Category: Americana
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Living in the Land of Absurdia
I have been having hallucinations recently. I would call them nightmares, but they are occurring at all times of the day and night. And the frequency is increasing. I have the strange sense of being transported to a different time and place where I no longer live in the Land of the Free and the…
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The Cure for Sleeplessness
I have been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately. Seems to take forever to go to sleep, only to wake up in the middle of the night, wide awake. Insomnia reigns. Call it too much stress, too many thoughts on my mind, or perhaps post-surgical restless leg syndrome. Whatever you call it, it makes…
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Baseball, Boys, and Sportsmanship
The story you are about to read is true; the names have been changed to protect their privacy. It’s Springtime. And Friday night lights sparks memories of Little League Baseball and all the fun and charm of seeing adolescent boys enjoying America’s traditional pastime. Yet youth sports, especially Little League Baseball, is more than…
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The Flag Still Flies
The gale force winds were unexpected. Memorial Day weekend 2023 found my family and I vacationing off the Carolina coast. The beachfront home we rented was perfect, and we looked forward to several days of fun in the sun. But, on the day we arrived, the ocean winds were 25 mph with gusts up to…
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Follow Your Heart? Yellowstone vs. Hallmark Movies
Recently, I watched a few episodes of Yellowstone, the hit television show starring Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, and Cole Hauser. This award-winning, modern-Western drama is set amongst the stunning mountain vistas of Montana. The first thing I noticed — If I had a nickel for every f-word uttered, I could buy a ranch…
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The Woke and Their Golden Paint
In 1949, George Orwell wrote the literary classic 1984. This fictional dystopian social science novel looks at the consequences of totalitarianism and how such a regime manipulates truth and facts, primarily through censorship and redefining the meaning of words. How ironic that the University of Northampton (in England) is censoring 1984 by issuing a trigger…
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Gambling and the Death of Sports
I betcha you’re wondering the same thing I am. What’s with all the gambling commercials on television? FanDuel and Draft Kings, to name just two of the commercials seen on Fox during the 2023 Super Bowl. I am confused. Professional athletes are warned that betting on games will get them suspended, and if the bet…
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The First Time Abortion Became Real For Me
Sad to say, but one of the hot-button issues in politics today is abortion. There are those who are passionately for it, and just as many who are passionately against it. One aspect of this issue wherein you would hope to find consensus is around abortion survivors — those babies who survive a mid-to-late term…
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Heavenly Dining in Small-Town America
One of the most enjoyable experiences one can have is driving through a small-town community, stopping at some out-of-the-way restaurant, and discovering a culinary treasure. You know the place, a local non-chain eatery that, at first glance, may cause you to hesitate to go inside, only to be blindsided by the sheer mouth-watering deliciousness of…
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Must Love Dogs?
I had an epiphany this week. Every woman I have married came with a dog. Dating these women didn’t come with a “Must Love Dogs” conditional statement, but the implication was clear enough — you marry me, you get the dog too. They saw it as a bonus. I just smiled and considered it a…
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