Long ago there was no money. Well that kind of sounds like today doesn’t it? Seems there are very few of us mere mortals who always have enough money jingle jangling in our pockets. But in reality there was no money like we know money. There was always a way to pay for goods and services without the green and silver things we know as money today. Believe it or not some places, … [Read more...]

It is no secret between me and my friends that there are just some things that I will not try when it comes to eating. I have no trouble saying, “No Way!” when say a deep fried scorpion weaved on a stick is waved under my nose. I have been approached with a hermitically sealed bag of chocolate covered ants that someone shakes in my face telling me they are just soooooooo good. … [Read more...]

There seems to be an unwritten guideline as to the times everyone in a household rises from slumber in the mornings. It’s amazing that the people in families get into the swing of things at different times each regular day. Oh there are days that are not regular. The day the family is going on vacation everyone is front and center. Everyone heading out for some family activity … [Read more...]

Spring is a grand time for day dreaming. The sun has finally come out for more than ten minutes and hopefully you find time to sit and soak up some warmth. In your soaking time there is what can be described as the calm before the storm. Because before we know it the earth wakes up and the race is on to get everything done at once. Farming begins, the yard, summer vacation … [Read more...]

Strength. Determination. Drive. The burning desire to get something done, whatever the something is that has been put in your line of sight. All of those things constitute intestinal fortitude. We all have those traits to some degree. But. Yes an intestinal driven “but.” When I see something that must have taken not only intestinal fortitude but a vision. Oh my brain goes into … [Read more...]

Strange events that come into our lives sometimes come more than once in different circumstances. But! Yes a strangely different “but.” The sameness comes through no matter the differences. For instance… Some time ago my father-in-law, LaVerne and I were out bailing hay one warm summer night. The moon was about half so there was some moonlight and we would go back and forth, … [Read more...]

We all move at different paces. Paces change with the tasks we are preforming. The performance of tasks is directly related to a few factors. First of course is if we even want to do whatever is on our list of things to do. I need to write every week. I can zoom through a writing task like water through a colander. But! Yes a somewhat sloth like “but.” Ask me to take clothes … [Read more...]

I believe every generation has problems coming to grips with the new things that are invented by the generation coming of age. The industrial revolution was to me the age of invention that will never be out done. There are though some things, now that I am of a certain generation, that I am amazed by. Not only amazed but sometimes a titch uncomfortable with. One of those is the … [Read more...]