Monthly Archives: December 2010

On this day after Christ’s birthday, I sit at my computer, the first one to rise on this fine winter morning.  It is quiet in the house now, unlike yesterday morning when all sorts of presents were opened.  At three … Continue reading →

One December Day in 1956 I was poking around down in the basement of our family home in Casper, Wyoming.   Inside a makeshift closet under the basement stairs I found a Daisy BB gun, exactly like the one that Santa … Continue reading →

On this Sunday morning I’m looking out of the window and see white snow everywhere.  This is the beautiful “fluffy” stuff that White Christmases are made of; Bing Crosby would have been proud of this snow.  I’ve always said that … Continue reading →

In the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution (the fifth of the ten amendments that Americans know as the “Bill of rights”) Life, Liberty and Property are used together in the same sentence and stand together with the same importance. … Continue reading →