Honestly, I just don’t get it. How can someone who always whines about being treated badly, always blames others for just about everything, and always claims to be a victim, be the darling of people of a political wing that scoffs at liberal “snowflakes” and tends towards a version of amped up masculinity? Seriously, think … More The Professional Whiner

Ever since the James Webb telescope started sending pictures, I’ve been fascinated by the images from deep space. Billions of stars. Billions of galaxies. Simply amazing. But, even after seventy years of living, astronomy is still mostly unfamiliar. So, while I was out doing my late night walk with our dogs Daisy (ours) and Sadie … More Orion

She’s coming for you, Florida

History is a never ending series of beginnings, middles and ends. Sometimes we know something is beginning, like a first date. Sometimes we know we’ve reached a goal, like getting married. And sometimes we’re in the middle of it, like wondering where this relationship is going. But no matter where we are, we will always … More The Elder Chronicles: When History Leaves Us Behind

As of this writing, I have or have had four weed trimmers, three leaf blowers, four lawn mowers, and five chain saws. The one thing linking them all together is that none of them fucking work. For whatever reason, I have been cursed by some Black and Decker parallel universe to keep buying power tools … More The Elder Chronicles: F***ing Power Tools

It’s almost midnight and I’m out walking Daisy (yea, I know, kinda late). It’s cold and clear and immensely quiet, and even with the streetlight’s brightness, the light of the full moon still makes it’s presence felt. The sharp shadows of tree limbs and back yard sheds spreading across the snowless, brown lawns. And just … More The Elder Chronicles: Winter Full Moon Light

March 7, 2023 I used to tell my wife that my life’s goal was to visit all 49 states… all of them except Florida. Reason being it looked like a horrible, hot, place with all kinds of ugly innards that could never make up for all those beautiful beaches. Heaven’s Waiting Room. Miles and miles … More The Elder Chronicles: Uncle Ron Has Fun With Florida

So I was watching the PBS series “America and the Holocaust” by Ken Burns and I was struck by a segment on Eugenics in the first episode. Basically, eugenics is designed to ensure that only those who are the most genetically “pure” or best will be allowed to procreate. It also assumes that those determined … More The Elder Chronicles: Eugenics, “Wrong People” and Um…?

Sixty-nine. I remember the first time I pondered the mysterious, supposed sex thing that was sixty-nine while my friend Bob Young and I were on the Breton Downs Elementary School playground. We were sitting in one of those huge cement cylinders that were meant for sewage systems, that some bright light thought might also be … More The Elder Chronicles: Sixty-nine.