To my friends, family, colleagues, and fellow persons of personal importance: The year has been a difficult one, so please accept with no obligation- implied or implicit- my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, and gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced...
It has become increasingly evident that the Banned Books Awareness column must rise and once again light the darkness of censorship.As most readers are aware by now, the award-winning graphic novel, Maus, has been at the center of a massive censorship effort in McMinn County, Tennessee.I was contacted today...
I am scrolling through the morning news feeds when something catches my attention. I have noticed a pattern for some time that whenever female celebrities are talked about it always centers on body shots in revealing clothes or shock that they dare still be beautiful at whatever age. This...
I was able to finally get the COVID-19 vacccine today.
This project took a lot longer than I expected but I had a family heirloom professionally restored. This Westlake Fainting Couch was built by my great great grandfather, Johann (John) Zimmermann.He was born in Canada 1 October 1852 and married Emma Rush 21 December 1875 in Canada. He died...
Today is the start of #NationalStorytellingWeek. What will you be sharing? I will start with the short I did for the charity anthology, “Mythic Indy”. https://bit.ly/3iZ26OV
Timeless words of wisdom by the master had me thinking of the latter.
Today we have become a deep, dark, and disgusting chapter in world history. Those responsible should be ashamed and I hope that every single one is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. You now have blood- literally – on your hands. Murder and treason have strict consequences....
Today at 00:24 (well, for us here in the Eastern Time Zone, at least) the Summer Solstice occurred, marking not only the longest day of the year, but the official beginning of summer. It is a time that some celebrate spiritually; for others it is merely another Wednesday. In...
Last weekend we were honored to attend the wedding of our friends. The reception was held at the Lafayette Grande, an historical building in Pontiac, Michigan. Built in 1923 as Masonic Lodge, it has been restored to its original grandeur. Even standing on the old stone steps of the...