Reluctant Rebel

 I recently posted the video of Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood singing John Lennon's Imagine at Jimmy Carter's funeral. In one of ...

Hubs and I just watched a wonderful movie on Netflix this afternoon. This is a movie I think every American should see, should be required v...

I started this post Tuesday but then I wasn't feeling well....Except for aches and pains that come with age, I haven't had so much a...

 I didn't know the history of the Italian Unification vis-a-vis Rome and the Vatican. I did have a strong sense of both the secularizati...

Greetings to You and Your Loved Ones: Just a note to wish you all a  Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Season’s Greetings, Happy New Year, Wi...

I must have had a few good hours of sleep last night because I was industrious today. I made a double batch of Jim's Apple Muffins today...

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 Whenever we have guests from out of state we like to take them to see Leon's "Office" in the New Mexico wilderness. We spent ...

  Today is Leon's and my Tenth Wedding Anniversary though it's been 36 years we've been together.  I am eternally grateful for h...

Leon and I voted yesterday morning. Here's a couple of photos I took when we got out of the polling place. I'd like to think it was ...

  This podcast that I heard this morning in NPR is probably the best explanation I've heard about the psychology underlying the politica...

 My brother sent me a photo of an original watercolor by an artist friend of his, Jeff Bellantuano, that was inspired by an old photo of me ...