The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. — Abraham Lincoln Data Centers, crunching information for Artificial Intelligence, are springing up all over the nation. Here in […]
Category: Life Stories
Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man, Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can. And when it’s time for leavin’, I hope you’ll understand, That I was born a ramblin’ man. My father was a gambler down in Georgia, He wound up on the wrong end of a […]
The wind taught me never to forget old friends, by blowing them back to me. ― Michael Bassey Johnson Three amigos Two long-time friends came to Wisconsin and spent some time visiting us. George Dooley, Ken Ahrens and I became friends when I served at March Air Force Base near Riverside, California […]
Our grocery store now has self-checkout, for your convenience. It’s like getting punched in the throat, for your comfort. ∼ Dana Gould We cut our teeth at the A & P Quite a few senior citizens are early risers. And once up, we like to get stuff done. Take […]
My friend Rick Wehler passed away in October of 2024. Rick was a cheerful guy with a zany sense of humor. He authored the Minnie-Sconsin book series, a set of books based around his humorous take on his life experiences. Rick also provided a few articles for my blog which were very […]
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what they say. I hum my songs and march ahead. ∼ Bhuwan Thapaliya Allen with his friend, the late Joe Galloway Allen Wood is a 79-year-old retired marketing executive, born on a cotton farm in South Georgia. Allen grew up in middle Georgia […]
I enjoy watching many of the old “classics” on tv. I enjoy comedy and action shows the most. Some of my favorite comedy shows are The Honeymooners, All in the Family, Fawlty Towers, and Sanford and Son. My favorite actions shows include the old Westerns, which were created before political correctness, historical accuracy and […]
If you carry your childhood with you, you never become old. ∼ Tom Stoppard Sunnyside, later to become Grewenow School In 1956 a new elementary school opened on the south side of Kenosha, Wisconsin just one-half block from our home. The new school was dubbed “Sunnyside”, after the area in which we lived. […]
Memory… is the diary that we all carry about with us. ∼ Oscar Wilde While living in Southern California during the 1970’s, I found employment at a plastics manufacturing facility in Pacoima, where I was hired to handle the inventory and stockroom. It was a small facility, owned by one man, Adolf, […]
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. —Dalai Lama Mathew Nelson grew up in California to parents born in Wisconsin (so he shares a bit of their mid-western charm but with a west coast attitude). With not many […]