Before I make my compromise proposal, I will give a recap of my post back in August of last year.? I wrote about the legal battle over the skeleton of Richard III, who? had been killed in the Battle … Continue reading →...

I normally like to write tongue-in-cheek posts.? I do love witty pieces and make my own attempt to follow in kind.? While I hope that this will not be morbid (like the one about my dearly-departed Aussie, Jilly), it will … Continue reading →...

As long as I can remember, Easter Sunday has been a special day in my family.? Although my family definitely wasn’t rich, my parents found enough money to buy me a new suit if we I had outgrown my old … Continue reading →...

Let me state that, although I’m not really a “cat person,” I do get along rather well with those domesticated tigers.? In fact, when we saved one from certain death at our business, it adopted me.? Yonke Gato (Junk Cat) … Continue reading →...

I love a good joke.? However, ethic jokes have a very bad rep, often for good reason? If a joke is meant to demean or insult, it is not funny.? But if it is meant to poke fun with no … Continue reading →...

When it comes to the most famous date in ancient Rome, the Ides of March comes to mind.? In fact, for most it is the only date that comes to mind, thanks to Shakespeare?s Julius Caesar.? ?Beware the Ides of … Continue reading →...

  When I was growing up, we had two school holidays in February: Lincoln?s Birthday on the12th and Washington?s Birthday on the 22nd.? Now we have Presidents Day on the third Monday in February.? Then again, all telephones had rotary … Continue reading →...

I am an unabashed traditionalist. I love having traditions and following traditions.? That includes personal ones like having oatmeal (porridge) and tea for breakfast, doing my New York times crossword puzzle (except for the too-easy Monday and Tuesday ones), and? … Continue reading →...

To me, no other Christmas movie can come close to matching A Christmas Carol.? After all, no other Christmas screenplay has been based on work by a writer of the quality of Charles Dickens.? That being said, since his writings … Continue reading →...

In Charles Dicken?s classic tale of yuletide fiction, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts: Past, Present and Yet to Come.? The Ghost of Christmas Past reminds him of what Christmases were like before he became obsessed with … Continue reading →...