Category Archives: Essays

A Magical Thanksgiving

    A Magical Thanksgiving When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of myself as a young boy, watching the Thanksgiving parade on television; mom busy in the kitchen preparing our Thanksgiving dinner, and the feeling of love all around. I remember a gray, cold, and cloudy day; the steamy windows that cooking made and snowflakes in the… Read More »

Lighthouse

    Lighthouse In the late afternoon, on so many summer days, the old man would sit with me in still silence. Clouds scattered and majestically moving crossed the sky as I sat on the rocks, fishing pole in hand, waiting and waiting for a fish to bite. The smell of the old man’s pipe was pleasant. The… Read More »

Walking Through Autumn 

      Walking Through Autumn  In my tiny part of the world, autumn has settled in. On some days this autumn, like this one, walking outside feels like walking in summer. No jacket, no hat, the sun warm on my face. And if not for the strange slant of the sunlight, I could easily believe that it… Read More »

I’m Lucky

    I’m Lucky Life is full of surprises and a lot of twists and turns. And I’m old enough to know that life is not fair. So what? I just roll with the punches. Life is not easy, and life is not fair, and anyone young enough to believe that it is, will find out quickly how… Read More »

The More Things Change

    The More Things Change… The More They Stay the Same We wrote our first “Your Computer Won’t Bite” e-book way back in 2005. Windows XP was just a few years old, and some folks were still hanging on to Windows 98 and Windows ME. Sixteen years ago, we told you that your computer won’t bite, and… Read More »