“Write that down,” Vice President Mike Pence’s reply to Cindy.  She was shaking his hand and touching his arm, saying, “God bless you.  Never give up and never give in, God is with you.”   He looked straight into her eyes as he replied.  … Continue reading Write That Down

We were ordered to evacuate about 8 pm last night as the Castlewood fire was rampaging the hillsides just north of our home in Fullerton.  I grabbed my computer backup drives and my laptop computer while Cindy grabbed a chocolate bar, cellphone chargers … Continue reading

An unquenchable thirst for an electrical charge brings Tesla to a coasting stop.  Two million California residents are without power and many have been told to evacuate as fires reign havoc on surrounding hillsides.  Gale-force winds plague the state so, to reduce … Continue reading Tesla Trap Two

We have been persistently chastised by the media and the left asserting that white conservatives are racist and declaring us guilty of all sorts of other “sins.”  I ask you to review this recent article by Jackie Gingrich Cushman, “…stop ranting, America, … Continue reading So are we racist?

“They just want a photo to prove that they’re not racist,” he had turned to his fellow caterers with this assertion.  I handed my iPhone to one of his friends as he stood next to us and posed for our photo.  We … Continue reading An Evening With Our President

It’s OK to be friends  “Here’s the thing, I’m friends with (President) Bush. In fact, I’m friends with a lot of people who don’t share the same beliefs that I have. We’re all different and I think we’ve forgotten that … Continue reading It’s OK to be friends

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of our United States: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice … Continue reading USA

in my hands wrath of the grape cup’s content trembled   I timed it one, ten thousand two, ten thousand three… rhythmically timed trembling to the beat I am old my hands yet steady steady enough they weren’t the culprit realization  … Continue reading

Trapped!  The alternate plans of escape rush through my mind.  Push out on the door.  Break the window.  Crawl into the front seat and out then the driver’s or passenger’s doors.  Or sit there trapped until someone rescues me.   Assuredly this is a momentary problem … Continue reading Tesla Trap

Do not distress yourself with imaginings.  Desiderata One by one, many by many, they fall in diagonal lines, pushed by the brisk wind.  Gold, and yellow and beige, some trimmed in red. Swept across the traffic, abruptly stopping in a mountain, trapped by … Continue reading Images