Postings

Earlier this week, my 12-year-old daughter, Agatha Rose, wrote the following poem during her social studies class where they are studying the age of imperialism in Africa. When she read it, the class applauded. I couldn’t not post it here.

My wife deserves someone better. Someone who wakes at 6, runs 5 miles, starts breakfast, and then goes to work at General Motors or Bank of America all day where he pulls down 250K so that she can drive a…

My children constantly surprise me. Last month when we were visiting Walt Disney World we splurged and let them play in the carnival arcade at Animal Kingdom where there is Whack-A-Mole, a Ring Toss, and a bunch of other games…

  Dizzying. Mysterious. Erotic. Melancholy. Uncontrollable. Raging. Romantic love is the most powerful force on earth. http://youtu.be/UAOxCqSxRD0 *** Jim Mitchem

I once loved this country. Even signed up to put my life on the line for it. Of course I really had no choice, since college was too expensive for my family. And while I happened to serve during peacetime…