"A good man always knows his limitations." A statement made by Clint Eastwood to his lieutenant in "Magnum Force (1973)-"one of his "Dirty Harry" series, when the lieutenant was bragging that he'd never taken his gun from its holster.Jesus managed his human...
I once knew an elderly gentleman who loved to say, "I don't have any trouble sleeping because I go to bed with a clear conscience." I suppose his nightly Benadryl didn't hurt any, but I got his point. And having watched his lifestyle, I knew why he slept well.As Paul...
Their sound charmed me from the other side of the antique store we were in. Tick, tock, tick, tock. And their tags were even more tantalizing.Ever since I was a young lad, I’ve been intrigued by time. So the site of ten square feet of wind-up, electric, spring-wound,...
"What if I get motion sickness? Are you going to help me pack? What if I'm not up to handling the taxing conditions, heat, and humidity? What must I do when I go through security and customs? How much can my bag weigh?"All questions my mother had before leaving on a...
Some think it's easy, but I didn't. I'd watched my grandfather do it for too many years.Growing a garden is relaxing but also taxing. Breaking up a piece of unplowed ground with a tiller emits sweat, filthiness, and if I'm not cautious a few words better left unsaid....
With a smirky smile and a cutting glance, she said, "RUTD" (an invented acronym meaning Resist the Urge to Drive).My wife and I were on a one-day excursion to the mountains. She was driving, and the acronym was to remind me I wasn't. By her own admission, she has a...
Currently, pieces of it are hot sellers, but it's not always what it appears.Distressed furniture has paint missing in spots making it appear to don a leopard skin coat. Yet distressed furniture isn't always what it proposes to be. It could actually be an old piece of...