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As a U.S. Citizen and past holder of a foreign passport how could I not sit up and take notice when the other day I heard Melania was invited to speak at the naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens to … Continue reading →

It took a few minutes before noticing how profoundly different something could be . The feeling that something was completely out of the ordinary was near instant and yet it did take a bit of time to put the finger … Continue reading →

The House voted 311 to 114 to expel George Santos and there are those in our government that fear holding elected officials accountable for unethical behavior to be a dangerous precedent . How would we be able to re-elect our … Continue reading →

Some days just seem better than others and yesterday didn’t exactly seem like one of those . It started a week or so ago when a very slight intermittent noise would come and go from the front of the truck … Continue reading →

I spent another 10 minutes reading yet again another BBC article .This one is about the indigenous Kogi people in my wife’s country of birth way down south in Colombia .The Kogi have generally attempted to avoid contact with other … Continue reading →

It’s Thanksgiving Eve and just outside of town a very nice married couple park their very small food trailer on the side of a main thoroughfare every day except Sunday to sell their wares … home made tamales , taco … Continue reading →

Couple of weeks ago someone from the past made contact with me … No… not THE past… just my past … and a dormant forty year plus memory came back to life . It kind of caught me off guard … Continue reading →

Well it’s happened again . We got into a discussion with someone selling us tools that we want to ship to South America . When we mentioned the tools were going to South America and that we had a house … Continue reading →

Six years have passed but it seems like yesterday that half the country was laying claim that they really didn’t want somebody politically correct . I always viewed that statement to be a disguise to hide from the fact that … Continue reading →

I do a lot of packing and shipping of items from tools to toys and I recycle an awful lot of news papers in that effort. There is a nice lady who is a rare breed these days as she … Continue reading →

Lately by 5:25  a.m every morning I’ve found myself finishing up an enjoyable half hour or so of some very good reading on the BBC web site. Travel  , culture and arts , there are indeed some beautiful articles to … Continue reading →

My weekends can start any time I choose and this week it started on Thursday when I found myself in line for tires at the local Ford Garage at 6:20 a.m. to await the 7 a.m. opening time . It … Continue reading →

Until two days ago I can’t recall the last time I’d read my horoscope and two days ago it gave me this advice for the week ….. ” Ease up and try listening to what others have to say, you … Continue reading →

Well young Matt Gaetz did it, he stirred the shit pot till all the flies swarmed in an angry buzz and then slunk away . Well kind of … now he’s busy sending disparaging letters to the Secretary of the … Continue reading →

I wanted to write about something else today but something else caught my brown eye ….. It was a picture on the internet of the largest fossilized example of a human turd known to exist. Discovered by construction workers in … Continue reading →

It’s quite certain we’ll need to take a different tack if we’re ever going to elect a man who’s produced absolutely zero legislation of any kind over the past sixteen years to become third in line to the Presidency. After … Continue reading →

Well just to set the record straight I’m going to admit to a little knee jerk reaction like most people in the country when a “news” story breaks out . I’m talking about my story the other day concerning the … Continue reading →

Yesterday I accused The Florida Governor of using an unfortunate incident to put on yet another big show in the hopes it might help a Presidential campaign . I’ll stand by that accusation because that’s exactly what it was . … Continue reading →

So here we go again .Words and performance yet again … from another showman . The Governor of Florida claims to have just signed an executive order …. Well that’s truly interesting and to be truthful I’m truthfully curious. I’d … Continue reading →

Once in a while at the grocery store you might notice one of those cliche black Veterans ball caps on the head of an old guy that says ” Tin Can Sailor ” . Lot’s of people don’t know what … Continue reading →

It was Saturday morning a week ago when the wife and I attended an estate sale for fun as is our usual routine while seeking treasures to sell for profit . It was a bust as there was very little … Continue reading →

I think perhaps you could come up with a politically motivated conspiracy theory for each and every week since …..well , maybe since Obama was a Muslim or Kenyan or something .The theories run the gamut from as frivolous as … Continue reading →

We’d come home from the Fish Depot with a gorgeous pure white fillet of Cod so fresh it was likely swimming happily off the coast of New England just the day before . As I popped it into the fridge … Continue reading →

I’ll start this off with an answer to a question . Yes, the answer is yes I do. The question to the answer being is do I think the book Gender Queer should be banned from the public school system? … Continue reading →

The wife’s four year old 4G phone has been acting up lately and people she talks to incessantly have been having a hard time hearing her as suddenly everything goes quiet. Sometimes it’s been a bit like the old fashioned … Continue reading →