I was traveling to a vacation destination and sitting in the breakfast area of a hotel in Jackson, Tennessee, reading and sipping hot tea. A group of workers were eating breakfast and one says, “Are you redeye?” Another replied, “Redeye.”…
Category: Editorial
I Threw That Apple!!!
Technically I threw half an apple. It was New Year’s Eve, 2021, staring 2022 in the face. My son, Jamin, and his wife Valerie was home from Austin for the weekend and I only had the one apple. He asked,…
He who promised is faithful
When I was growing up I had a love of being outdoors. My mom says as a baby I would scoot my walker over to the screen door and say, “Side… side…” I wanted to go outside. As a young…
Stay Calm, Stand Firm
As we continue to see liberty chipped away and attacks on Christians beginning to ramp up to make way for the new social justice religion, a few things stand out to me. The Hypocrisy Hillary Clinton still hasn’t conceded the…
Where the Heart Is
This country was founded by people like Patrick Henry who proclaimed, “Give me liberty or give me death!” The prevailing attitude today seems to be, “You can have my freedom if you will keep me safe.” The word “safe” is…
Be Safe, Stay Home?
“Be Safe. Stay Home.” The message pops up everywhere I look. Did you know that according to the CDC, 788,757 people die at home each year (2017 number). More than 6000 per year die of falls in the home. 5000…
Stop Sign Apology
During a driving exercise, I approached a stop sign, looked both ways to confirm nothing coming, and then proceeded through the intersection having come to about a 99% stop. The instructor barked at me to pull the car over. I glided to the edge of the road and put it in park.
God Loves Blue
There is a lot of talk these days about the police and whether they are to be respected, or to be opposed. I saw a post declaring that “cops … have destroyed our trust … [their] respect must be earned.”…
The End of the Internet
”The end of the internet as we know it!” Really??? The outcry over the repeal of the set of regulations known as “net neutrality” has literally made me laugh out loud. The lemmings fell in line behind those who beat…
No Gender December
There is a campaign going on to end “gendered marketing” to kids. On the website nogenderdecember.com it states, “Kids should be free to decide which toys interest them, without being informed by gendered marketing that something is ‘for them’ or…