How many of y’all remember your algebra? Well, this is the lesson for the day kids. A negative plus a negative equal a positive, right? That’s the math rule anyways. When I was growing up and going through school my stepmom, who had a Masters in math, was my tutor. I still got c’s inContinue reading “A Negative Plus a Negative Equals”
Author Archives: Randy Norton
Message in a Bottle
Have you ever walked the beach and daydreamt about finding an old bottle just lying on the shore, corked and sealed. You peer inside and see what looks like what could be paper. Your heart quickens as your mind races to what it could be. A buried treasure map, a love letter, someone’s last words.Continue reading “Message in a Bottle”
In the Land of Make Believe
How does the story go? Oh yeah, once upon a time, yeah, yeah, that’s it. Once upon a time there was a land, but the land was make believe. Everyone lived in the land, but nobody was really living. Have you heard this story? This is a story of all of us. We as homo-sapiensContinue reading “In the Land of Make Believe”
Candy Canes
I recently had an experience. I found hot cocoa flavored candy canes. I am always skeptical about things like this but I’m usually willing to try. So, I did. I’m not a fan of plain Ol candy canes in general but I’m here to say this flavor was one of the best candy canes IContinue reading “Candy Canes”
Afraid Of The Dark
When we are born, we come from a dark protected place into a cold bright scary world. Everything is so loud and overwhelming. Being passed from person to person, shaking, crying, exposed to the real world out from our protected cocoon. We were safe in the dark. So why do we now associate the darkContinue reading “Afraid Of The Dark”
Food Poisoning
I recently went out to eat at a Chinese buffet. Everything looked so good, and there was a huge variety. I ate my fill, came home and felt fine but later the next day it hit me. My belly said nope you’re not going to do this. The next night was even worse. And afterContinue reading “Food Poisoning”
Do You Have The Time
I’m not specifically asking if you know what time it is although it is pertinent to my thought process. It’s a multilayered statement. First, if I take the time to ask you the time, do you have the time to tell me. Isn’t that what life is, a journey of time. When we stop andContinue reading “Do You Have The Time”
Cruising
A friend of mine recently took a cruise and it got me thinking, again. Here’s the thing. People take cruises and from what I hear they absolutely love them for the most part. What do they love? Well, they love the scenery, they love to be catered to, and they love the destination, which isContinue reading “Cruising”
Puff of Smoke
Last night I watched One Love, the story about Bob Marley. I learned a few things that I didn’t know. I learned a little about Rastafari and some of what they believe and follow. I learned that Bob didn’t smoke cigarettes in a time that almost everyone was smoking. But he did smoke a lotContinue reading “Puff of Smoke”
Strange Days
I remember laying on my living room floor in 1986 thinking, how old will I be in the year 2000? And now it’s 2024. Time has flown by. I’m now in my 50’s and I have seen and experienced things I never would have dreamed of way back in 1986 let alone in 2000. AndContinue reading “Strange Days”
To See Or Not To See 