I’m going to guess that it was 1975. That seems about right. I do know for sure though that it was Easter Sunday morning. About 10am. My...

I have not ridden a horse in a long while now. And it is to my great regret. Being on the back of such an animal, a beast of such...

It has struck me of late that I am/we are held together by Invisible Forces. I had never before given it much thought. But all of a...

I did not go to Woodstock. If anyone asks, I tell them I wanted to go but couldn’t make it. That I was working up in Minnesota that...

I don’t mean to beat a dead horse, but while I am on the subject of churches, faith, God and such, and before I completely put to bed the...

In this life, I have had a long and complicated relationship with Religion. Many of us have. It is the thorniest of issues. Indeed, for...

Language is a curious thing. And words are an even more curiouser thing. I have come to this conclusion previously of course, but...

I don’t use a lot of hair conditioner. Some. Not much. I’ve never been exactly sure what it’s supposed to do. And I’ve never noticed any...

Dear 21st Century, I apologize to all younger than myself for the sorry mess we have made. It is a horrible embarrassment from which I...

I am jealous of men who cook. In the same way that I am jealous of men (and women) who flyfish. In the land of my birth, fishing entailed...

Most of my people came into Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap. The rest, mostly on my mother’s side, came down the Ohio River from the...

One can argue the relative benefits and flaws of Facebook. And it is certainly rife with human abuses and subject to all the American...

It has come to my attention that I recently had a birthday. It is of course something that I have come to expect on an annual basis,...

In case you were wondering, I intend to live until such time as I begin looking ridiculous in blue jeans. I don't know when that time...

I have recently begun editing out huge chunks of my personal history. It is mostly in response to the fact is that many of my...

This furor over Black Lives Matter has become terribly complicated. It has been wildly misrepresented, and there is much societal and...

I have been moving a fair number of potted plants around of late. It is that time of year. Plants need washing and repotting in...

This won’t take long. It’s just a little thing I’ve noticed. And that is that there is not much camaraderie in a therapist’s waiting room....

I think I was in Little League. But it might have been Pony League. I was maybe 12. And actually, I was a pretty decent hitter. And a...

If we are to believe the current narrative, there are many among us who have become a little too fond of Happy Hour. And it is not...