I am a redhead! Well, let’s say that for several years I was a redhead, and then the grey set in. However, I still think of myself as a redhead! I had no idea that George Washington was a redhead. You always see him with this long white hair, which was his real hair, by the way. It is pulled
The Super Bowl is over. We will reorganize for the next season and look forward to supporting our favorite team. In the meantime, we will wear jerseys, sweatshirts, and caps. My neighborhood has a great small park for all the families. The park is designed for the toddler age group with safe swings, slides, climbing, and hanging things. A single
This may be a rather odd title, but the story bears telling. When our daughter was 3 or 4 years old, we went to a large indoor crafts fair at the Fair Grounds. The space was huge and filled with booth after booth of wonderful handmade things. As a small child, she was mesmerized and, of course, found numerous things
How do these two experiences go together? I live outside of Washington, D.C., and I have flown in and out of the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport numerous times. The parking is horrible, but I never once worried about the flight, departure, or landing. In fact, I absolutely love watching the approach over the water out of the little window
Do you remember daydreaming? Sitting in the cool shade or whizzing round the block on your bicycle? Dreaming of catapulting off to the places you had seen on TV or read about in books. The call of adventure was real, present, and just slightly beyond your reach. Yet, you knew that someday, somehow that expectation would become real. As you
A man and woman fall in love. Sometimes the experience is a magical sense of love at first sight. Something in the brain of each person recognizes the other in a way that makes an immediate connection. Sometimes the experience is a building of friendship over time that bursts into a deep loving connection. Sometimes the connection is arranged and
This is a marvelous word. Take a moment and pronounce it aloud. You must push air out of your mouth to create the sound. Think about that. Here is a word with real potential and as you say it you are pushing air out between your lips. The air just explodes! Is not that what you want when you are
Are you familiar with these abbreviations? I am sure the first one is very familiar, and the second means the same. The second is just an older version. Etc. stands for et cetera, which means “and other similar things”. We use this abbreviation to indicate that the list we are making has other members, and they are too numerous to
As the New Year approaches, everyone begins to review the past year and make resolutions for the coming one. Hopefully, a connection exists between what you have experienced over the past year and what you hope to experience moving forward. Connecting these two is essential. The categories are standard: Family, Health, Friends, Work, Country, Faith. Perhaps you add one or
This essay will be a divergence from previous ones as this is a rant and not an essay. So, stop reading here if you wish. It is dark and it is about 10 pm. We are leaving our daughter’s home to go home to our place. The roads are narrow, with parking on both sides, so meeting a car requires
