

Gratitude Friday 5 9 25 - Annabelle Dittbrenner - a Force of Nature
When I think back at the people who have shaped my life, some really stand out. There were several people I was not particularly close to...
2 days ago4 min read


Gratitude Friday 05 2 25 – A US Marine Hero José Antonio Gutiérrez Say His Name Remember His Sacrifice
I recently read a book written by the late Senator John McCain. US Statesman and Vietnam POW. The book was called The Restless Wave, Good...
May 24 min read


Gratitude Friday 04 25 25 – My Back to the Old Man of Stoer as a Young Man
The Old Man of Stoer, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye Scotland I love to travel. Julie and I have done less of it in recent years for...
Apr 254 min read


Gratitude Friday 4 18 2025 – Through the Looking Glass of 1925
“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.” ― C.S. Lewis I...
Apr 183 min read


Gratitude Friday 04/11/25 A Mailman Who Made His Last Delivery
“I didn't expect to do this for a living, be a recording artist. I was just playing music for the fun of it and writing songs to ... that...
Apr 114 min read


Gratitude Friday 4 4 2025 Our Moai
“Alfred Métraux (1902–1963, a Swiss ethnologist who studied Easter Island extensively) wrote, “When the Easter Islanders of today are...
Apr 44 min read


Gratitude Friday 03 28 2025 – The Big U, Pride of American Engineering
“When completed in 1952, the ship was hailed as a technological masterpiece at a time when “made in America” meant the best.” - Steven...
Mar 284 min read


Gratitude Friday 03 21 2025 - A Discourse on Vigilante Justice for All of My 8 Readers
“ Hatred is like an acid. It can do more damage to the vessel in which it is stored as well than to the object on which it is poured ” -...
Mar 214 min read


GF 3 14 25 A Student of Non-Traditional Learning
“ The greatest teacher, failure is. We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters .” ― Yoda I am no Yoda, but I am...
Mar 144 min read


Gratitude Friday 3 7 25 Surviving Chaos: The Who at JFK Stadium 1982
I grew up in the golden age of rock music. We all know these bands, even as the musicians are either long gone or in their geriatric...
Mar 74 min read