Let’s start by stating an incontrovertible fact: climate change is real, and has been happening on earth since, well, there was an earth. Now let’s…

February 2023

Happy 42nd Birthday to the United States Department of Education! Once a relatively innocuous part of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare…
We have a bird at our house. He’s not like a friendly parrot in a cage or a mynah bird that sits on your shoulder or even a sparrow or a robin that will…

January 2023

Why You Need Band in Your Community
The Main Thing is to keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
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I recently undertook an adventure. One of my friends that works in education called and asked if I would be interested in an easy, part time teaching…
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December 2022

There are some things about Christmas as a kid that pop out immediately when I stop to think about that magical time. You remember, just when you are…
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We were all trying to do our part (mostly) by wearing a mask and staying at home (sort of) and not holding family ...OK, we actually did a lot of hand…
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November 2022

I’ve mentioned before that I don’t watch news shows. In 1974 I found myself yelling - rather loudly - at a 19-inch black and white TV with Richard Nixon…
I don't usually post stuff from others, but this is from my brother Les. He has what our parents used to call a "smart aleck" sense of humor, or…
Once I was hyphenated. It was all the rage back in the 70’s, along with using only the letter of your first name followed by the other two. J. Snuffy…
I used to be a Socialist. Well, sort of anyway. As much of a socialist as an 18-year-old in the middle of Mississippi in 1970 with a brand-new high…