Well, I did it again! I managed to head right into a storm. Like the family vacation that got slammed by a hurricane. Yeah, the record rainstorm that swamped the airport when we took our daughter to college. Oh, and the Halloween “Snowmageddon” I think...

It was one of those early spring days when we look out the window and see all kinds of beautiful birds. I saw this one that was actually pretty funny to watch. I’m not sure it was really funny for him. I think it was a bluebird and he was hovering near a rear...

You know, occasionally I see something enlightening in a little comic strip called “Family Circus.” For example, there was this one where the house is a total disaster, and Mom walks in. The look on her face tells you that Mt. Vesuvius is about to blow....

When I was a teenager, you could tell a girl was going steady by the fuzzy ring around her neck. And when our son started going with a girl, she just got his jacket; football jacket – the one he earned with blood, sweat, tears, and my money. But you could...

So why did the American colonists win the Revolution? Well, it wouldn’t surprise you if you saw how the redcoats fought. They fought battles in the old fashioned European way. They lined up in straight rows. The front row shoots. The next row rotates in while...