Yesterday, I was sitting right here in my comfortable chair.  My friend was sitting across the room on the sofa.  Suddenly, our ears were being assaulted by the blaring of a smoke detector.  As most of you know, smoke detectors are designed to be annoying, loud, and persistent.  This one was.  Now I had just… Continue reading The Smoke Detector is Blaring !

My biological father sometimes told me, “No man is completely useless.” Having learned that this teaching moment usually came at moments of his frustration, I would pause and look over at him.  Then he would finish the thought, “He can always serve as a horrible example.” This morning I have realized again I am not completely… Continue reading But, First I Will . . .

Good morning, when I was a child people referred to seasons like this as an “Indian Summer.”  I never heard what it is about India that made that name appropriate.  But it was always a time when the weather got hot again after one thought it had cooled off for the Autumn season.  I guess… Continue reading Why ? Does it work ?