The Certified Skeptic

Dar and I are in the process of “de-cluttering”. This is really a big deal, since the two of us have opposite views on the subject of accumulating possessions and their subsequent disposal.
My dear partner is a pack-rat. She admits it. These genes run in her family, and she really got […]

One more thing for today: This guy Ahmahinejad is a Dangerous NUT!
News Item:
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The United States is incapable of inflicting “serious damage” on Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday, as a second U.S. aircraft carrier group steamed toward the Gulf as a warning from Washington for Iran to back down […]

As most of you know, Dar and I are planning a big change in our life. No, not divorce. Instead, we’re going to divest ourselves of a good number of our possessions, as well as the house we own, in order to spend a few years “on the road”, living in a big ol’ RV, […]

My eyes are closed
and I’m there.
Sitting, reclining on
the big brown couch.
Little Ryan in the next
room, sleeping. My
dearest friend at my side.
With eyes still closed I’m
walking the dogs, carefully
stepping between spots of
ice that keep me tense
yet surely enjoying nature,
enjoying being alive, savoring
the richness of experience.
Now in awe the added
dimension of time bears down.
Am I here? […]

We’re out west for the week. The mission is to care for our grandson Ryan, 19 months old, while his parents are cruising the Eastern Carribean. We saw this as the perfect situation to genuinely help out our daughter and son-in-law while spending a week, by ourselves, with Ryan. The miles keep […]

Last night, Bush outlined his administration’s proposal for “moving forward” in Iraq. It was, as is often the case with government announcements these days, the worst kept secret in town. The key points of the speech were “out” and being discussed in the press days prior — so all that was left to […]

Jeesh! How did we get here? The subject of this post is the Iraq mess in which the USA is mired. How did this happen?
The Islamic terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001 put the country into a mood to retaliate… “somebody’s got to pay for what they did to us”. Chasing a band […]

Writing can be tough. Over the past few months, I froze up… concerned that what I write will be flawed, inconsistent, or just pedestrian. It’s that perfection thing: can’t produce anything unless it’s perfect. Well, one of my personal improvement projects (pip’s) for this year is to write something everyday; […]