So, I know I have not “blogged” as much as I did in the past. Life has gotten in the way. But today is a date, I normally stop and remember. I apologize upfront for being the poor wordsmith that I am… writing about suicide ain’t easy. As many know, but some may not, I […]
By June 8-1944, the total number of Allied troops killed two days previous, on D-Day, totaled more than 4,000. Of those four thousand, 2,501 were Americans, mostly killed on Omaha Beach in the first wave at 6:30 a.m., while other Americans were killed scaling the cliffs of Utah. I shared this a few years ago,
Welcome back again, to “If Necessary…Use Words!” In keeping with the true meaning of my blog… today… I would like to propose that we have a National Laughing Day. Maybe it’s already been proposed… Not sure about all of you, but turning on the local or national news is like watching the movies “Psycho” or
“Mom always liked you best!” Tommy Smothers, August 1965 Read More »
Today is May 4, 2024. Fifty-four years ago today, protests were raging around this land of ours. Four young people were killed in the state of Ohio. America appeared to be “on fire.” A war was raging 8,000 miles away from our shores to the rice paddies of Vietnam…and so I begin. I have never
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Years ago, I was working Upstate New York, heading to Buffalo, when one of those lake-effect snow storms came out of nowhere. I remember seeing stuff about these on the Weather Channel when winter began in Upstate NY, but I was never IN one of these storms. Well, I was still about 10 miles from
