Year: 2018

I have a big oak book case in my office and two twenty eight inch long shelves hold copies of all of the books and booklets that I’ve written in my lifetime to date.  One […]

Here is a headline on a story I found on my computer this morning.  “New tick species spreads in the U.S. – Here’s what you should worry about” Man that really ticks me off!  Just […]

I was cleaning out a desk drawer the other day and found a very little book titled Pocket Rhyming Dictionary.  Over 30,000 words, Eee Gads! A couple of decades ago I wrote a song we […]

Back in 1992 I was speaking at a Realtors Conference at a Casino in Las Vegas and I went into our conference room. It was set up for an audience of 500 and onstage a […]

I was strolling down memory lane the other day, which is where I do most of my pondering, and asked myself, “Art, since you just barely snuck out of high school with a diploma by […]

Yes, is has been seventy years since I began work with the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. In July of 1983, after 35 years of service to the Grand Trunk, I retired from my position of […]

Did you ever ask yourself “What have I done to deserve to live in this country, America?” (You readers in Canada and China and Australia might ask yourselves the same of your own countries.) To […]

I have just begun reading a book by former President Jimmy Carter titled “A Full Life. Reflections at Ninety.” This week I start living my 90th year and instead of waiting until my ninetieth birthday […]

Tomorrow morning I will be wearing shorts to the V.A Hospital.  I’ve never worn summer shorts in my life. Over the years I have purchased three pairs of summer shorts but I have never worn […]