A Movement Grows

Author’s note: at long last, the West of 98 podcast is live! Practically since I started writing these weekly essays, I have promoted my podcast as “forthcoming” in this space. You can now listen on demand as we venture West of 98 via audio.

THE CORSICANA LEGEND OF ROPE WALKER

The legend: In 1884 a man with a wooden leg carrying a cast iron cook stove was trying to cross a tightrope stretched between two buildings in downtown Corsicana when he lost his balance and fell, suffering painful injuries. Near death he mentioned he was a Jew.

Who says, my “Smart TV” is so smart?

We are told that life as we know it has been forever changed by the computer. The most complicated equations are solved. We started at a desk, then moved to a mobile laptop. A few years later our phones became computers and now it can be as small as a watch on your wrist. (Calling Dick Tracey?).

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

I am leading somewhat of a nomadic existence these days. In upcoming columns, I will write more about my next adventure in solitude that has me roaming the U.S. now. For now, my siblings and daughters are giving me options as to where to impose myself, though I try not to overstay any welcome.

Old Glory News

Well I'm back, did you miss the Old Glory News Report? I told the folks at the hospital that they better let me out, cause I had an important letter to write, but they would not let me go. We finally got some good rain, and it did rain.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“What you read, watch, and believe will impact your life decisions. But at the end of the day, it is yourself who is responsible for everything you do and every decision you make.

2 CENTS WORTH

What and adventure Joe and I have had since coming to Kentucky, highway 82 was beautiful with primroses, blue bonnets, and red bonnets all along the highway. We got to Arkansas and I was really disappointed usually the roadways are full of flowers and this time they weren't.

Faces & Places

“How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!” ~Thomas Jefferson The constant Marxist Communist propaganda trying to undermine and tear down the foundations of our democracy will not survive.

WRITER'S CORNER

We all have regrets from time to time. Words we wish we had not said Words we wish we could take back It may or may not have been on purpose But it came out. No return the damage is done Ah regrets It is our conscience way of speaking out!

Honest Environmentalism

Author’s note: this essay is an adaptation of a series of tweets that I published on Earth Day, April 22. The environment has been on my mind lately. It is a hot topic in national discourse right now and that discourse centers around climate change. Like it or not, the conversation is happening.