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Category Archives: Writing
Hank Aaron
“Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man’s record.” – Hank Aaron In 1974, before Ted Turner made the Atlanta Braves baseball team “America’s Team” on his “Super Station” WTBS there was Hank Aaron. Growing … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Politics, Writing
Tagged 1974, 715, America, Atlanta Braves, Babe Ruth, Baseball, Black, Change, Charlotte, Hank AAron, Home run, Racism, White
4 Comments
A New Year
On December 31, 1999 I was at the beach with my wife, kids and my sister and her family. I know it seems like a long time ago but if you can remember back 21 years a lot of bad … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Politics, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged 2020, America, Bob Weir, clown, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Happy New Year, Joe Biden, loser, MAGA, psychopath, Trump, Trump Experiment, Y2K
5 Comments
Life after Trump
When we wake-up on Thursday, January 21st we will have a new President. The reign of Trump the clown prince will have ended the day before but the reign of Trump the liar, the schemer, the conman, the white martyr, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged America, Beginnings, clown, Donald Trump, election, ends, fake news, Lady G, liberal left, Lindsey Graham, MAGA, President Trump, South Carolina, Trump, Trump train, witch-hunt
7 Comments
Bee’s
A couple of years ago I turned a little area of my yard into a bird, bee, butterfly, and bug paradise. My motivation was twofold, one, I like birds, bees, butterfly’s, and bugs and two, it was less yard I … Continue reading
An open letter to Christians about their support of Trump
Dear American Christians: On November the 3rd, less than two weeks from today, you have an important decision to make about your eternal life. Do you remember that covenant you hold so near and dear to your heart? It is … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Children, Christ, Christianity, Christians, Church, Donald Trump, eternal life, Evangelical Christians, Evangelicals, God, Jesus, Trump, Vote
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We’re lower than the world
Hyperbole – exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. In 1984 an 81-year-old manicurist named Clara Peller starred in a Wendy’s television commercial proclaiming “Where’s the beef?”. Last week reporter Jonathan Swan of Axios asked Trump the same rhetorical … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged America, Axios, COVID-19, democracy, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Jonathan Swan, MAGA, President Trump, Republicans, Trump, Vladimir Putin
3 Comments
Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Back when Donald was just candidate Trump, I was doing some contract work for a local developer. The developer was trying a assemble some smaller properties to put them together to make one big property. He hired me to track … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged America, deplorables, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, MAGA, President Trump, racist, Redneck, Republicans, Trump, white trash
6 Comments
How does your garden grow
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.” – Alfred Austin I have written before about my love of … Continue reading
Happy New Year
“It always comes back to us – why are we here? Well, we just happened to be here, we couldn’t choose it. The chance of us being born – that sperm hitting that egg – is 400 trillion to 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Beginnings, Birthday, Death, ends, Family, Generations, John Rock, Living, New Year, Paleo-Indian, Pisgah National Forest
10 Comments
The journey
What I saw; My wife wanted to head-up to the mountains to buy her Dad a Christmas gift, something that we saw in a shop this summer. There wasn’t any guarantee that it would still be there but given the … Continue reading
Posted in Discover, discover wp, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged blink of an eye, Chance, Change, Death, Family, Friends, Journey, Life, Living, Love
3 Comments