Recently, I listened to a podcast that took me down memory lane. It has beenquite a few years, but I remember when watching a movie was a lot more workthan turning on a streaming device. No, I’m not talking about DVD rentalseither, which is still a thing. Go back even further, to the days of…
Favorite Time of the Year
I’ve often heard the phrase, “This is my favorite time of the year!” In fact, those words seem to come out of my own mouth every year starting with Thanksgiving and ending by year’s end. Many of us enjoy the time of family and gratitude extended during this month-long celebration. It is almost comical to…
For You Brother
Hey there Readers! Today I launched my first video on my new YouTube channel, which is called For You Brother. The name of this channel came with a purpose. For years I’ve dreamed of making videos and there have been many times I’ve toyed with the idea. Nothing ever happened though because I was too…
Decorating for Christmas with Music
After enjoying a delicious Thanksgiving dinner with my family, thoughts of decorating entered our minds. We decided the following day to start pulling boxes out of storage and start decorating. Nothing better put us in the mood for decorating than listening to holiday music. There are so many ways to listen to music these days,…
Pond scum jon
When my older brother and I were old enough to drive, we found many places to go fishing close to home. My Uncle used to have what is called a “jon boat” that we ended up with. They are basically small aluminum boats; that one was maybe eight to ten feet long and only able…
Muddy Good Time
As teenagers, my best friend and I worked all summer long mowing lawns forextra cash. Unwisely, we spent all of it. One of our favorite things to do wasto go to a little restaurant in town. We ate there so often that I wouldventure to say we tried nearly everything on the menu. My friend…
Kings of the Sky
As young boys in search of the perfect branches to make our own homemade long bows, we had learned how to safely climb in various trees. One might ask, how do you learn how to safely climb trees? There could have been any number of ways to learn other than the method we used. If…
Snowman’s Paradise
While living in Pennsylvania, we experienced numerous snowstorms. Back in 1993, we had a huge blizzard that kept dumping snow on us. For us kids, it meant we didn’t have to go to school, which was tremendous! To make matters worse, on this occasion, there were a lot of snow drifts. I remember looking out…
Groundhog Day
When I was young, our house had a long yard that stretched all the way back to a large field. Our friend was one of the neighbors in an adjacent property about halfway back our yard. For the most part, the neighbors let the children play in any yard, although some did not want us…
Intro to Imagination
As a young sibling, I remember wanting what the other guy had. My parents did their best to make sure we each got one of something. I suppose when you have two children, you have to buy two of everything or they will continually fight over the one. One day my parents got my brother…