Restoration

If there is anything I have learned in five plus decades, it is simply that one can never go back. ...

Just before a New Year, one naturally reflects.  It is almost as if we cannot help ourselves.  We review the...

Mantles are not easy to pass.  First, the person must be aware that they are candidate to receive the mantle. ...

My parents never said that punishing me hurt them more than it did me.  I know I would not have...

We like warm, comforting outcomes.  It is wonderful to feel good about one's efforts.  It is fantastic to know that...

Many gifts are simply and utterly useless.  Obviously we do not make a big deal of their worth or lack...

It is hard to remember that Christmas as we know it is not very old.  Our Christmas celebration, Santa Claus,...

It is almost too easy to feel like you are the only one that cares.  There are far too many...

When you look at the restoration of a building in the middle of the process, it is downright ugly.  Everything...

Many of us, you and I specifically, live in societies that treasure and respect freedom.  We spend extraordinary amounts of...