Do you remember the molasses and caramel flavored popcorn in a red, white and blue box? The familiarity of seeing the little sailor boy and his dog on the outside packaging. The anticipation of the sweet treat on our tongues. And of course, the excitement of dumping the entire box out on the counter toContinue reading “Cracker Jacks”
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Treadmill of Nullity
What is life? Simple but profound question. It’s been asked countless times and answered in countless ways. People write books about it, teach about it, hypothesize about it. I’m no different in sharing my own thoughts about it. One of the masses with a pin prick concept of a thought. I truly cannot articulate toContinue reading “Treadmill of Nullity”
Shades of Grey
As I’ve aged, I’ve been able to glean some wisdom along the way. That’s what we’re supposed to do, right? Gain wisdom through mistakes, experience and triumphs. But as I look around, I see so many shades of grey manifesting about me. The teenage teenyboppers acting like they know everything in the world, when theyContinue reading “Shades of Grey”
Times of Change
I’m a Generation X. I don’t know what that means really but I do know that each generation is a little bit different. My generation, I feel, was unique. We grew up in such a time of technological change. When I was a young teenager, we got our first microwave. Phones were still dial andContinue reading “Times of Change”
In Just a Minute
How many minutes are in a day? There are 1440 of them. How many minutes in a week? How about 10,080. Seems like a lot of minutes doesn’t it. How many minutes do we waste on dumb, insignificant stuff that has no real meaning or bearing in our lives. I’d say millions. And yet weContinue reading “In Just a Minute”
Imprisoned Houses
We as individual people have become imprisoned in our own lives. The internet has been a big part of the undoing of the processes that kept us healthy and alive. As children we played outside, we got dirty, we got skinned knees, we drank from the hose and jumped our bikes off rickety made woodContinue reading “Imprisoned Houses”
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”
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”
To See Or Not To See 