Month: July 2026

There is a difference between a surgeon’s skill and a stabbing. One is meant to heal and the other to harm. I know this because all my children were delivered to us by C-Section. Each time, I was brought into the operating room to watch as the surgeon used his scalpel to precisely slice open…

What is your opinion of Trapper Craig? This past week, he has been helping me to rid my property of skunks and opossums that have been ravaging my yard by digging holes as they search for grubs. Each night he baited a trap and then came in the mornings to pick up the captured animals…

I recently had the following conversation with my friend, Dymsley Lowatt. Dymsley: I may not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but at least I’m a bulb in the chandelier. Me: What chandelier is that? Dymsley: I don’t know. Does it really matter? I’m just glad to be screwed in somewhere. Me: But, Dymsley,…

It was a bad day for the weeds as I, the occasional gardener, plucked them one by one from the soil. I think I heard one of them scream, “Aaawwrr! Captain, I’ve been pulled!” “Don’t worry, Nettles,” came the reply. “He’s missed your roots. You’ll grow back.” I know the captain is right. The weeds…

As far as countries go, 250 years is not very old, but as Americans, we seem to be mighty proud of it. But we also seem to be a bit worried. Can our nation survive another 250 years given the current state of divisive politics? Why does it matter that we do? I believe it…