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Like most writers I love books, I read books, lots of books, all kinds of books. To be clear I buy books. Old books, used books, new books, I get books in lots of places. Today I stopped by a half price book store. Yes some of the books are new, some are used, some…

The concept of blind justice, applying to everyone equitably, is as old as the idea of democracy where people vote to bestow power and advance ideas and philosophy. MLK was a philosopher and a realist who knew that while the world was not perfect, it could be driven to be better. He was a driving…

With Christmas put away and real winter looking us over with a hungry glare, my car decided to have a few hiccups. Took it in for repairs and over $500 dollars later it is still running rough and hesitating and dying at times. I bought some seafoam additive and put it in the gas tank.…

People see you in a single role and assume that you are the same in all the corners of your life. Nobody is the same all the time. While nobody would say I am shy, I have my moments of wanting to avoid or dodge attention. The one that comes to mind was when we…

I swear I am not trying to pin down time and make it stop running out from under me, I simply like the glitz and lights of the fiber optic tree and the spinning pulse of our holiday lights. I had been thinking I would put them away this weekend. In fact I helped my…

I don’t know about you, but my family tends to gather for all the best and worst occasions. We get together for birthdays, graduations, weddings, holidays, celebrations of family, personal accomplishments, funerals, illnesses, to help one another out, and just because. Much like my dragons, we gather for any good reason because there is comfort…

I have been very lucky to be married to one of the nicest men on earth. He was waiting for me after work, ready to place our order for food as soon as I called my Dad. Instead of going over there and helping out, we were going out together to pick up our favorites…