You reader, put this matter to a test: You are sitting now in your office--six clerks are within call. Summon any one and make this request:...

I walk over to my laptop and make a quick “click”. The sounds of Aretha Franklin fill the classroom…. Chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, c...

I visited my father a couple of weekends ago and walked over some of his property. Today, most of it is heavily wooded, but in the early day...

I can remember how the painted wooden planks of our front porch felt on my bare feet during the hot and lazy days of July. I can remember th...

I’ve been in a fog since Christmas. I know the New Year has come and gone. I know that I should have hit the ground running with resolutions...

The Spanish American War tends to be the event where the term yellow journalism arises, and in my opinion it is an appropriate spot to discu...

The White House theme this year for Christmas decorations is “Simple Gifts”…. emphasizing what Mrs. Obama says are the simple things at Chri...

I love the premise behind the National Treasure movies where members of the Gates family feel compelled to solve a series of historical clu...

The Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth Rock in November, 1620. Can you imagine moving to a “New World”? Can you imagine moving anywhere for t...

Several months ago I was embroiled in an online conversation at a local forum I visit from time to time. The topic of discussion had twisted...

Isn’t this a great image for Veterans Day? A very close childhood friend, Kim Rounseville Herrington, shared this image with me and many ...

Puerto Rico is NOT a place you normally think about when you want to discuss violent uprisings, massacres, and plots to assassinate the pres...

My niece and sister sent this link to me the other day. It is an obituary for the grandparent of one of my niece’s friends. This line caught...

When I was growing up the words said at bed time included ‘good night’ and ‘I love you’ along with the phrase ‘Tie-Tie’ and ‘Sleep tight, do...

Yes, I know this is a piano, but look at the two china looking objects on top of the piano...... What are they????? What are they used for...

Hmmmm….Why is that hunk of wood placed next to the bed? What is it for? Other bloggers post wordless images on Wednesday , too. Visit th...

At some point in every young girl’s life she realizes the importance of silver. Perhaps it is when she has a female relative who is gettin...

I have several things I want to share this morning, so……….hang on. First is The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era …….it’s pub...

I’m not happy with Congress these days…..I don’t know many of my fellow Americans that are. My title says it all. They play using my tax dol...