So the great migration of the Clark’s from Cleveland, Ohio to Arizona came to an end in Phoenix. Keeping with the tradition of treating almost everything in our family as a secret, I have absolutely no idea why we decided
Challenges: Get a Letter to the Editor Published
I haven’t mentioned my 2015 list of Challenges recently, because it is taking me so long to sneak up on them. But I have conquered another one with the publication of two editorials in the local newspaper. I’ll show them
Movie Review: Tracks (Netflix)
Although there are 1000s of films listed with the various movie subscription services, it is still no easy chore to find something worth watching. Even if you maintain an unbelievably low standard that your choices must only be better than
Why I Am the Way I Am—-Part I
I got to thinking the other day about how where I have lived in my lifetime has determined—well determined why I am the way I am. Recalling the places I have called home (even for just a short time) brought
Am I a Genius?
A while back, a friend of mine gave me a copy of The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Bruce Mesquita to read. I started it several times, but never was able to get beyond
You Don’t Play Around Do You?
This is one of my all time favorite videos. They all believe an old GEEZER could actually do this.
Hello, Hello, Damn It, Hello?
I guess that there is no bigger sign that you are a true GEEZER than when someone in the now (use your own definition of “now”) generation sees you pull out your flip phone and make a call. A few
Movie Review: Kong: Skull Island
The new movie Kong: Skull Island is another in a long series of movies based on the original movie King Kong (the one where he scales the Empire State Building) made in 1933. I’m not going to worry about giving
Trying to Figure it all Out
I guess I am just in a funk. Ever since the election, I have had a problem focusing because every time I see Trump’s name I get agitated and then depressed. I regularly read another blog out of Boise, Idaho
Another Politician Just Crawled In
Did you vote for him? The garden slug. Head gastropod. A body with no backbone. No need for one. After covering the floor of the Senate with slime, he just slips and slides up to the podium. Or did you
This Blog is not Dead by a Long Shot
Well, it’s 2017 and I have decided to bring my blog back from the grave. For most of 2016, I did a fairly good job of writing about various topics and keeping active on my blog. That was until about
The Ant
Yesterday, I was sitting at our outside picnic table reading a book. It was a fairly hot day, but it was cool enough under the shade of a canopy. As always, when I read it takes me a long time
There Is No Breeze
There is no breeze. Plants wilt and droop. The underside of dying leaves signal distress. There is no breeze. Flies collapse and sulk as panting dogs lie in the shade. The birds are silent. There is no breeze. Worms ooze
Stumbled Across My 50-year Old High School Yearbook
The other day when looking through an assortment of cardboard boxes in my garage (I was looking for some family information to trace my heritage [more on that in a later blog]), I found my high school yearbook from my
The Run Amuck Gang
I don’t get a chance to use the phrase “Run Amuck” much, but sometimes it seems the best description of the actions of my three grandchildren. I thought it meant “out-of-control,” but the Internet dictionary says it means “a state