They are smarter than you think

While baby-sitting our five-year-old granddaughter, my wife and I were watching one of our favorite science programs about space. Very inquisitive, Justine asked, what are you watching Poppa? Eager to share my knowledge, I explained it to her in a way that I thought she would best understand. When a picture of Earth appeared, I…

They are smarter than you think

While baby-sitting our five-year-old granddaughter, my wife and I were watching one of our favorite science programs about space. Very inquisitive, Justine asked, what are you watching Poppa? Eager to share my knowledge, I explained it to her in a way that I thought she would best understand. When a picture of Earth appeared, I…

Rose

A grandson was visiting his grandfather and asked him how he was feeling. His grandfather replied, “You know son, I was at the doctor a few days ago and he gave me a pill that is new on the market. He told me that it would cure my Alzheimer’s and since then my memory has…

Rose

A grandson was visiting his grandfather and asked him how he was feeling. His grandfather replied, “You know son, I was at the doctor a few days ago and he gave me a pill that is new on the market. He told me that it would cure my Alzheimer’s and since then my memory has…

A Tribute to Robert Service

For as long as I can remember I enjoyed the poems of Robert Service. He seemed to be more prominent than the other poets. At family gatherings we enjoyed the reciting of his ballads, most of them told from memory. The passion for his poetry remained with me throughout my life. Recently I wrote a…

My Home

I went back home, late last year and what I saw, made me shed a tear gawd I wish I had never left here my home surrounded by water. As a child I didn’t see, the beauty that was holding me nor music from its roaring sea my home surrounded by water Committed now I…