Month: December 2020

Reflections on the New Year

December 31, 2020 I think there is nearly universal agreement, here in the US and everywhere, that 2020 was — on the whole — a very challenging year. As we sit perched on the threshold of a new year, I am hopeful that 2021 will be… Continue Reading “Reflections on the New Year”

A Christmas Morning Wish for Everyone Today

I wish all of you a wonderful Christmas. This piece of mine was originally posted on Christmas Day, 2007 on another site.  A Christmas wish for everyone today This has been a challenging year for me in a lot of ways, yet I find… Continue Reading “A Christmas Morning Wish for Everyone Today”

Solving Life’s Little Mysteries

Sometimes in life, you find yourself trying to make sense of something and yet the mystery defies your attempts to explain it. I’m always putting together theories to explain such things, and sometimes those theories are spectacularly wrong. Or very incomplete. I was in… Continue Reading “Solving Life’s Little Mysteries”

It’s National Brownie Day

Yes, today is National Brownie Day! So I’ll bet you know what I was doing at 1 a.m. this morning… Yeah, you’re right. And it helped to warm up a pretty cold house, too. I haven’t baked brownies a good long while but considering… Continue Reading “It’s National Brownie Day”