

The people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them

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