Saturday, March 08, 2025

The U-Haul Game

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  Some of you might be wondering, “The U-Haul Game, what’s that?”   It’s a game we made up when our kids were young to keep them entertained...
Saturday, February 22, 2025

Now and Then Photograph This Day 2015 to 2025

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  Facebook sends reminders, a photograph of what we thought was interesting enough to post for all to see and then asks if we’d like to comp...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Thirteen Fourths

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  Today’s my wife Lucy’s birthday. I’ll be taking her out this coming Friday at the Texas Roadhouse for a steak dinner.   She already has ev...
Saturday, February 15, 2025

You must know my father, T F Stern

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I was on the phone talking with my son on his birthday a little while ago.   The conversation turned to eating out on Valentine’s Day.   Nei...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

From Approval to Disgust in Less Than an Hour

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  Various articles get my attention while going down those entered on Facebook.   Today was no different as I stumbled across a photograph o...
Saturday, February 08, 2025

It’s 908

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While cranking up my laptop this morning to catch up with email and news items, the familiar warm-up screen presented itself letting me know...
Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Reality Checks and Bad Habits

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  While watching the movie, A Beautiful Mind , there was an interesting exchange between a fellow named Martin who was interviewing Professo...
Saturday, December 14, 2024

Parrot and the Plumber

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  I thought I’d written this story down years ago; but it isn’t in my files.   Either it was misplaced or filed under a title that didn’t ma...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Between Three and Five Worked

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  Yesterday the Check Engine light came on in our Hyundai Sonata while we were driving near Palestine, Texas.   We didn’t panic as we were o...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Another Dr Pepper If You Please

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Some gifts keep on giving long after first being shared.   For example, this morning, as part of a habit after taking my vitamins, I tore of...
Thursday, November 07, 2024

Choose Wisely

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  While drifting back and forth between getting up and starting my day or remaining under the covers enjoying the last vestiges of dreamland...
Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Difference Between Jubilation and Gloating

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  Donald Trump has proven victorious in the presidential elections; it would be difficult to condense the political snobbery into a short se...
Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Are We Reaping the Whirlwind?

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  Today is Election Day and about half of our nation’s inhabitants are unable to discern political ideologies on the ballot.   Too many thin...
Monday, November 04, 2024

You and I Can Still Be Neighborly

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  As Election Day and all the political challenges are at peak, let’s remember to be neighborly regardless of which candidate we support.   ...